GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Provides medical and surgical care to women with a focus on pregnancy, childbirth, and disorders of the reproductive system. This includes preventative care, Pap test screening, family planning, management of pregnancy, labor, and puerperium (the time-period directly following childbirth, and the diagnosis and treatment of disorders and diseases.

DUTIES:  (This list may not include all of the duties assigned.)

• Direct Patient Services
  • Provides direct outpatient and nursing home medical services in the areas of obstetrics and gynecology.
  • Refers patients to appropriate specialty care as appropriate, and ensures appropriate communication and follow-up with specialty care providers.
  • Ensures appropriate medical, laboratory, and diagnostic follow-up on patients for whom services are provided.
  • Communicates effectively and in a timely manner with patients regarding their health/illness, empowers patients to take an active role in health maintenance, and promotes wellness behaviors in patients.
  • Participates in the Health Center’s 24-hour on-call and hospital coverage system, and covers clinical responsibilities for colleagues not on duty.
• Clinical Supervision of Mid-level Providers, Nursing Staff, and Trainees
  • Provides clinical supervision of mid-level providers through as-needed case consultation and scheduled chart review.
  • Provides clinical supervision for nursing staff as needed and as assigned for triage, medication refills, referrals, nursing services visits.
  • Provides appropriate teaching to trainees such as medical students, resident physicians, mid-level provider students, and nursing students.
• Continuing Medical Education
  • Participates in continuing medical education appropriate to Community Health Center practice, and in quantity sufficient to meet requirement for continued professional licensure and board certification.
  • Participates in developing and presenting appropriate continuing medical education sessions for Community Health Center staff members.
• General
  • Attends staff, departmental, and interdepartmental team meetings as assigned/applicable.
  • Position requires:
    • Ability to obtain license to practice medicine in the state of California
    • Board eligible or board certified obstetrics and gynecology.
    • Admitting/Consult privileges in a local hospital/medical center. (preferred)
    • Ability to effectively clinically supervise mid-level providers.
    • Ability to provide high-quality, cost-effective health care to patients of all ages and both genders, with a high degree of patient satisfaction.
    • Ability to work effectively with co-staff members in cooperative decision-making.
    • Ability to work effectively with staff members and patients from a variety of ethnic, political, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
    • Willingness to work flexible hours.
    • Ability to work independently to solve problems creatively and with initiative.
    • Commitment to supporting the mission and principles of the Community Health Center. 
• Documents all pertinent information in patient’s electronic medical record according to Western Sierra Medical Clinic's Policies and Procedures.
• Upholds Western Sierra Medical Clinic's Policies and Procedures, infection control standards, applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Quality Improvement Duties:
  • Participates in quality improvement activities;
  • Participates as assigned in interdepartmental quality improvement team efforts; and
  • Contributes to overall Community Health Center efforts in quality improvement towards higher-quality, more cost-effective health care for patients and improved quality of work-life for staff members.
• Perform on-call services as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

This position has a salary range of $288,806 - $ 426,573 annually.