Associate Physician - Allergist
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Johns Hopkins Regional Physicians (JHRP) is a Johns Hopkins Health System physician group created to provide premier care to patients locally. Participating physicians benefit from renowned faculty, practices and technological infrastructure of Johns Hopkins Medicine. We provide a framework of centralized services that physicians need to deliver the best care to patients in their own communities.
The Associate Physician – Allergist is a clinical staff position, under indirect supervision from the Pod Director. The Physician provides and manages direct health care for a specified patient population under a designated specialty for ENTAA Care, a member of Johns Hopkins Regional Physicians LLC.
Essential Functions:
- Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of every job.
- Assists in the organization of efficient patient flow by communicating effectively with others, demonstrating problem solving skills and competently performing patient care activities.
- Maintains patient confidence by appropriately securing patient information and completing patient related tasks in a timely manner.
- Maintains a safe, secure and healthy work environment by complying with established regulations, standards and procedures.
- Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnosis and treatment within their area of specialty.
- Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
- Refers patients to relevant specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
- Supervises practice medical staff as appropriate.
- Follows established departmental policies, procedures and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, safety environmental and or infection control standards.
- Performs reasonable teaching, administrative and supervisory duties that are assigned by the Pod Director.
- Attends all meetings as may be reasonably required by the Pod Director.
- Serves on Pod committees as assigned.
- Prepares and maintains accurate, complete and up to date medical records relating to all of physician’s professional services.
- Shall cooperate with and abide by Employers procedures for ensuring proper coding and documentation, provided that they are consistent with standards for Medicare and other third- party payors.
- Required to attend professional meetings and continued medical education (CME) according to Pod policy.
- Serves and protects the practice and its patients by adhering to professional standards, policies and procedures as well as federal, state and local guidelines.
- Maintains patient confidentiality. Follows all HIPAA policies and procedures.
Required Education /Licensure / Certification:
- Maryland Medical Specialty License or Certification, Board Certification in specialty area of medical practice.
- Maryland Medical License.
- Federal DEA License.
- CDS Certification.
- Basic life support HealthCare Provider (BLS Provider).
- Malpractice Insurance.