# Pediatrician- California

**Company:** [Commonwealth Medical Services](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/keeTEXJ8MZmGdm2R5VUMJA.md)
**Location:** San Francisco, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Docs - WEST

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## Description

### Description

The Physician provides primary, urgent or specialty medical care to patients at the clinic and performs related duties.

**ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:**  
 

-   Provides primary, urgent or specialty care to all patients in accordance with the physician’s medical specialty.
-   Develops a plan of care for each patient, including: complete medical history, physical examination, diagnosis, appropriate treatment and/or referral, including hospitalization when necessary.
-   Provides diagnosis and treats injuries, illnesses, and disorders
-   Orders, performs, and interprets diagnostic tests and explains the results to patients
-   May hospitalize patients when appropriate and serve as the attending physicians for the patient during his/her stay in the hospital.
-   On rotational basis, serves as the on-call physician when the clinic is not open.
-   Is able to work on Saturday clinic on a rotational basis.
-   Stresses on the importance of preventative health care measures and counsels patients
-   Prescribes medications or therapies.
-   Uses all available resources in diagnosis and treatment, such as laboratory and radiological testing, in an appropriate and cost efficient manner.
-   Confers with consulting physicians, nurse, patients, and patient’s families concerning treatment and care of patients.
-   Refers patients requiring specialist services, but maintains responsibility, assuring that continuity of care is provided.
-   Participates in the development and implementation of a regularly updated performance improvements plans.
-   Adheres to ethical, professional and legal requirements as mandated by federal, state, local and funding agencies.
-   Documents electronically with EHR system.
-   Attends all medical staff meeting and participates in the community health center’s Quality Assurance program.
-   Complies with all state and federal mandated regulations
-   Assists in the training of para-professional and non-medical personnel.
-   Provides guidance to other health team members in the development of health education materials and programs for registrants and the community at large.
-   Provides training or teaching, when appropriate, to medical students, medical residents, nursing students, and other students who come for training.
-   May provide supervision to mid level providers such as NP or PA.
-   Full-time physicians are generally required to maintain hospital privileges, this may include coverage of the emergency room and inpatient services for patients if this is a requirement by the hospital to maintain hospital privileges.
-   Performs other job duties as required by manager/supervisor.

### Qualifications

-   Graduation from an accredited school of medicine.
-   Licensed to practice medicine in the State of California.
-   Ability to work as team with other health professionals and non-medical personnel.
-   Board eligible or certified in Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Ob/Gyn or Emergency Medicine.
-   If providing subspecialty or specialty services, be board eligible or certified to that specific specialty or fellowship.
-   Current documentation of Basic Life Support is required.

**LANGUAGE:**

-   Must be able to fluently speak, read and write English.
-   Fluent in Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) is preferred.
-   Fluent in other languages are an asset.

## Requirements

Must maintain state certification and/or licensure.