Pediatrician
Apply NowCompany: CAPITAL AREA HEALTH NETWORK
Location: Richmond, VA 23223
Description:
PURPOSE:
Under direction of the Medical Director, provides professional medical services in the community health center.
DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth to age 21.
Examines patients and determines need for x-ray examinations and clinical laboratory tests.
Interprets examination findings and test results, and implements pediatric treatment plans
Prepares and reviews case histories and obtains data through interviews.
Supports health promotion and disease prevention activities to enable each child to reach full potential.
Monitors physical and psychosocial growth and development.
Conducts age appropriate screening.
Provides advice and education for patients and parents regarding appropriate preparation for predictable developmental challenges.
Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care treatment provided at the direction of other specialists.
May instruct medical students and/or residents in procedures for diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of infants and children.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of the principles and practice of preventive medicine.
Knowledge of the state and federal laws pertaining to medicine and to community health centers.
Knowledge of the structure and function of community health centers.
Skill in communicating effectively with patients and their families.
Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other employees, patients and the general public.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
Graduation from a college or university accredited by the American Medical Association with a Doctor of Medicine degree or accredited by the American Osteopathic Association with a Doctor or Osteopathy degree IF
Medical education occurred at a foreign medical school, the applicant must possess a current Educational Council Foreign Medical Graduate (ECFMG) Certificate.
Successful completion of an approved program of residency training in pediatrics.
LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
License to practice medicine in the State of Virginia in addition to current DEA registration.
Under direction of the Medical Director, provides professional medical services in the community health center.
DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults from birth to age 21.
Examines patients and determines need for x-ray examinations and clinical laboratory tests.
Interprets examination findings and test results, and implements pediatric treatment plans
Prepares and reviews case histories and obtains data through interviews.
Supports health promotion and disease prevention activities to enable each child to reach full potential.
Monitors physical and psychosocial growth and development.
Conducts age appropriate screening.
Provides advice and education for patients and parents regarding appropriate preparation for predictable developmental challenges.
Determines need for consultation and assists in medical care treatment provided at the direction of other specialists.
May instruct medical students and/or residents in procedures for diagnosis and treatment of diseases and injuries of infants and children.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Knowledge of the principles and practice of preventive medicine.
Knowledge of the state and federal laws pertaining to medicine and to community health centers.
Knowledge of the structure and function of community health centers.
Skill in communicating effectively with patients and their families.
Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other employees, patients and the general public.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education and/or Equivalent Experience:
Graduation from a college or university accredited by the American Medical Association with a Doctor of Medicine degree or accredited by the American Osteopathic Association with a Doctor or Osteopathy degree IF
Medical education occurred at a foreign medical school, the applicant must possess a current Educational Council Foreign Medical Graduate (ECFMG) Certificate.
Successful completion of an approved program of residency training in pediatrics.
LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
License to practice medicine in the State of Virginia in addition to current DEA registration.