Infectious Disease Specialist

Borinquen Health Care Centers, Inc. is based in Miami Dade County and is seeking to hire an Infectious Disease Specialist (MD) to join our team. We provide a comprehensive range of health and social services to our culturally diverse community. Under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, the Infectious Disease Specialist is responsible to diagnose illnesses and prescribe and administer treatment for people suffering from injury or disease, providing primary care. Physician is to examine patients, obtain medical histories as well as order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests.

Position Duties:

• Examines patients, obtain medical histories, and order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests.
• Counsels patients on diet, hygiene, and preventive health care.
• Supervises the primary care service clinic as delegated by the Chief Medical Officer.
• Makes referrals to specialists for further testing, diagnosis or treatment.
• Participates in the training and in service programs as the Medical Director indicates.
• Obtains and maintains active hospital practice.
• Will participate in a 24 hour coverage program including after-hours phone calls and hospital coverage, evenly distributed among all physicians.
• Meets or exceeds the minimum guideline of 4,200 medical encounters per year as mandated by HHS.
• Participates in committees of the medical staff and regular clinical audits as indicated for quality assurance and peer review.
• Maintains patient confidentiality at all times.
• Relates to the community and other local professionals as a representative of our health centers.
• Performs and reports the quality Improvement audits to the Medical Director.
• Maintains contact with applicable agencies/organizations for guidance in the solution of compliance problems.
• Create and modify documents for activities, and prepares reports as required.
• Read, interpret and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies and/or procedures.
• Weigh the relative costs and benefits of a potential action.
• Develop and/or implement new policies/procedures/standards and/or rules/regulations
• Ensure compliance with contract terms, policies and procedures, etc.
• Maintain accurate documentation of all services rendered in patient chart.
• Maintain organized, clean, efficient and confidential work area.
• Maintain records, prepare reports, and conduct correspondence related to the work.
• Relates to the community and other local professionals as a representative of our health centers.
• Support staff in assigned project based work.
• Performs other reasonable and proper duties as assigned by Executive Director.
• Clerical Tasks/Omindoc
• Medical Manager
• Review labs
• Other duties as assigned by immediate supervisor as required.

Candidate Requirements:

• Possession of a Medical Degree (M.D. or D.O.)
• Licensed in the State of Florida.
• Must be Board Eligible or Certified in a primary care specialty.
• Must qualify for active staff privileges at local hospital.
• Experience in primary care, public health, or community health preferred.
• Bilingual preferred.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Handle the information with high level of confidentiality
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Organization and coordinating skills.
• Interviewing skills.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals

Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Short Term Disability
• Company paid long term disability
• Life insurance
• 401K Plan
• Standard Paid Holiday's
• Vacation and Sick Time
• Amazing Team & Atmosphere

This Company Describes Its Culture as:

• Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
• Innovative -- innovative and risk-taking
• Aggressive -- competitive and growth-oriented
• Outcome-oriented -- results-focused with strong performance culture
• Stable -- traditional, stable, strong processes
• People-oriented -- supportive and fairness-focused
• Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative