POSITION: PHYSICIAN STAFF – FAMILY PRACTICE/INTERNAL MEDICINE
RESPOSIBLE TO: CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Imperial Beach Community Clinic is seeking a talented and energetic Family Medicine Physician to join our community clinic practice located in Imperial Beach, CA
This is an exciting and rare opportunity to take over a well-established community clinic provider role. The candidate will be fully supported by experienced nurses and medical assistants to provide team-based care that is grounded by evidence-based best practices. This practice provides comprehensive care and is deeply rooted in the local community.
Founded in 1971, Imperial Beach Community Clinic (IBCC) is a fully integrated community based FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Clinic) non-profit with two clinics located in San Diego County, Nestor and Imperial Beach) and with over 100 employees.
We bring more than 40 years of experience in practicing integrative care in an innovative culture. This approach allows us to reach and treat some of the most vulnerable urban populations in the United States.
We drive key quality and cost outcomes that create value for patients, providers, and the overall health system. By fostering strong provider-patient-staff relationships, we can practice medicine the way it should be practiced.
What IBCC Has to Offer You:
- Established patient base
- Inclusive and collegial environment and referrals
- Ties to Local Hospitals
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
What San Diego Has to Offer You:
- Unmatched quality of life
- Access to major cities and airports
- Driving distance to mountains, desert and ocean
- Abundance of tourist hotspots (SD Zoo, SeaWorld, Casinos, La Jolla Shores)
REPORTS TO: CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $210,000.00 – $240,000.00 per year
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Responsible for examining, diagnosing, and treating patients in accordance with recognized community standards. Physicians are members of patient-centered care teams.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES:
Administrative
- Assists in monitoring and approving the appropriateness of the pharmaceutical prescriptions of the midlevel and performs chart review on their medical records.
Clinical
- Examines, diagnoses, and treats patients in accordance with recognized community standards.
- Orders laboratory tests, x-rays, consultation, and diagnostic tests for patients as appropriate.
- Adequately documents care provided in the patient’s medical record immediately following each visit.
- Provides appropriate clinical information on patient visits to permit appropriate grant or insurance billing.
- Provides on-call telephone triage as scheduled.
- Adheres to the IBCC Mission, Vision, and Values, Standards of Conduct and HIPAA principles.
- Consistently adheres to and/or exceeds IBCC’s communication guidelines and expectations with patients, peers, and supervisor
- As an integral part of a patient-centered care team, solicits and respects patients’ values and preferences; ensures patients are recognized as members of their care team and have an active voice in decisions about their care; builds positive relationships with patients and staff, and participates in patient-centered medical home team meetings and trainings
- Participates in continuous quality improvement activities
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Possesses license to practice medicine in the State of California.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Primary Care Physician.
- Two years experience as provider in an outpatient clinic, preferably community based.
- Excellent communication and inter-personal and teamwork skills.
- Able to relate to culturally diverse patients and community.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) very helpful.
OTHER EXPECTATIONS:
- Adheres to the IBCC Mission, Vision, and Values, Standards of Conduct and HIPPA principles
BENEFITS
HMO Health Insurance, HMO Dental, Voluntary PPO Vision, Life – $25,000.00 Policy 10 paid Holidays plus employee’s birthday, 2 weeks sick and 3 weeks’ vacation time, 35 CME hours per year, medical license and DEA license reimbursed, 403B plan – employee contributions only.
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Primary Care
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
COVID-19 considerations:
COVID – 19 vaccination required, mask required.
License/Certification:
- BC/BE (Required)
- Medical License (Required)
Work Location: One location
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Primary Care
Job Title: Chief Financial Officer Status: Exempt
Reports To: Executive Director
Summary: Under the direction of the Executive Director, responsible for the organizations financial management and accounting systems to assure that sound financial information is available for presentation to management, staff, funders, auditors, and the Board of Directors.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Assure compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and maintain fiscal internal control procedures.
- Preparation of monthly financial statements for management, the Board of Directors and the Fiscal Committee and ensure they accurately represent the financial position of the corporation.
- Design routine or ad hoc financial reports as requested to support, enhance, or evaluate functioning of health center programs.
- Prepare government reports ensuring timely filings as required.
- Communicate with health center staff at least quarterly to enhance knowledge of their role in the financial viability of the agency.
- Maintain cash control and daily cash reports.
- Assist in general audits as required by funding sources.
- Develop and maintain financial policies, procedures, and protocols for review on a yearly basis.
- Provide guidance to the Executive Director in financial strategic planning.
- Ensure payroll, purchasing, and accounts payable are managed for fiscal responsibility.
- Working knowledge of annual UDS filing
- Understanding of various components integral to MediCal cost reporting
- Grant management and grant reporting
- Complex fiscal budgeting
Quality Management:
- Display knowledge of normal signs of human development and ability to assess and provide age-appropriate care.
- Contribute to the success of the organization by participating in quality improvement activities.
Customer Relations:
- Respond promptly and with caring actions to patients and employees. Acknowledge psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural beliefs and honor these beliefs.
- Maintain professional working relationships with all levels of staff, clients, and the public.
- Be part of a team and cooperate in accomplishing department goals and objectives.
Safety:
- Maintain current knowledge of policies and procedures as they relate to safe work practices.
- Follow all safety procedures and report unsafe conditions.
- Use appropriate body mechanics to ensure an injury free environment.
- Be familiar with location of nearest fire extinguisher and emergency exits.
HIPPA/Compliance:
- Maintain privacy of all patients, employee and volunteer information and access such information only on a need-to-know basis for business purposes.
- Comply with all regulations regarding corporate integrity and security obligations. Report unethical, fraudulent, or unlawful behavior or activity.
Supervision:
- Recommend or make decision to hire, transfer, and suspend layoff, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward or discipline.
- Promote results, supporting equal employment opportunity and affirmative action.
- Assess training needs and promote developmental activities.
- Conduct department meetings to promote communication, assess and resolve needs and foster teamwork.
- Evaluate staff performance against job description criteria and competency assessment and provide guidance and coaching to develop an individual as well as a unit to highest potential.
- Keep staff informed of organizational activities and promote mission and goals.
Qualifications
Skills: Effective written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills. Organizational and planning skills with ability to analyze, prioritize and meet deadlines. Able to work independently and as part of a team and maintain confidentiality. Supervisory skills. Able to relate to and work with persons of all ages, social and ethnic backgrounds and within the constraints of government funded programs. Travel as needed.
Education: BA in business with emphasis in accounting, business administration or public administration. MBA, CPA, or CMA preferred. Knowledge of spreadsheet program and accounting software required.
Experience: Minimum five years’ experience in accounting, billing, and financial reporting functions, preferably in a non-profit and/or health care environment.
Physical and Mental Requirements: Normal office environment. See, hear, talk, walk, sit for long periods of time, reach, bend, stoop; repetitive hand movement; use and view PC; use calculator, telephone, operate fax, copy machine. Read and write, time management, interpersonal, customer service skills. Organizational and basic math skills; analyze, research, prioritize, meet deadlines, maintain confidentiality.
Certified Coder
Job Summary
Responsible for daily coding and auditing of patient encounters while providing feedback and education for staff on coding processes and guidelines.
Essential Job Functions
- Perform daily coding and reviews, while providing coding/documentation guidance to medical staff
- Responsible for ensuring diagnosis and procedures are coded accurately and within a timeframe set by management
- Communicate with other departments as needed to obtain necessary and correct information for submission of clean claims to all third-party payors
- Act as a Subject Matter Expert for coding related tasks with all clinic staff and departments
- Analyze data collected for pattern and trends to identify opportunities for improvement
- Track all open encounter and coordinate with billing and providers to ensure documentation is submitted timely
- Inform management of potential reimbursement issues and all updates, changes of coding regulations/guidelines
- Assist with Quality Management functions as they pertain to coding
- Ensure all audit requirements regarding coding are followed
- Adhere to all company policies and payor regulations
- Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature review, in-service meetings, and workshops
- Perform other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- High school graduate or equivalent
- CPC Coding certification from AAPC
- Minimum two years’ coding experience
- Prefer two years’ experience in an FQHC environment and coding compliance program implementation experience
- Prefer one-year medical billing experience
Required Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Experience/familiarity with computers and proficient in Microsoft Office products, specifically Word and Excel
- Knowledge of Medicare, Medi-Cal/Presumptive Eligibility, FPACT, Every Woman Counts, Tricare and Managed Care Payors
- Knowledge of payer coding policies and guidelines for FQHC’s
- Understanding of Hierarchical condition category (HCC) coding
- Familiar with medical terminology
- Ability to perform a high volume of detail work with speed and accuracy
- Ability to establish priorities and to work independently as well as on a team
- Excellent customer service skills and commitment to providing the highest level of customer satisfaction
- Excellent verbal and written skills necessary for communication with patients/clients, providers, and other staff
Job Type: Full-time
Certified Phlebotomy Technician
Excellent and effective communication with laboratory patients, problem resolution, supply inventories and record keeping.
Essential Functions of the Job:
- Demonstrate skills, and abilities by following the guidelines in venipuncture, heel and finger stick
- Have knowledge skills in basic collection and specimen preparation storage and disposal of specimen according to Lab procedure Manuals
- Basic computer literacy to meet department needs and duties but not limited to order entry, cancellation, and results tracking.
- Performs other clerical duties in reporting results and distribution in a timely manner.
- Ability to multi task, flexible, ensures accuracy and completeness of work, adaptable to change to meet department and business needs.
- Possess personal characteristics of professionalism, credible commitment to high standards with excellent communication skills; effectively and clearly communicate verbally and in writing with patients and other customers.
Requirements
Education Required (Minimum level of education): High School or equivalent
Certifications/Licenses Required:
Phlebotomy Certification – Current California State Phlebotomy Licensure Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate Preferred: Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers
Experience Required (Minimum level of experience)
Two years medical laboratory experience as a Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT) Proficient in medical terminology. Have basic computer literacy.
Job Type: Full-time