Bilingual Physician: OB/GYN | Healthcare Network of SWFL (Naples) - Healthcare Network

Healthcare Network of Southwest Florida (HCN) is seeking a OB/GYN Physician to join our team.  HCN is a Federally Qualified Health Center located in Collier County on the beautiful Gulf Coast of Florida. HCN has been providing primary care to underserved patients for over 40 years. 

We provide comprehensive, integrated primary care to more than 50,000 patients at 21 clinic sites throughout the county with more than 75 practitioners.  Services include pediatrics, family and internal medicine, an HIV/AIDS treatment program, geriatrics, women's care, dental, and integrated behavioral health.  We are accredited by the Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Care (AAAHC) and are certified by AAAHC as a medical and dental home. 

Healthcare Network offers our care team members a competitive wage, comprehensive benefit package and the opportunity to serve in a mission-minded organization. For more information on our community organization, visit our website at www.healthcareswfl.org.

Job Summary:

The OB/GYN physician provides care to patients with moderate to high-risk pregnancies, provides gynecological services, performs surgery, and provides preventive health care. This position requires the employee to be a Board-Certified OB/GYN who functions as a collaborative member of the health care team with other OB/GYNs and Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNMs) in the delivery of comprehensive healthcare and health maintenance to patients in ambulatory and hospital settings.

Responsibilities and Standards: 

• Maintains ethical and professional standards deemed appropriate by peers.
• Assesses and triages patients.
• Elicits histories and conducts physicals.
• Orders appropriate labs, EKGs, x-rays, mammograms, Dexa scans, or other indicated tests, and be able to recognize abnormal findings. Educates patient on all aspects of health maintenance.
• Provides short-term, individual, or family teaching on diet, weight control, adolescent birth control, and sex education.
• Performs procedures such as colposcopy/biopsy, endometrial biopsy, Nexplanon and IUD inserts and removals.
• Provides health services to complicated obstetrical patients, including managing the high-risk clinics, managing OB patient's insulin, hypertensive medications, thyroid medications, and other complex health problems.
• Refers or seeks consultation with other physicians when a patient has a condition warranting specialty care.
• Performs vaginal deliveries of high risk patients, cesarean sections, tubal ligations, hysterectomies, D&Cs, and other GYN surgeries.
• Participates in OB/GYN call rotation, including being available for CNM consultation and referral when on call.
• Work collaboratively with CNMs and other OB/GYN physicians to provide excellent health care to HCN patients.
• Completes documentation and reviews labs in a timely fashion using electronic medical records.
• Maintains contact with peers thru electronic communication and/or phone.
• Attends OB/GYN department meetings and HCN provider meetings
• Performs other related duties as indicated or when requested by supervisor or medical director.
• Participates in QA/QI and Peer Review.

Job Specifications: 

• Job duties involve conceptual analysis and the resolution of complex problems and situations. Most responsibilities are stated in terms of objectives to be reached, instead of the specific means by which results are to be achieved.  Situations will be encountered that involve the need to determine the problem itself before solutions are proposed.
• Written and verbal communication skills are essential to job performance, including providing both technical factual information and the objective and subjective analyses of the information. Those receiving the information may be emotional or uncooperative, requiring the employee to resolve the conflict or diffuse tension.
• May be required to perform the duties of other employees, including supervisors/managers, in their absence.
• Requires flexibility to provide vacation coverage for other OB/GYNs, which may include working in an alternative HCN office.
• May be required to perform duties and responsibilities not listed in this description, on a temporary or long-term basis

Experience: 

• Education/Training Level
  • Graduation from an accredited Medical school, completed residency training in OB/GYN, and Board Certification in OB/GYN
  • Experience of at least one year as an OB/GYN office; experience in FQHC a plus; experience with working collaboratively with midwives a plus
  • Must maintain required CME credits.

• Licenses & Certifications
  • Must possess a current Florida license to practice as an OB/GYN.
  • Must maintain BLS and other requirements as defined by HCN and NCH Credentials Committees.
  • Must maintain NCH hospital privileges; loss of privileges may result in immediate dismissal.

• Communication Skills 
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Bilingual in Spanish and English preferred
• Technology Skills
  • Strong understanding and ability to use Microsoft Office
  • Strong understanding of Electronic Health Record preferred

Physical Demands/Working Conditions: 

• Ability to perform repetitive tasks
• Ability to walk the equivalent of ___5___ miles per day
• Ability to reach above shoulder level
• Ability to hear tape recorded transcriptions
• Ability to distinguish colors
• Ability to adapt to shift work
• Moderate degree of manual dexterity
• Ability to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to lift 25 pounds
• Ability to squat
• Ability to bend a knee
• Ability to sit for periods of time
• Ability to perform CPR

MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Ability to cope with a high level of stress
• Ability to make fast decisions under high pressure
• Ability to cope with the anger/fear/hostility of others in a calm manner
• Ability to manage altercations
• Ability to concentrate
• High degree of flexibility
• Ability to cope with confrontation
• Ability to handle multiple priorities in a stressful situation
• Ability to assist with problem resolution
• Ability to work alone
• Ability to demonstrate a high degree of patience

FOR PATIENT CARE JOBS - CHECK AGE(S) OF PATIENT SERVED:

• All age groups (age 10 and above) - depending on unit hired

HOURS OF WORK:

• Accepts flexible schedule to meet department needs.

The duties and responsibilities, qualifications, physical conditions and other statements contained herein represent the current general nature of the job described, and are subject to change at any time, with or without notice.  This job description does not limit in any way the assignments that may be given to an employee in the job, and employees are expected to perform any and all duties assigned by their supervisor willingly and without reservation