Location
Pasadena, CA | United States
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Job Summary
We are currently seeking exceptional applicants for a full-time position as an urgent care physician. This is an exciting opportunity as part of a rapidly growing organization with ample opportunities to expand your role.
Responsibilities and Duties - Provide and manage direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment.
- Triage patients to differentiate between immediate and less urgent care.
- Manage patients thoroughly and efficiently, maintaining a continuous patient flow and avoiding long wait times.
- Order diagnostic tests, such as x-ray, electrocardiogram, and laboratory tests; and interpret test results.
- Perform digital blocks, and regional anesthesia. Perform minor outpatient surgical procedures such as wound closure and management, incision and drainage, foreign body removal.
- Perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures such as aspirations and injection of joints, bursas, and cysts. Start IV fluids. Perform closed reductions of fractures and dislocations of fingers/toes and nursemaid's elbows. Apply and modify braces, splints, and other orthopedic appliances.
- Prescribe pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
- Instructs and counsels patients regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens. Communicates with patients regarding testing results, follow-up care, and additional information.
- Communicate patient needs, diagnosis, and course of treatment to the patient, company, as well as other clinical staff and instruct and educate patients about discharge instructions if applicable.
- Review and manage daily tasks, patient callbacks, lab results while on shift.
Clinic Resources - Labs: strep, mono, flu swab, urine dip, urine pregnancy, iStat
- Full X-ray services with radiologist interpreting studies
- EKG
- Oral/IM/IV medications including antibiotics and narcotics
- IV fluid
- Outpatient (non-narcotic) medications available
Qualifications and Skills - BC/BE MD or DO in Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, or Internal Medicine
- Must have and maintain a medical license to practice in the state of California
- Must have and maintain a controlled substance license along with a DEA license with no restrictions
- Must have at least 1 year of urgent care or emergency medicine experience
Benefits and Perks Carbon Health offers competitive pay, advancement opportunities and benefits.
Full-time employees are eligible for health insurance, paid time off, and a company-matching pre-tax 401K plan.
Full time clinicians are eligible for reimbursement of up to $1k per year for expenses related to continuing medical education .
Part-time employees are eligible for paid time off and a company-matching pre-tax 401K plan.
Carbon Health has a corporate gym membership with 24 hour fitness: All of our employees can join 24 hour fitness and their initiation fee will be waived! Your membership dues will be deducted from your regular paycheck and you will have access to over 425 locations and 24 Life e-magazine.
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