JOB SUMMARY

If it’s possible, you will find it at Atrium Health—the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. We invite physicians to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds, and visionaries together in our Pediatric Cardiology team at LCH in Charlotte, NC.
The physician is a patient-centered, system-oriented teammate who manages the care of all patients within their primary practice/clinical setting. The physician leads an interdisciplinary team to perform assigned clinical duties, while displaying the highest standards of ethical and moral conduct as well as acting in the best interest of Atrium Health, supporting our mission, vision and values.

MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE

• Ability to demonstrate knowledge about established and evolving biomedical, clinical and cognate (epidemiological and social-behavioral) sciences and the application of this knowledge to patient care

INTERPERSONAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS

• Ability to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that result in effective information exchange and teaming with patients, families and professional associates

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION:

Degree of MD or DO from accredited medical school
Board Eligibility in a clinical discipline is required; Board Certification in a clinical discipline is required within three years of start date/contract effective date; Once obtained, Maintenance of Certification is required

· Performs medical history, physical examinations, routine assessments and determines treatment plan for patients.

• Documents all patient encounters, records observations, interventions, and actions in a timely and medically appropriate manner on the patient’s medical record
• Acts as a patient and family advocate for the population served
• Participates in continuous quality improvement priorities, service delivery processes and service excellence initiatives
• Adheres to access & productivity policies & protocols to ensure that patients’ access to convenient care is optimized
• Adheres to standards and care protocols to deliver appropriate, innovative and cost-effective care management in-person and virtually
• Actively and regularly participates in the assigned meetings/committees
• Models Atrium Health Core Values
• Adheres to Medical Group Minimum Work Standards