Physician - Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System · Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US
The Staff Physician provides direct patient care and emergency services in an effort to ensure that patient health care needs are met at all times.
Job description
The Staff Physician provides direct patient care and emergency services in an effort to ensure that patient health care needs are met at all times. - Patient Care - Provides direct patient care in the office and at other locations, develops treatment plans, and assesses patient's response to treatment while ensuring that all health care services provided are of the highest quality. - Provides high quality emergency care to patients on an on-call basis and in rotation with other physicians in an effort to ensure that patient health care needs are met at all times (Industrial Medical Center's Staff Physician does not provide on-call services). - Quality and Performance Improvement - Investigates new techniques, practices, and equipment in an effort to identify ways of maximizing the quality and efficiency of health care services provided to patients. - Assists in the development and implementation of continuous quality improvement programs and participates in multi-disciplinary continuous quality improvement efforts. Assists in ensuring that all services provided by the department are performed with compassion, understanding, and respect for others. - Ensures the appropriate applicat...