Sports Medicine Physician

JOB SUMMARY:

The Sports Medicine Physician will serve as primary teaching faculty for the Family Medicine Sports Medicine Fellowship Program, focusing on the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal related injuries and sports medicine conditions. This role is designed for a dynamic physician dedicated to supervising FM sports medicine fellows, educating residents, providing high-quality patient care, and contributing to the development of sports medicine within the Family Medicine Residency Program.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

Clinical

• Maintain own panel of patients with scheduled patient care time. Patient care time on a weekly basis in the Family Health Center-Biltmore or Family Medicine Satellites.
• Evaluate and manage patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal related conditions.
• Develop comprehensive treatment plans that may include physical therapy, rehabilitation, and referrals to specialists as needed.
• Perform musculoskeletal exams and procedures, including joint injections/aspirations and musculoskeletal ultrasound.

Resident/Fellow Education

• Participate in teaching activities for residents, fellows, and medical students at the Family Health Center, including family medicine precepting in the Family Health Center
• Conduct didactics, lectures, workshops, and hands-on training sessions on sports medicine topics.
• Provide feedback and evaluations on residents and fellows performance in clinical settings.

Research

• Demonstrate commitment to community-based health sciences and research.
• Pursue scholarly activity, as required of all faculty members by the Department of Family Medicine
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives within the sports medicine fellowship program.

Administrative

• Participate, based on experience/skills, on committees and work groups as appropriate within the Department and within MAHEC.
• Collaborate with the Sports Medicine Program to enhance the sports medicine curriculum.

This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the Sports Medicine Physician Faculty may perform.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

• Communication

Skills Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient's family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.

• Decision Making

Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.

• HealthCare

Knowledge Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC's organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.

• Interpersonal

Skills Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.

• Organizational

Values Adherence to MAHEC's founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.

• Problem Solving

Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.

SPECIFIED SKILLS

COMPUTER

• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications required.
• Experience using Electronic Medical Records.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE

• Spanish speaking skills preferred.

RESIDENCY PROGRAM

• Commitment to resident and fellowship education and mentorship.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one situations to patients.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journal articles, technical procedures, legal documents, or governmental regulations

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Light - Moderate energy level: Lift and carry 25 - 35 lbs, Push/Pull 50 - 100 lbs (empty bed, stretcher, etc.).
• Occasional (0 - 33% of Workday).

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Not applicable.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completion of a Family Medicine Residency Program.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Teaching experience preferred.

REQUIRED LICENSES:

• Licensure to practice medicine in North Carolina.
• Certification by the American Board of Family Physicians.
• Certification of added qualification in Sports Medicine.
• Appointment in good standing to the medical staff of Mission Health System.

SCHEDULE:

Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and/or the Division); 40 hours per workweek; weekend, holiday, or evening coverage is occasionally required. Work hours will need to be flexible in order to respond to special work assignments, or evening activities, as requested by the team leader.

MAHEC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.