PHYSICIAN 2 - SPORTS MEDICINE

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty.

Hall Health Center currently has an outstanding opportunity for a 80%-100% FTE Family Physician at a UW Physician II level. This position provides direct acute and chronic care for patients in late adolescence through older age in an ambulatory setting. With a strong interest and experience in musculoskeletal conditions or a Sports Medicine specialty qualification, the physician provides Sports Medicine care as a significant portion of their practice. 

Hall Health Center on the UW Seattle Campus is a AAAHC-accredited outpatient facility providing high quality health care to a wide range of individuals. Hall Health Center has 70,000 patient visits annually. Two thirds of these visits are by undergraduate and graduate students. One third of visits are by faculty, staff, retirees, and others in the greater Seattle community. The primary mission of Hall Health is to support student success by providing excellent access to high quality comprehensive care. Its physicians contribute to the medical quality assurance and management needs of the clinic. Hall Health is committed to supporting the UW Medicine Patients Are First Service Culture Guidelines.

Hall Health embraces diversity as a core value and commits to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals of many social, economic, cultural, ideological, racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, and ability backgrounds.  We respectfully engage in difficult conversations about equity, privilege, and unconscious bias.  We honor global, multicultural perspectives and uphold social justice values.  Clinicians from marginalized communities and those who have demonstrated commitment to caring for patients from underserved communities are particularly encouraged to apply.

Hall Health Center is an essential service of the University of Washington and will remain open during UW closures for severe weather, natural disaster, or other emergency condition. All HHC staff members are considered essential employees and are expected to report to work as usual in such events.

UW employees enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our benefits website.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

•     Provide direct patient care including diagnosis and treatment of medical and mental health problems commonly seen in an ambulatory setting.
•     Ably care for a diverse patient population including those from underrepresented and marginalized backgrounds.
•     Provide wellness counseling and health maintenance examinations.
•     Include education and guidance in caring for diseases and injuries.
•     Order and interpret appropriate laboratory, X-ray, and other diagnostic tests.
•     Work as a team member with medical assistants, nurses, technicians, colleagues, and other personnel.
•     Provide care that demonstrates excellence, compassion, and understanding.
•     Consult other providers and utilize resources as appropriate within Hall Health Center, UW Medicine, UW and the community.
•     Respond in a timely fashion to patient inquiries.
•     Keep problem-oriented medical records.
•     Maintain correspondence, insurance reports, and other paperwork.
•     Serve as a peer consultant.
•     Contribute to clinical quality-assurance work.
•     Prepare and present reports to medical and administrative staff.
•     Contribute to medical-staff conferences and CME.
•     May supervise trainees.
•     May perform outreach and public relations activities upon request.
•     Demonstrate behaviors that support the UW Medicine Patients Are First Service Culture Guidelines.

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