Physician (Public Health)
Pima County
- Tucson, AZ
- $155,453-233,180 per year
- Training
- Full-time
This classification is in the unclassified service and is exempt from the Pima County Merit System Rules.Duties/Responsibilities(Work assignments may vary depending upon the department's needs and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.)Assists with administering and directing public health and/or health care functions and programs;Makes long-range plans, establishes goals to be achieved, and recommends policies;Performs direct patient care services to include medical/dental evaluations, patient histories, physical examinations, consultations and provision of direct treatment, therapies and/or other medical/dental interventions, as required of a Primary Care Provider (PCP) or consultant;Coordinates patient treatment with other health-care providers to include social/mental health caseworkers and practitioners;Initiates and develops programs of public health and/or health care services;Supervises, trains and evaluates allied health professionals, e.g., physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, nurses, etc.;Assists in directing the organization, staffing, and implementation of public health and/or medical and/or dental care services within the department;Reviews departmental medical, dental and public health activities for effectiveness;Participates in continuing evaluation of services provided through membership or participation in quality management/assurance panels, teams or like functions;Coordinates the professional staffing of an assigned clinic or service through other County resources and contracted health-care providers; Assumes a leadership role in the community in the development of health care services;Personally handles public health problems and/or medical/dental problems of an unusual nature;Recommends actions to maintain high medical and public health standards;Meets with community representatives, members of the medical or dental professions and governmental authorities to coordinate and implement effective public health and/or health care programs;Assists in directing proposed legislation, health codes, ordinances and laws and recommends their adoption before legislative bodies and advisory committees;Attends meetings and conferences;Writes reports and gives lectures to include the conducting of medical/dental training of medical/dental students/interns;May serve as department director in their absence.KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:Knowledge of:
- medical/dental trends, practices and methodologies for providing patient assessment, care and treatment;
- public health and/or medical services programs, functions and services;
- principles and practices of public health and/or medical/dental services administration;
- state and federal laws, programs and preventive medicine;
- principles and practices of budgeting and organizational design.
- initiating, coordinating and directing public health and/or health care programs, services and functions;
- assessment and treatment of patients per standards of medical/dental practices and procedures and legal and other regulatory requirements;
- evaluating and solving complex public and/or institutional health problems;
- establishing and maintaining a leadership role in the field of public health and/or medical/dental services and in the provision of health care services within the community.
- Minimum six (6) years of professional medical experience.
- Master's degree in a health-related area.
- Minimum two (2) years working in a public health department, school of public health, or comparable public health exposure.
- Experience in quality improvement initiatives.
- Minimum one (1) year of Epidemiology experience.