CHIEF PHYSICIAN I, M.D. (Various Specialties)

CHIEF PHYSICIAN I, M.D.
(VARIOUS SPECIALTIES)


EXAM No: Y-5479-B

SALARY INFORMATION: Persons employed in this position shall be compensated at the rates established in the Salary Ordinance under Chapter 6.08, Part 2, Physician Pay Plan.


POSITION INFORMATION: Has immediate responsibility, either within a geographical area or County-wide, for a general or specialized health services program or directs a medical division in a County hospital.


ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Formulates or assists in the formulation of overall policies and plans and directs the program and medical activities of a medical division of a hospital; has responsibility for or assists in the administrative aspects of the division, such as budget preparation and control, personnel functions, procurement of equipment and supplies, and coordinating the work with that of other divisions in the hospital; directs or assists in directing the training of interns, resident physicians, and medical and technical students in the work of the division; directs the establishment, improvement or revision of the medical work or procedures of the division in order to improve level of service or the utilization of personnel; plans, directs and supervises medical research and the presentation and review of findings; examines, diagnoses, and prescribes treatment for patients on a consultative basis, and reviews the care prescribed by staff physicians, resident physicians, and interns; gives lectures and demonstrations to medical and nursing staff and medical and technical students.
REQUIREMENTS
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Completion of a residency approved by American Specialty* Board in an appropriate specialty** or equivalent *** -AND- Two years' in medical practice, additional training, teaching or investigative work.
*Residencies may include:

Preventive Medicine Physical Medicine & Nuclear Medicine Internal Medicine Rehabilitation Radiology Pediatrics Psychiatry Otolaryngology Dermatology OB/GYN Neurosurgery Emergency Medicine Pathology Anesthesiology Family Practice Urology Orthopedics Neurology Ophthalmology Plastic Surgery General Surgery Thoracic
***Equivalent training is defined as that training which the appropriate American Certifying Board formally recognizes, in writing, as being equivalent.


LICENSE: California State Physicians and Surgeons Certificate authorized by the Board of Medical Examiners of the State of California.


PHYSICAL CLASS: 2 - Light.