Physician - Podiatry jobs in Torrance, CA

Core Competencies

• Adheres to infection prevention guidelines
  
  
• Adheres to policies, procedures, and standards of practice to deliver safe and optimal care
  
  
• Assesses patient history, physiological, and psychosocial status
  
  
• Communicates with the patient, family, medical staff and others during the continuum of care
  
  
• Complies with Joint Commission’s national patient safety goals
  
  
• Complies with organizational quality dashboard/benchmarking goals
  
  
• Interprets common variables affecting patient care and follows reporting process
  
  
• Maintains regulatory compliance consistent with quality standards and ethical obligations of the profession
  
  
• Participates in activities in alignment with the Magnet Model
  
  
• Participates in organizational activities
  
  
• Participates in Peer Review
  
  
• Participates in professional development activities
  
  
• Performs as a preceptor in an active and engaged manner
  
  
• Provides age-specific individualized care that supports protection from harm and complies with patient safety centered interventions/bundles
  
  
• Provides patient and family education throughout the care of patient
  
  
• Uses critical thinking to formulate and carry out a care plan according to patient needs
  
  
• Utilizes resources in an economical manner
  
  
• Utilizes safe administration of medications
  
  
• Utilizes Safe Patient Handling
  
  

Department Specific Competencies

• Assists with ensuring clinical qualify of care and the integration of the quality caring model in clinical services on the unit as evidenced by meeting targeted quality indicator outcomes, targeted patient satisfaction scores and targeted benchmarks for unit dashboard..
  
  
• Supports the annual budget for the individual unit by meeting established productivity standards through appropriate flexing when needed, maintaining staffing matrix guidelines and unit specific ratios.
  
  
• Assists in the promotion of professional growth and development by attending all mandatory courses classes, in-services, functions as a clinical expert and resource while on the unit.
  
  
• Works effectively with other units, departments and physicians to support the organizational goals as evidenced by State and Federal regulatory surveys, accreditation and certification findings related to specific area of responsibility..
  
  
• Promote the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
  
  
• Act as a clinical resource for perioperative services personnel within the specialty using professional guidelines and evidence-based standards..
  
  
• Coordinate perioperative patient care with other members of the surgical team.
  
  
• Act as a consultant to advise the perioperative team in areas of specialty using professional guidelines and evidence-based standards.
  
  
• Assist perioperative personnel in evaluating practice and in creating strategies for further improvement within the specialty.
  
  
• Communicate and collaborate effectively practice and in creating strategies for further improvement within the specialty.
  
  
• Provide educational resources/in-services and coordinate with the perioperative team and other stakeholders.
  
  
• Provide educational resources/in-services and coordinate with the perioperative educator regarding Perioperative team education specific to the specialty.
  
  
• Organize quality of performance improvement activities within the specialty.
  
  
• Coordinate, facilitate, and manage change within the specialty area

• Facilitate or serve as a member of a multidisciplinary team in planning perioperative patient care related to the specialty area.

• Collect and analyze data that applies to the specialty to facilitate collaboration and negotiation with stakeholders.

• Evaluate specialty team personnel performance as required

• Pursue professional growth and participate in a professional organization

• Performs staff responsibilities including the Circulator and Scrub Role as needed to fulfill required service levels.

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