Family Medicine Physician

Family Medicine Physician

Job Summary:  Tryon Medical Partners is looking for an internist to provide long-term, comprehensive care to our patients and manage both common and complex diseases.  You should be able to effectively diagnose patients and suggest a successful course of treatment.

Responsibilities:

• Consulting with patients to understand their symptoms and health concerns.
• Diagnosing and treating acute illnesses, such as bacterial and viral infections, as well as chronic diseases and conditions, such as hypertension, heart disease, or diabetes.
• Prescribing or administering medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Explaining procedures and discussing test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Monitoring patients' conditions and progress, and re-evaluating treatments, as necessary.
• Providing health and wellness advice to patients, including diet, physical activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Immunizing patients against preventable diseases.
• Maintaining detailed notes of appointments with patients, including comments, tests, and/or treatments prescribed, and test results.
• Referring patients to other medical specialists, when necessary.
• Providing support and advice to patients receiving long-term care.
• Preparing official health documents or records, when necessary.

• Bachelor’s degree.
• MD or DO degree.
• Successful completion of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE).
• Certification by The American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine.
• Valid North Carolina medical license.

• 3 to 7 years’ internship and clinical residency training.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Outstanding research and analytical skills.
• Excellent communicator who can empathize with patients.

• Work consistently requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling.
• Must be able to lift and support weight of 35 pounds
• Ability to concentrate on details.
• Use of computer for long periods of time