Part time
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, USA
Provides urgent health care to the University's student, faculty/staff, and retiree populations. Responsible for urgent care visits. Participates in a team with physicians, nurse practitioners, and nurses to provide high-quality and compassionate care. May participate in teaching residents and medical students. Has outpatient responsibilities for acute and non-acute patient complaints. Performs problem-based physical exams and orders appropriate laboratory, x-ray, and other diagnostic and medical procedures to meet short-term health care needs. Plans, directs, and coordinates the acute medical care as needed. Coordinates the appropriate referrals and follow-up care of patients to other health care providers for specialized needs. Educates patients – based on age, gender, psychosocial and cultural context, and overall health of the patient – on illness or its complications and on ways to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Advises the patient with an illness on the most...