Physician-Primary Care
Apply NowCompany: Synectics Inc.
Location: Dorchester, MA 02125
Description:
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
- Provide primary medical management for patients. Deliver patient care and patient education in the manner that is appropriate to patient's age, physical ability, educational level, and culture.
- Conduct health assessments and evaluate the needs of patients in the primary care clinic.
- Conduct physical exams, order and/or perform laboratory and diagnostic tests, and make clinical judgments regarding results.
- Perform minor procedures, as appropriate given prior training.
- Initiate appropriate consultations and referrals. Act as a primary care resource to the multidisciplinary team.
- Provide consultation and in-service training to other clinical staff.
- Participate in teaching activities and clinical supervision relationships with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical students.
- Document history and physical exam, assessment, and treatment interventions in the medical record as per UCHC policies.
- Participate in provider meetings and appropriate committees.
- Participate in physician on-call and weekend coverage on a rotating basis.
- Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
- Participate in regular schedule of clinical care, team, and department meetings.
- Support team-based model of care and provide leadership to care team meetings.
- Participate in Quality Improvement initiatives.
- Strive to meet appropriate quality measures for patient population.
- Participate in peer review as required.
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an appropriate medical training program in Internal or Family Medicine.
- Experience in geriatric medicine preferred.
- Holds a current Massachusetts license to practice medicine.
- Certified by appropriate medical specialty board, or eligible for certification.
- Holds a current controlled substance registration certificate from both the federal government and the state of Massachusetts.
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems, particularly Epic.
- Experience in culturally diverse setting and passionate about community health.
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to communicate clearly with patients and with staff.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, teaching and organizational skills.
- Willingness to work evenings and weekends as required.
- Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, and/or Cape Verdean Creole desirable.
- Provides supervision to no more than two nurse practitioners or physician's assistants at any time.
- Precepts internal medicine residents.