Clinician Pediatrician

Greater Lawrence Family Health Center; Lawrence (MA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Comprehensive benefits

Growth opportunities

Great working environment

Job summary

The Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFHC) invites a Pediatrician to provide comprehensive and continuing care for children across our multi-site system, including hospitals, schools and shelters in Massachusetts.

The position emphasizes clinical excellence, direct patient care, teamwork, quality improvement and education. On-call backup coverage and travel between sites may be required; bilingual English/Spanish is preferred to serve our diverse patient population.

Qualifications

• Board certification or eligibility in a pediatric specialty with a current medical license in Massachusetts.
• Residency completion in good standing.
• Excellent communication and clinical skills.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and provides direct medical care to patients.
• Refer patients to other providers as appropriate.
• Participates in patient care audits for quality assurance and utilization review.
• Maintains appropriate medical records on assigned patients.
• On-call duties and backup coverage as assigned.
• Travel between sites may be required.
• Represent GLFHC with external authorities and the community.
• Pursues continued education opportunities for professional growth.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Professionalism

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Board certification/eligibility in pediatrics

Massachusetts medical license

Residency completion

Job description

Established in 1980, the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc. (GLFHC) is a multi-site, mission-driven, non-profit organization employing over 700 staff whose primary focus is providing the highest quality patient care to a culturally diverse population throughout the Merrimack Valley. Nationally recognized as a leader in community medicine (family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, and geriatrics), GLFHC has clinical sites throughout the service area and is the sponsoring organization for the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program.

GLFHC is seeking a Pediatrician to join our team! The primary function of this position is to provide comprehensive and continuing care to patients requiring routine and emergency pediatric treatment through the diagnosis of disease processes and through the provision of medical treatment of patients at community health centers, hospitals, schools, and shelters.

Scope of Duties:

• Demonstrates clinical competence and professional commitment in the Practice of Medicine by adhering to established standards of practice and utilizing appropriate scientific principles.
• Oversees and provides direct medical care to patients.
• Refer patients to other providers as appropriate.
• Participates in patient care audits for quality assurance and utilization review to maintain and improve patient care standard of excellence.
• Maintains appropriate medical records on assigned patients.
• Maintains medical professional standards and knowledge by regularly attending medical conferences, seminars, continuing education programs, and the teaching medical residents, medical students and /or practitioners or students in other health care professions.
• Serve on-call including as a backup clinician as assigned.
• Serves as member of related committees as requested/needed.
• Represents the health center with external authorities and the community as required.
• Pursues continued education opportunities for ongoing professional growth and accreditation status.
• Accepts responsibility, is self-directed in developing and maintaining own level of competence, career development and education.
• Provide leadership for employees to experience training opportunities related to quality improvement.
• Travel between sites may be required.

Requirements

• Board certification or eligibility in an appropriate pediatric specialty and a current medical license in Massachusetts.
• Residency completion in good standing.
• Well-developed organizational skills; strong follow through skills.
• Excellent communication and clinical skills.
• Demonstrated work ethic of confidentiality and professionalism
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

GLFHC offers a great working environment, comprehensive benefit package, growth opportunities and tuition reimbursement.

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