Family Med Practitioner

Caring Health Center, Inc.; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Caring Health Center, Inc. is seeking a Family Medicine Physician to join our outpatient primary care team in Springfield, MA.

This full-time role focuses on whole-person care for patients of all ages within a federally qualified health center, offering collaboration with a multidisciplinary team and access to loan repayment programs. The position emphasizes high-volume, culturally competent care with opportunities for inpatient alignment at affiliated centers and ongoing medical education

Qualifications

• MD degree required.
• Three years post-graduate residency in Family Medicine.
• Unrestricted Massachusetts medical license.
• Board eligibility in Family Medicine.
• Massachusetts DEA registration required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care within area of expertise.
• Assess, plan, document, and evaluate patient needs and treatments.
• Ensure appropriate follow-up.
• Maintain culturally and linguistically sensitive practice, using interpreters as needed.
• Design a care plan based on assessment with patient and family where appropriate.
• Refer patients to specialists and other practitioners/facilities.
• Review patient charts and ensure treatment plans are followed.
• Collaborate with caregivers on patient education and rehabilitation.
• Serve on-call rotations as required.
• Assist CHC administration in monitoring and improving care quality.

Skills

Bilingual abilities

Interpersonal skills

Cultural competency

Education

MD degree

Family Medicine residency

Massachusetts medical license

Board eligibility in Family Medicine

Massachusetts DEA registration

Job description

Family Med Practitioner

Job Category: Healthcare Provider Requisition

Job Number: FAMIL001116

Contract: Full-Time

Location: Springfield, MA 01103, USA

Some of the most rewarding primary care work you will ever do is waiting for you at Caring Health Center. Caring Health Center is seeking a Family Medicine Physician who believes that exceptional medicine and equitable access go hand in hand. As part of our FQHC team, you’ll deliver whole-person primary care across all ages in a community that depends on us every day. We offer a comprehensive outpatient-only role, a collaborative team culture, and access to federal loan repayment programs.

Minimum Requirements

• Maintenance of unrestricted Massachusetts medical license.
• Completion of the M.D. degree.
• Completion of three years post-graduate residency training in an accredited Family Medicine residency program.
• Board eligibility in Family Medicine.
• Maintenance of current DEA and Massachusetts Controlled Substances registrations.
• Demonstrated ability to provide quality care in a high-volume, multicultural Health Center setting.
• Qualification for unrestricted admitting privileges at Baystate Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center, and maintenance of such privileges during job tenure.
• Qualification as a provider for major insurers.

Desirable

• Board Certification in Family Medicine
• Fluency in Spanish, Russian, or Vietnamese
• Special expertise in provision of health care to underserved, culturally diverse populations

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provide direct patient care services within area of expertise.
• Assesses, plans, documents, and evaluates patient needs and treatments.
• Ensures appropriate follow-up.
• Maintains a practice that is culturally and linguistically sensitive, using interpreters and other assistance as appropriate.
• Designs a plan of care based on assessment of physical, emotional, and social needs, and in collaboration with the patient and if appropriate, the family.
• Refers patients, as appropriate, to specialists and other practitioners and facilities.
• Reviews patient charts and ensures that appropriate treatment plans are developed and followed.
• Collaboratively works with other caregivers regarding patient education and rehabilitation, including promotion of mental and physical health.
• Serve rotation for on-call schedules.
• Cooperates with efforts of the CHC administration to monitor and improve the quality of patient care provided.

Communications/ Interpersonal Skills

• Demonstrates sensitivity and responds appropriately to verbal and non-verbal communications of patients, families and co-workers.
• Maintains patient’s right to privacy, assuring dignity in the provision of care; is discreet in all communications, written or oral, about the patient’s care.
• Utilizes tact, courtesy, patience, and discretion in dealing with others.

Problem Resolution

• Consistently utilizes good judgment in the resolution of problems, clinical and non-clinical.
• Posses the ability to act independently and is willing to make decisions utilizing good judgment.
• Has the ability to visualize and anticipate new problems and to be part of the problem-solving process.

Career Development

• Attends and actively participates in scheduled staff meetings.
• Participates in professional staff teaching, both formal and informal as required.
• Maintains clinical competence through on-going medical education and training.
• Maintains associate privileges at local hospitals (Baystate, Mercy).

Qualifications

Education Required Doctorate Or Better. Licenses & Certifications Required Physician Salary ranges: $230,000- $290,000