Family Med Practitioner

Caring Health Center, Inc.; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Caring Health Center, Inc. in Springfield, MA is seeking a Family Medicine Physician to join our Federally Qualified Health Center team.

This outpatient-only role provides whole-person primary care across all ages in a community that depends on us daily, with a collaborative team culture and access to federal loan repayment programs. The position emphasizes high-quality care, cultural sensitivity, and coordination with local hospitals, emphasizing equity and community health in a busy,

Qualifications

• Massachusetts medical license required.
• MD degree completed.
• Three years residency in Family Medicine.
• Board eligible in Family Medicine.
• DEA and MA Controlled Substances registrations current.
• Ability to provide quality care in a high-volume, multicultural Health Center.
• Admitting privileges at Baystate Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center.
• Provider for major insurers.

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 with interpreters as needed.
• Design a care plan based on assessment with patient/family collaboration.
• Refer patients to specialists when appropriate.
• Review charts and ensure treatment plans are followed.
• Collaborate with caregivers on education and rehabilitation including mental and physical health.
• Rotate for on-call schedules.
• Cooperate with CHC administration to monitor and improve quality of care.

Skills

Cultural sensitivity

Team collaboration

Patient communication

High-volume clinical care

Education

MD degree

Family Medicine residency (3 years)

Massachusetts medical license

Board eligibility in Family Medicine

Job description

Family Med Practitioner Job Category: Healthcare Provider Requisition
Number: FAMIL001116 Full-Time 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

Principle 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