Family Medicine Physician - Trumbell, CT

Yale NewHaven Health; Connecticut; On-site; USD 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated hospitalist physician to provide exceptional primary care and leadership within a collaborative healthcare environment. This role involves comprehensive patient management, from emergency evaluations to the development of effective care plans, ensuring high-quality patient outcomes. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a commitment to patient-centered care, while also participating in the education of healthcare staff. Join a team that values integrity, compassion, and accountability, and play a vital role in enhancing the health and well-being of the community.

Qualifications

• Must have an MD or DO degree with a recognized residency in internal or family medicine.
• Preferred experience in primary care practice, either family or internal medicine.

Responsibilities

• Examine patients and treat acute and chronic illnesses.
• Create treatment plans and ensure accurate patient documentation.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams for optimal patient care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Patient care

Differential diagnosis

Emergency evaluation

Leadership

Education

MD or DO degree

ABIM-recognized internal medicine residency

ABFM-recognized family medicine residency

Job description

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

The staff hospitalist must be able to competently care for the hospitalized patient throughout the hospital stay. This includes emergency evaluation and triage in addition to admission to the hospital and formation of a differential diagnosis. It is essential to formulate a comprehensive care plan in accordance with the most up to date, evidence based protocols. The staff hospitalist must possess excellent communication skills and exhibit these through communication with primary medical doctors as well as in house consultant physicians and colleagues. The hospitalist must interact in a professional manner with all members of the patient care team. The hospitalist physician should participate in education of the housestaff physicians, students, nurses and all members of the patient care team. The hospitalist should keep high quality care and patient safety in mind while transitioning the patient back to the outpatient setting upon discharge. The hospitalist shall deliver the above with service excellence and patient satisfaction in mind. Participation on Hospital committees service is encouraged in an effort to demonstrate leadership.

Responsibilities

1. Examines patients, obtains medical histories and treats acute and chronic illnesses
2. Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic tests
3. Involves patients and their families in care and treatment decisions
4. Creates treatment plans and completes orders in patient's charts
5. Collaborates on improvements in care delivery and service with staff, other physicians and management
6. Initiates appropriate specialty referrals
7. Provides clinical information to the interdisciplinary team in a clear and timely manner
8. Ensures that proper patient documentation is timely, accurate and complete
9. Works with practice management to ensure proper compliance with billing, coding and CPT code assignment
10. Achieves and maintains optimal patient access
11. Provides interdepartmental medical consultation as requested
12. Participates in the development of medical protocols, standard procedures and management of patient-care-related activities
13. Provides on-call coverage
14. Gives feedback to and accepts feedback from all staff in respectful manner
15. Acts in a positive and professional manner, complying with practice policies, procedures and federal and state laws
16. Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned
17. Promotes health education in conjunction with other health professionals
18. Efficiently uses group practice and healthcare resources
19. Contributes to quality improvement activities by actively participating in the medical staff activities, serving on various committees and suggesting and supporting process improvements
20. Advises the Chief Medical Officer of any problems that can affect the efficiency of the organization

Qualifications

EDUCATION (number of years and type required to perform the position duties):
Degree of MD or DO with ABIM-recognized internal medicine residency (three years minimum) or ABFM-recognized family medicine residency (three years minimum)
EXPERIENCE (number of years and type required to meet an acceptable level of performance):
Preferred: Professional clinical experience in primary care practice, either family medicine or internal medicine

Additional Information

To learn more, please email our In-House Physician Recruiter:

Christine Meyer at [e-mail]

Book time with Christine Meyer: Interview

Websites:www.northeastmedicalgroup.org/careers www.ynhhs.org

Position Overview

Responsible for providing appropriate non-surgical primary and continuing care to all patients in Northeast Medical Group, as well as leadership, coordination, and administration duties. The Physician leads an interdisciplinary team of primary caregivers and administrative support staff to perform assigned duties while displaying the highest standards of ethical and moral conduct as well as acting in the best interest of Northeast Medical Group supporting our mission, vision and values to optimize the health and well-being of our patients.