Primary Care Physician

Black Women's Mental Health Institute; Ypsilanti (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Women's Mental Health Institute seeks a Physician to provide comprehensive primary and urgent care to adults in a secure correctional setting. You will perform clinical evaluations, manage chronic and acute conditions, and apply evidence-based protocols.

You will collaborate with mental health, nursing, and dental teams to coordinate care, document findings accurately, and ensure regulatory compliance while promoting dignity and compassionate care for incarcerated patients.

Qualifications

• Medical training and licensure to practice as a physician.
• Strong clinical judgment in primary and urgent care.
• Experience managing complex medical conditions.
• Proficiency with diagnostic ordering and interpretation.
• Effective communication and teamwork across interdisciplinary clinical staff.
• Commitment to documentation accuracy and patient safety.

Responsibilities

• Perform clinical evaluations and ongoing care for adult patients.
• Diagnose and manage chronic and acute medical conditions.
• Order, interpret, and act on diagnostic testing.
• Collaborate with mental health, nursing, and dental teams to coordinate care.
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and participate in quality and safety initiatives.
• Support dignity, patient-centered outcomes, and compassionate care.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Team collaboration

Patient communication

Documentation accuracy

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Medical degree (MD/DO)

Job description

Physician (Primary & Urgent Care)

Provide comprehensive primary and urgent care to incarcerated adults within a secure correctional setting. Conduct patient assessments, manage chronic and acute conditions, and deliver evidence-based care using established protocols.

Provide comprehensive primary and urgent care to incarcerated adults within a secure correctional setting. Conduct patient assessments, manage chronic and acute conditions, and deliver evidence-based care using established protocols.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform clinical evaluations and ongoing care for adult patients
• Diagnose and manage chronic and acute medical conditions
• Order, interpret, and act on diagnostic testing
• Collaborate with mental health, nursing, and dental teams to coordinate care
• Maintain accurate, timely clinical documentation
• Ensure regulatory compliance and participate in quality and safety initiatives
• Support dignity, patient-centered outcomes, and compassionate care

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Medical training and licensure to practice as a physician
• Strong clinical judgment in primary and urgent care settings
• Experience managing complex medical conditions
• Proficiency with diagnostic ordering and interpretation
• Effective communication and teamwork across interdisciplinary clinical staff
• Commitment to documentation accuracy and patient safety