Family Med Practitioner

About the Role

Join Caring Health Center as a Family Medicine Physician and deliver whole-person primary care across all ages in a community that depends on us every day. This outpatient-only role offers a collaborative team culture and access to federal loan repayment programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care services within your area of expertise.
• Assess, plan, document, and evaluate patient needs and treatments, ensuring appropriate follow-up.
• Maintain a culturally and linguistically sensitive practice, using interpreters and other assistance as needed.
• Design a plan of care based on assessment of physical, emotional, and social needs in collaboration with the patient and, if appropriate, the family.
• Refer patients to specialists, other practitioners, and facilities as needed.
• Review patient charts to ensure appropriate treatment plans are developed and followed.
• Collaborate with other caregivers on patient education and rehabilitation, promoting mental and physical health.
• Serve on-call rotations as scheduled.
• Cooperate with CHC administration to monitor and improve the quality of patient care.
• Demonstrate sensitivity and respond appropriately to verbal and non-verbal communications from patients, families, and co-workers.
• Maintain patient privacy and dignity in all communications and care provision.
• Utilize tact, courtesy, patience, and discretion in interactions with others.
• Attend and actively participate in scheduled staff meetings.
• Participate in professional staff teaching, both formal and informal.
• Maintain clinical competence through ongoing medical education and training.
• Maintain associate privileges at local hospitals (Baystate, Mercy).

Requirements

• Unrestricted Massachusetts medical license.
• M.D. degree.
• Completion of three years post-graduate residency training in an accredited Family Medicine residency program.
• Board eligibility in Family Medicine.
• 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.

Qualifications

Education: Doctorate (Required)

Licenses & Certifications: Physician (Required)

Desirable Skills

• Board Certification in Family Medicine.
• Fluency in Spanish, Russian, or Vietnamese.
• Special expertise in providing healthcare to underserved, culturally diverse populations.