Physician

About the role

You’ll be part of a team that is resilient and seeks fairness by listening and advocating for patients and the community. You’ll work in a collaborative team to provide patient-centered care, including care for people who may otherwise not have access. You and the clinical staff will design and implement individualized care in a setting where each patient is treated with respect and compassion. You will have opportunities to influence decisions regarding care.

Responsibilities

• Oversees and provides direct patient primary care
• Facilitates care coordination and clinical collaboration
• Ensures quality care and risk mitigation
• Provides clinical collaboration and supervision to primary care APP staff

Requirements

You must have:

• A Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy, licensed in NYS prior to start date
• Completion of three-year Family Practice Residency, Internal Medicine or Pediatrics Residency
• Board-eligible from American Board of Family Medicine and Med-Peds boards; board certification required within 2 years after completion of residency training
• Outstanding “bedside manners”: patient-centric with empathy, excellent active listening and communication skills, engaging and efficient
• Outstanding clinical capabilities and judgment
• Focused on collaborative team-based care
• Responsive and comfortable working in a fast-paced, high accountability environment
• Proficient in EHR systems
• Flexible; excellent judgment and ability to prioritize resources where they will be most useful
• Comfortable receiving and providing appreciative and corrective feedback
• Engaged in learning and continuous quality improvement
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills with a multicultural patient and staff population
• Proficient in working with in-person or telephonic interpreters

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, you must have:

• Passion about providing high quality primary health care to low-income, underserved patients

Skills

Desired skills include:

• Ability to influence decisions regarding care
• Experience with innovative and collaborative care models
• Strong leadership and team management skills

Benefits

We offer:

• Compensation: $209,000 - 225,000 annual salary (based on a full-time work week)
• Sign on bonus: This position qualifies for a sign on bonus to be paid incrementally throughout the successful employees' first year of employment
• Tuition Reimbursement Potential: Our FQHC status provides a unique opportunity for tuition reimbursement for Physicians, up to $75,000 for a full time commitment and up to $37,500 for a part time commitment. A two-year commitment to serve at a FQHC is required. This tuition reimbursement program requires application and is not guaranteed.
• Benefits: You’ll have options for medical, dental, life, and supplemental insurance. We also offer a 403b match, health savings accounts with employer contribution, wellbeing programs, continuing education opportunities, generous paid time off, holidays, and twice yearly bonus potential.

Pay

$209,000 - 225,000 annual salary (based on a full-time work week)

Schedule

Primarily based at our Northwest location, 155 Lawn Ave. in Buffalo, and will travel to other Neighborhood sites in Western New York as needed.