Physician - MGH Clinic

Job Summary

Hours: Up to 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Union: None
Union Name: None
Patient Facing: Yes
Funding: Until the end of June 2029 with the possibility for renewal.

Responsibilities

• Patient Care
• Provide comprehensive, high-quality primary and episodic at BHCHP’s clinic at MGH, working within BHCHP’s clinical and administrative guidelines.
• Perform consults on patients who are inpatient or in the emergency department at MGH by meeting patients at the bedside, assisting teams in developing homeless-specific care plans and coordinating after care planning as needed.
• Collaborate with and support other team members (nursing, PA, PMNHP) on patient care as needed. It is expected that the MD and NP will share a panel of patients.
• Refer patients when medically necessary for specialty, hospital, recuperative or other appropriate care such as detox, providing appropriate information for continuity of care.
• Provide direct patient care at least 28 hours/week including, if needed, late evening work, with the remaining 8 hours devoted to other clinical administrative duties such as lab follow-up, quality assurance, completion of patient forms, and to remain flexible about changes in those hours and in the site at which the work is performed.
• To provide with other staff members continuous onsite physician coverage at those sites which require physician presence, remaining available to cover sites during administrative time when colleagues are ill or on vacation.
• To provide on-call coverage with other BHCHP clinicians at the MGH practice to ensure 24-hour availability, and to provide onsite holiday coverage at the medical respite site. Phone call will occur approximately every 5 weeks.
• To provide comprehensive follow-up of all laboratory tests including notification of patients of all results according to BHCHP guidelines, and to provide appropriate follow-up of all abnormal results following the highest standards of medical care.
• To provide education to patients on health promotion and disease prevention.
• Collaborative and Educational Responsibilities
• To provide BHCHP support staff with adequate physician back-up.
• To help educate peers and other clinic staff by providing talks in areas of interest and expertise
• To participate in a collaborative agreement with nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants, ensuring the highest quality clinical care for patients comanaged.
• To participate in the teaching of medical students and residents and to act as a role model and mentor for students, residents, and fellows.
• To actively participate in department meetings, general staff meetings and other meetings including quality assurance, pharmacy, etc.
• To attend CME meetings on a regular basis as mandated by the appropriate State Medical Board and to maintain the highest level of clinical competence.
• Administrative Responsibilities
• To maintain adequate medical records, completed in a timely fashion, according to the guidelines of BHCHP, employing standard forms such as problem lists, medication lists, etc.
• To participate in peer review by performing regular chart reviews.
• To maintain an active DEA certificate, medical license, current hospital privileges, managed care credentials.
• To perform any other reasonable and appropriate duties at the request of the Medical Director.

Requirements

• M.D. licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Board eligible or certified in family practice, internal medicine, or other appropriate specialty.
• Interest in working within multidisciplinary teams to provide primary care to homeless persons.
• Life support training certification (e.g., CPR, BLS, ACLS) from a course that includes a hands-on, in-person component.
• Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. Fluency in another language (especially Spanish and Haitian Kreyol, which are most reflected in our patient population) is desired.
• Familiarity with addiction medicine and/or Health Care for the Homeless program(s) is desired.
• Strong understanding of the complex health problems of homeless people, substance use disorder, harm reduction strategies, and the social determinants of health; and an understanding of the historical and current effects of racism and xenophobia in the health care setting is desired.
• Demonstrated interest in working with an underserved population.

Qualifications

• The compensation increases based on years of experience and ranges from $172,000 - $275,200 annually. Annual salary is pro-rated based on part-time hours worked.
• BHCHP full-time employees are eligible for our competitive time off program, health, dental and vision insurance, 403B retirement savings plan, pre-tax MBTA pass program with 40% discount, additional compensation for demonstrated bilingual proficiency and more. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees.