PHYSICIAN - MSHP

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive clinical primary care services, serving as a specialist in the assessment, evaluation, management, and treatment of pediatric and adolescent patients to meet quality and performance standards.
• Collaborate with site administration to assess and increase clinic efficiency and productivity, offering unique physician insights to optimize daily health center operations and process flow.
• Actively participate in program-wide Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives, providing monthly analyses of priority QI projects at the assigned site and supporting effective implementation.
• Design and implement targeted service access activities to identify and engage students who need care, tracking and meeting set monthly benchmarks for increased patient access.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Coordinate seamlessly with multi-disciplinary clinical teams (Senior Clerks, LPNs, RNs, Psychologists, Social Workers, Dentists, and Optometrists) to ensure patients have comprehensive access to care.
• Proactively pursue and maintain communication with parents and guardians for appropriate clinical input and consent, while building strong collaborative relationships with school staff, teachers, and leadership.
• Balance routine health center flow (scheduled appointments, walk-ins, and low-acuity care) with occasional requests from the school to respond to patient emergencies within the school building.
• Maintain weekly communication with supervisors regarding health center needs and site interventions, while attending required departmental meetings to support program building.

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) degree from an accredited medical program required.
• Successful completion of an accredited residency program in Pediatrics or Family Medicine.
• Valid, unrestricted New York State Medical License with up-to-date registration.
• Current, valid Federal DEA license.
• Deep knowledge of best-practice, high-quality primary health care delivery tailored specifically to children and adolescents ages 3 to 20+.
• Demonstrated ability to provide counseling, prescriptions, and monitoring of reproductive health interventions in strict compliance with New York State laws and MSHP policies.
• Possess the organizational and analytical skills necessary to trouble shoot clinic processes, make actionable improvement recommendations, and maintain proficiency with clinical tracking and electronic health records.
• Proven ability to function under standardized practices, exercising sound judgment with minimal daily instruction while collaborating effectively under the direction of the Medical Director.

Physical & Environmental Requirements

• Ability to perform light work, including sitting, standing, and walking dynamically within a school-based health center clinic environment.
• Must have the ability to lift or exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally.

Pay

$128,000.00 - $160,000.00

Schedule

Shift: Monday to Friday
Scheduled Hours: 8 AM-4 PM
Scheduled Daily Hours: 8 HOURS