Staff Physician

About the role

Harbor Health Services is an innovative, growing, mission-based organization providing medical, behavioral health, dental, and support services to over 34,000 patients in Boston, the South Shore, and Cape Cod. We operate two Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly and a WIC Program. We are currently seeking a Full-Time Family Medicine Physician to join our Primary Care Team at the Daniel Driscoll-Neponset Health Center and potentially at the Geiger Gibson Community Health Center in Dorchester.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a primary care provider for a panel of patients, conducting outpatient visits, managing communication with patients, overseeing safe transitions of care, and referring for specialty care within our Patient-Centered Care Model.
• Assesses health risks, promotes disease prevention, and practices evidence-based medicine.
• Provides routine health maintenance by performing interval well visits, including a complete history and physical, developmental assessment, risk assessment, cancer screening, and health promotion education.
• Follows up on any problems detected and makes appropriate referrals for additional services required, including nutrition, social services, behavioral health, specialty care.
• Provides timely and expert care to patients with acute illness, manages common chronic illnesses, and provides or arranges for appropriate patient education regarding self-management of chronic illnesses.
• Participates in an on-call system with other physicians in the Center and with other physicians at affiliated health centers, providing 24-hour access to a physician for our patients.
• Participates in evening/weekend/holiday clinic schedule to provide face-to-face care, follow-up visits, acute care, and other clinical services to patients.
• Participates in provider staff meetings, departmental meetings, general staff meetings, trainings, care team meetings, and quality improvement/practice transformation sessions.
• Supervises mid-level practitioners on a routine basis, reviews problem cases, is available for consultations, reviews medication prescribing, and provides teaching.
• Updates Electronic Medical Record (EMR) appropriately using proper coding and documents care accordingly, accurately and timely documents care in the medical record with progress notes, lab follow-ups, communications with patients; maintains a current problem list, medication flow sheet, immunization record, and other appropriate information.

Requirements

• Completed accredited physician residency in Family Practice (IM would be considered)
• Current Massachusetts MD/DO license, DEA, Mass Controlled Substance Registration, BLS required
• Board Certified
• Computer Literate in Office 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams) and EMR (EPIC/OCHIN) experience desired
• Experience with a community health center population and practice setting preferred

Benefits

• Continuing Medical Education Stipend of up to $2500
• 5 days of leave per year and reimbursement for renewal cost of licenses
• 25 days of PTO to start with additional 11 Paid Holidays per year
• A comprehensive benefits package
• Malpractice Insurance covered by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA)

Pay

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement. When determining actual base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g. location, years of relevant experience, education, training, and other factors as permissible by law).

Schedule

Role: Our Physician is the primary care provider to a panel of patients, conducts outpatient visits, manages communication with patients, oversees safe transitions of care and refers for specialty care within our Patient Centered Care Model. Our Physician assesses health risks, promotes disease prevention, and practices evidence-based medicine. Role: Our Physician is the primary care provider to a panel of patients, conducts outpatient visits, manages communication with patients, oversees safe transitions of care and refers for specialty care within our Patient Centered Care Model. Our Physician assesses health risks, promotes disease prevention, and practices evidence-based medicine.