Primary Care Practice Physician

Job Description

**Reports to Chief Medical Officer**
**Position Summary:**

– This full-time physician will join a dedicated team of healthcare providers and will provide comprehensive and continued care to client patients.
– This will include routine and emergency office-based care, support of health promotion and preventative medical care.
– Our client offers an excellent starting salary (commensurate with experience) and highly competitive benefits.
– They will sponsor successful candidates who desire an H1B or J1 visa and who meet all CIS requirements for same.
– In addition, qualified candidates will be eligible for loan repayment programs under the NHSC.
– The Physician contributes to a work environment that is caring, collaborative, and innovative.
– This person will support client’s mission, vision, and values and will adhere to compliance protocols as well as clients’ policies and procedures.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.**

– Provides comprehensive and continuing care to patients; obtains records of patient’s health history; performs comprehensive physical assessment as part of a total physical examination; diagnoses, treats, and plans appropriate healthcare for patients; refers patients to physicians and/or outside agencies as required; establishes and maintains patients electronic medicais records and other necessary records.
– Provides and prescribes medications within area of specialty; performs laboratory procedures and interprets lab results; provides case management services for select clients; provides group, community, and individual patient education; participates in the on-call physician group.
– Participates in patient care audits for quality assurance and utilization reviews to maintain and improve the patient care standard of excellence; maintains medical professional standards and knowledge by attending continuing education programs; may provide administrative management input for staff including performance reviews, hiring decisions, disciplinary actions, etc.

**Education/Experience:**

– This position requires successful completion of academic requirements of an accredited medical school.
– Electronic medicais records experience is required.

Required License(s) and/or Certification(s):

– Must be licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

**Supervisory Responsibilities:**

– Provides supervision to professional and allied health care staff as well as residents engaged in the delivery of patient care.
– The mission of Community Health Programs is to improve the health of people throughout the Berkshires by delivering exceptional, compassionate health care.

**Skills/Knowledge/Competencies (Behaviors):**

– Ability to interact with others with tact and diplomacy; treat others with respect and consideration regardless of status or position; contribute to a positive team spirit; balance team and individual responsibilities; display highest degree of professionalism and ethics.
– Respond appropriately to patient needs; manage difficult or emotional patient situations in a way that instills trust and respect; solicit feedback to improve performance.
– Ability to manage multiple priorities; work well under pressure; complete tasks correctly and on time with limited supervision; step in when needed and cross train for additional site coverage; respond promptly to requests for service and assistance; confidence in leading and instructing others; ability to delegate effectively
– Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one or small group situations; respond well to questions; complete administrative duties accurately and timely.
– Ability to calculate figures and amounts; solve practical problems; interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
– Punctual and reliable; ability to maintain schedule commitments.
– Spanish speaking/bilingual is a plus.