Physician

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) is fulfilling our vision of transforming healthcare by expanding our collaborative primary care team. We have an opportunity for a .8 - 1.0 FTE internal medicine physician at our regional medical center in desirable Edmonds, Washington.

Join an innovative multidisciplinary team whose members appreciate work/life balance, their team and the patients they serve.

Full time (approx. 36 clinical patient contact hours) or part time.

Our providers say they come to VMFH for the reputation of high-quality care and they stay for the teamwork and relentless focus on patient experience and outcomes.

Aspects of the physician role:

• Integrative primary care model. VMFH has an innovative approach, with imbedded pharmacists, social workers and psychiatry providers all part of the primary care team and partnering to provide the best care to patients. In primary care, we provide focused, coordinated care for our patients that have resulted in excellent health outcomes. Social workers are available to help address social/emotional/behavioral/environment needs and to provide and coordinate care.
• Flexible schedule options. We partner with you to develop a schedule that accommodates your individual needs as much as possible.
• Access to ancillary and specialty services: Referral options to over 30+ medical specialties within VMFH with collegial and responsive results.
• Teaching opportunities: VMFH is a teaching environment with regular opportunities to precept medical students and residents. It is also a conducive environment for providers new to practice.
• Learning opportunities: The team has a teaching culture and is a conducive environment for providers newly out of residency. A formal mentorship program is in place to help guide new providers to VMFH and support them for long term success. - Innovation: The VMFH culture promotes new approaches, best practice standards and continual improvement for both the patient and team member safety and experience using our Virginia Mason Production System with the vision of being the quality leader in healthcare.
• Compensation; $314,000.00 - $345,000.00/year. Plus sign on bonus and relocation.

Work with a committed and caring team of physicians, allied health providers, nurses, medical assistants and clinical support team members, all of whom are committed to the VMFH mission of improving the health and wellbeing of our patients. We are proud of our strong quality outcomes, our focus on continuous improvement, our innovative care delivery models and our ability to have fun while at work. We recognize the team member and patient experience is intertwined and prioritize the engagement of our staff, providers and patients. We are actively growing and expanding our practice to meet the needs of our patient population and are eager to have other skilled and like-minded individuals join our team!

• BE/BC in Internal Medicine
• Ability to obtain a medical professional license in the state of Washington.
• Ability to obtain a DEA with full prescriptive authority needed for specific practice.
• Committed to safety, quality of care and thrive in an environment of continuous but logical and thoughtful change.

Edmonds Regional Medical Center

At VMFH Edmonds, our goal is to empower people to live healthy lives. That‘s why we focus on health education and preventive medicine, in addition to comprehensive and compassionate medical care. We have been serving the Edmonds community for over 40 years. We provide care for the whole family, offering adult, pediatric, obstetrical and geriatric medicine. Laboratory testing, diagnostic screenings, occupational medicine, and much more are all available. Our caring team members enjoy building relationships with our patients, who are all ages and come from a variety of backgrounds.

About Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Our integrated health system includes Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States; Benaroya Research Institute, internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, a teaching organization which coaches health care professionals and others around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative lean management method for improving quali