Physician

Job Description

Job Description

Optimal Care is growing and proactively building our talent pipeline for future opportunities. While this role may not be immediately available, we invite you to submit your resume to this posting. A member of our Recruiting team will reach out to discuss opportunities with you.

As a clinician owned and operated company, we create the opportunity and environment for each employee to realize their highest potential while maintaining a personalized focus on our Patients and Families every day. We are the Midwest's premier provider of Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice Care. Our integrated care delivery model incorporates technology, innovation and best practices. We produce value based outcomes by managing chronic disease process, rehabilitation and end of life care.

We live a simple Mission: Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care.

What does this mean for you? At Optimal Care, you have our resolute commitment to being an exceptional place to work. Your expertise, passion and commitment to exceptional quality care will continue to thrive. With you we can build a remarkable place to work.

Exceptional Benefits:

• Minimum of 3 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Company Vehicle Program for field roles
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• HSA and FSA options including Dependent Care
• Company paid Short Term Disability
• Company paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Pet Insurance
• ID and Fraud Protection
• And more...

Key Responsibilities

Physicians provide primary and/or specialty medical care in a variety of ambulatory, home and long-term care settings. The Physician is responsible for providing medical leadership to advanced practice providers such as Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. The Physician will function in collaboration with providers according to a Collaboration Arrangement. The Physician's practice will focus on caring for the seriously ill population while providing advanced primary care capabilities to assist patients and families with comfort and quality of life.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Conducts medical evaluations of predominantly elderly, frail, seriously ill patients in their home environment.
• Performs independently under stress and in emergency situations.
• Drives between locations, navigating to each location using GPS device or other tools.
• Communicates significant findings, problems, and changes in condition or environment to the clinical coordinator, family, facility and other personnel involved with patient care.
• Assess health status by obtaining relevant health and medical history. Performs a physical exam based upon the age and patient history. Identifies significant health and medical risk factors.
• Orders, interprets and evaluates laboratory tests and other diagnostic studies to assess patient's clinical problems and health care needs. Develops a diagnosis by analyzing and synthesizing collected data
• Performs diagnostic of therapeutic interventions consistent with certification, law and state medical privileges. May prescribe and monitor medications as allowed by prescriptive authority through the appropriate State Board Agency.
• Develops a treatment plan in collaboration with the patient and significant others to include Medicare, CMS, Ancillary services, and treatment. Collaborates with nursing, medical and other healthcare team members to ensure quality patient care.
• Refers patients to providers as appropriate for consultation or for specialized health resources and treatment. Ensures continuity of care by serving as a liaison between patient and other members of the multidisciplinary care team or with other specialty areas as necessary.
• Supervise nurse practitioners and physician assistants per the Collaborative Agreement.

Required Qualifications

• Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy required
• Current unrestricted State license to practice medicine.
• Prior supervisor / management experience.
• Requires demonstrated interpersonal, supervisory, and management skills with ability to communicate effectively
• Demonstrates proven organizational development and project management
• Exhibits working knowledge of regulations and reimbursement in home health care as well as proven leadership abilities
• Sit, stand, bend, lift, and move intermittently
• Must be able to lift at least 50lbs and bear the weight of an average adult effectively Current and valid driver's license
• Reliable transportation and valid automobile insurance coverage

Desired Qualifications

• Board certification in family practice, internal medicine, geriatric or palliative care preferred.
• Preferred 2 years experience in healthcare, with a combination of acute care, geriatric and/or long-term care practice.
• Experience with geriatric patients preferred.

Location

• Home Office: Kalamazoo, MI
• Main Service Area: Greater Kalamazoo and surrounding areas
  • This position services patients in facilities and private home settings

Hours

• 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday

Pay Range

$150,000—$200,000 USD

Background Screening

Optimal Care conducts a background screening upon acceptance of a contingent job offer. Background screening is completed by a third-party administrator, the Michigan Long-Term Care Partnership, and is performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.

Reasonable Accommodations

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Optimal Care is an equal-opportunity employer.