Primary Care Physician

Job Details

Job Location: Fitchburg - Fitchburg, MA

Full Time - Job Shift
Compensation: TBD
Description
Under the direction of the Medical Director, provides comprehensive and continuous primary care to a panel of patients.
Essential Duties Major responsibilities:
?Provides primary care services to individuals and families.
?Practices within the collaborative model with nurse practitioners and clinical psychologists.
?Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for a specified patient population.
?Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
?Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
?Directs and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
?Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
?As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
?Ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress.
?Participate in On Call coverage.
?Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
?Knowledge of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids and ability to prescribe dosages and instruct patients in correct usage.
?Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
?Ability to develop and present educational programs and/or workshops.
?Knowledge of community medical diagnostic and patient care services in area of medical expertise.
?Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise.
?Ability to supervise, advise, and train clinical professionals and/or students in area of expertise.
?Ability to work both independently and in a team
?Managing patient care is a team effort that involves clinical and non-clinical staff interacting with patients
?Demonstrates understanding and commitment to the established CHC Values and Standards
?Other job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
?Medical Degree (MD or DO)
?Board certification/eligibility in Family or Internal Medicine
?Current licensure by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
?Current DEA and Massachusetts Controlled Substance licensure for prescriptive authority
?Eligible for unrestricted health center and hospital privileges at facilities utilized by the health center
?Effective verbal and written communication skills