Staff Physician - Internal Medicine

Job Description

Job Description

Department: Clinic

Position Type: Full-Time

FLSA: Exempt

Job Summary: 

Join us and be a part of Trillium—a mission driven team committed to expanding access to high quality, compassionate care for everyone we serve. The Staff Physician will provide high-quality, comprehensive primary care services to adult patients, ensuring access to essential healthcare for all populations. This role is critical to fulfilling the organization’s mission of delivering patient-centered, culturally competent care regardless of ability to pay. The Staff Physician diagnoses and treats acute and chronic conditions, performs preventive health screenings, and manages care coordination with specialists and behavioral health providers. 

By adhering to evidence-based practices and regulatory standards, the physician helps maintain compliance with HRSA requirements and supports quality improvement initiatives. Additionally, the Staff Physician contributes to reducing health disparities, improving community health outcomes and fostering trust between patients and the health care team. 

Duties/Responsibilities:

Patient Care

• Provide primary care to adult patients on-site in clinic with an interdisciplinary approach.
• Rotating 7-day phone-based call system to include urgent patient communications, ED visits, hospital admissions, panic lab values, etc.
• Provide consultation regarding general primary care, as needed.
• Provide primary medical care, for diverse populations, including patients with HIV, Hep C, substance use disorder & LGBTQ+ patients. 

Teaching/Training

• Precept students, residents, and other medical staff during elective rotations at Trillium Health.
• Required to obtain 50 or more CME credits per year to remain eligible for medical staff credentialing and commercial insurance crediting.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Complete all clinical documentation within 3 days of medical treatment.
• Complete assigned Ongoing Peer Reviews quarterly.
• Complete Focused Peer Reviews as assigned.

Miscellaneous:

• Requires the ability and commitment to respect and support patients, other employees, and visitors with various lived experiences.
• Requires individual demonstration of commitment to the mission, vision, One Trillium values, behaviors, and modeling them in the organization.
• Responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of all patient, client, employee, protected and proprietary information.
• Employees are accountable for meeting the performance standards of their departments and must participate as requested in compliance audits and quality improvement plans.
• Required to participate in continuous improvement of job responsibilities and organizational or work processes to advance the organization or department. 
• Other specific duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Attributes: 

• M.D. or D.O. Degree and Board Certified or Eligible in Internal Medicine.

Physical Requirements: 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, sit, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk; and hear. Occasionally the employee must stoop, bend, and lift or move up to 25 lbs. Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

In support of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this job description lists only those responsibilities and qualifications deemed essential to the position.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Trillium Health promotes Equal Employment Opportunity for all, respecting diverse backgrounds, cultures, races, ages, experiences, and opinions. Employees must meet department performance standards and participate in compliance audits, process improvement, and quality improvement plans.