Primary Care Physician (Family Medicine or Internal Medicine)

Job Description

• Provide primary care services to individuals and families.
• Practice within the collaborative model with nurse practitioners and clinical psychologists.
• Provide and manage direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for a specified patient population.
• Prescribe pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
• Refer patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
• Direct and coordinate the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
• Follow established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
• As appropriate to the position, participate in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
• Observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress.
• Participate in On Call coverage.
• Prescribe drug dosages and instruct patients in correct usage and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids.
• Maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
• Develop and present educational programs and/or workshops.
• Advise and train subordinate clinical professionals and/or students in area of expertise.
• Manage patient care as a team effort involving clinical and non-clinical staff interacting with patients.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Medical Degree (MD or DO)
• Board certification/eligibility in Family Medicine
• Current licensure by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
• ACLS or CPR/AED certified
• Current DEA, DEA-X 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