Position Title: Primary Care Physician
Department: PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly)
Supervisor: PACE Medical Director
Status / Hours per week: Full-Time / 40 hours per week
Primary Function:
Responsible for the primary care of PACE participants.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Acts as the primary care physician for PACE participants in community and institutional settings.
- Provides routine care, episodic, and urgent care.
- Performs initial and semiannual evaluations.
- Establishes collaborative practice with PACE nurse practitioner.
- In conjunction with nurse practitioner, performs routine. assessments and examinations of PACE participants.
- Together with the interdisciplinary team, develops care plans for PACE participants.
- Works collaboratively with members of interdisciplinary team.
- Communicates with consulting physicians and integrates recommendations into plans of care.
- Prescribes in accordance with state and federal regulations.
- Participates in on-call rotation.
- Attends interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Maintains appropriate medical records and related documentation.
- Maintains appropriate licensure and board certification.
- Practices in accordance with appropriate PACE guidelines.
Minimum Basic Knowledge:
- Experience working in an interdisciplinary team
- Comfort working in a multicultural health care environment
- Knowledge and comfort working in a managed care setting
Experience & Qualifications:
- Physician holding MD or DO degree and licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts
- Interest and at least one-year of experience working with the geriatric population
Define Access Level to PHI: Level 4: Authorized to access full health information. UCHC position and job responsibilities involve the provision of patient care and working as a clinical team member. Staff in this category level, although allowed full access, should only access the necessary information for each respective treatment encounter/circumstance.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $178,330.00 - $194,965.00 per year
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Loan forgiveness
- Malpractice insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Retirement plan
- Visa sponsorship
- Vision insurance
Healthcare setting:
- Clinic
- Community health center
Primary care specialties:
- Geriatrics
- Internal Medicine
Work Location: In person