Job Description

Job Location: 415 Columbia Rd - Dorchester, MA 02125
Position Type: Full Time 30+ hoursEducation
Level: Graduate Degree
Salary Range: $210,000.00 - $280,800.00
Travel Percentage: Negligible
Job Category: Health CarePosition Title: Physician (Internal Medicine or Family Medicine with interest in Geriatrics)
Department: Primary Care
Supervisor: Medical Director
Status / Hours per week: Exempt / 1.0 FTE
Salary Range: The expected base salary for the position is $210,000-$280,800 per year.
Primary Function:
Provide general health care to adult patients, including health maintenance, episodic/acute care, and chronic disease management.
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide primary medical management for patients.
- Deliver patient care and patient education in the manner that is appropriate to patient's age, physical ability, educational level, and culture.
- Conduct health assessments and evaluate the needs of patients in the primary care clinic.
- Conduct physical exams, order and/or perform laboratory and diagnostic tests, and make clinical judgments regarding results.
- Perform minor procedures, as appropriate given prior training.
- Initiate appropriate consultations and referrals. Act as a primary care resource to the multidisciplinary team.
- Provide consultation and in-service training to other clinical staff.
- Participate in teaching activities and clinical supervision relationships with nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical students.
- Document history and physical exam, assessment, and treatment interventions in the medical record as per UCHC policies.
- Participate in provider meetings and appropriate committees.
- Participate in physician on-call and weekend coverage on a rotating basis.
- Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
- Participate in regular schedule of clinical care, team, and department meetings.
- Support team-based model of care and provide leadership to care team meetings.
- Participate in Quality Improvement initiatives.
- Strive to meet appropriate quality measures for patient population.
- Participate in peer review as required.
- Perform other duties as required.

QualificationsExperience &

Qualifications:
- Graduate of an appropriate medical training program in Internal or Family Medicine.
- Experience in geriatric medicine preferred.
- Current Massachusetts license to practice medicine.
- Certified by appropriate medical specialty board, or eligible for certification.
- Current controlled substance registration certificate from both the federal government and the state of Massachusetts.
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems, particularly Epic.
- Experience in a setting that is passionate about community health.
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to communicate clearly with patients and with staff.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, teaching and organizational skills.
- Willingness to work evenings and weekends as required
- Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, and/or Cape Verdean Creole desirable.
Independent Action:
- As described above at “Duties & Responsibilities”.
Supervisory Responsibility:
- Provides supervision to no more than two nurse practitioners or physician’s assistants at any time.
- Precepts internal medicine residents.
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.