Job Openings SITE PHYSICIAN

About the job SITE PHYSICIAN

At this time client is NOT offering relocation or remote options for this position.

Our client is one of the oldest non-profit comprehensive healthcare organizations in the United States. They are a premier provider of home and community-based healthcare and services in the New York metropolitan area, serving all five boroughs of New York City, as well as Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk Counties.

Our client offers comprehensive healthcare and other services that enrich the lives of their participants and let them live safely at home and in their communities. As added participants benefit our client runs a program to offer All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). Each day, our client emplmloyees serve a richly diverse population of 3,300 participants, speaking 75 languages and dialects throughout our 14 facilities.

Client offers comprehensive and competitive employee benefits package with diverse and all-inclusive work environment

JOB PURPOSE:

Under the direction of the Chief Medical Officer, the Site Physician is responsible for the professional, organizational, and administrative aspects of providing quality medical care to CLHC/Day Treatment Center patients.


JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Direct the medical care and treatment of patients and have primary medical responsibility in overseeing and supporting the care rendered by other members of the interdisciplinary care team.
  • Collaborates with site NP community-based based primary care providers on the shared population.
  • Identifies opportunities to improve the quality, cost, and utilization of care for the site participants.
  • Carries a caseload of patients as PCP and participates in direct medical care in the Diagnostic and Treatment Center.
  • Leads the medical presence during the start of care events.
  • Participates in multidisciplinary team activities, which may include case conferences, hospitalization reports, family, and team meetings.
  • Develops and participates in the Utilization Review of medical services provided by CLHC/DTC.
  • Develops and supervises the provision of ambulatory medical services.
  • Serves as liaison as necessary with other medical institutions and develops relationships with subspecialists and community physicians for the purposes of semi-annual care planning.
  • Facilitates medical education programs for staff, trainees, and students as opportunities arise.
  • Conducts patient assessments, and examinations, and treats patients in a variety of settings, i.e., Day Treatment Center (DTC) and patients home.
  • Serves as a resource for all clinical staff practicing in the DTC (nurse practitioners, MAs, RNs).
  • Provides in-service staff development and clinical teaching of trainees rotating through the Medical practice.
  • Participates in developing preventive health screening, immunization programs, professional community outreach, quality assurance, etc.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

  • Graduate of an accredited school of medicine. Board Certification in Internal Medicine or Family Practice. Board Certification or experience in Geriatric Medicine. Residency in Internal Medicine,
  • Family Practice, or fellowship or experience in Geriatrics.
  • Licensed to practice medicine in NY.

Experience:

  • Residency in Internal Medicine or Family Practice, Fellowship, and experience in geriatrics preferred.
  • Board certification in Internal Medicine or Family Practice.
  • Diploma in Geriatric Medicine or equivalent experience.
  • No malpractice or loss of license at the DTC.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
    
    Location: Bronx and Ridgewood, Queens
    Salary Range: $210-230k
    Weekly Hours: 40 Hours
    Schedule: Monday Friday 8:00 am 5:00 pm