ChenMed, a physician-led and mission-driven primary care organization, is seeking a Primary Care Physician (PCP) to join its rapidly expanding team. This role focuses on providing comprehensive care to a panel of up to 450 patients, emphasizing accountability for outcomes, health coaching, and simplifying care for actionable behavior change. The PCP will contribute to transforming healthcare for seniors by delivering affordable, VIP care that prioritizes better health outcomes.
Practice Info
- Accountability for outcomes, strong clinical care, and cost-effectiveness for each patient in a panel of up to 450 patients
- Acts as a health coach, helping patients set short and long-term health goals and frequently following up on those goals
- Simplifies and prioritizes appropriately for actionable behavior change for patients and when leading care teams
- Regularly measured metrics include patient admissions/thousand, appointment slots per day (18-21), CGCAHPS (patient experience), clinical gaps closures, and medical cost measures
- Leads a care team consisting of a care promoter (medical assistant), care facilitator, and care coordinator for office patients
- Engages with the transitional care team and others including case managers, acute and transitional-care physicians, and other resources for patients unable to come to the office
Responsibilities
- Independently provides care for patients with acute and chronic illnesses encountered in the older adult patient
- Takes full accountability for patient care and outcomes, seeking specialist consultation when needed while remaining responsible for detailed patient care
- Engages with the hospitalist whenever one of their patients is in the hospital
- Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, education, health promotion, care coordination, and documentation for patients with acute and complex chronic health needs
- Has an active role in the management of their center and helps cover for other providers who may be out
- Takes an active role as needed in recruiting patients for the center and additional providers for the company
- Supervises, collaborates with, participates with, or functions within a practice or collaborative agreement with an Advanced Practice Practitioner (APP) and remains accountable for the actions of the APP
- Performs other duties as assigned and modified at manager’s discretion
Compensation
- PAY RANGE: $221,141 - $315,915 Salary
- This position may also be eligible for a bonuses or commissions
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits
- Career development and advancement opportunities
- Great work-life balance and opportunities to grow
Shift & Schedule
- Flexible to work evening, weekends and/or holidays as needed
Requirements
- Availability and Accessibility for patients to build trust, including being open for walk-in visits and answering phone calls and messages in a timely manner
- Service Orientation: provides care that they would want for a family member or for themselves to each patient at every interaction
- Evidence Based Medicine: remains updated on evidence-based medicine, and recognizes the impact of lifestyle and nutrition on patient health outcomes
- Physician Leadership: willing to continuously work to develop and improve leadership skills
- Quality: willingness to work with care teams towards achieving high quality outcomes and quality measures, and continuously improve practice of medicine and center operations
- Influence: competently and compassionately influence patients, teams, and self to achieve the best outcomes
- Self-Care: adequately caring for themselves physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite products including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, plus a variety of other word-processing, spreadsheet, database, e-mail and presentation software as used in the company
- Ability and willingness to travel locally as needed in their market, nationally for initial training (2 weeks) and then occasionally regionally and nationally for recruiting or training purposes
- Fluency in English, verbal and written
- MD or DO in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics or similar specialty required
- Must be able to obtain a State Medical License or already have a current, active State Medical License for the state(s) in which he/she will be working
- Board Eligibility is required
- Board certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics or similar specialty is preferred
- Once Board certified, PCP will maintain board certification in their specialty by doing necessary MOC, CME and/or retaking board exams as required
- Must have a current DEA number for schedule II-V controlled substances
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AMA) or American Red Cross required w/in first 90 days of employment