Permanent Family Practice: Outpatient Only Job in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
Under the direction of the Medical Director, provides comprehensive and
continuous primary care to a panel of patients.
Essential Duties Major responsibilities:
- Provides primary care services to individuals and
families.
- Provides and manages direct patient care, including
physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment
for a specified patient population.
- Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and
treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
- Refers patients to specialists and to relevant
patient care components as appropriate.
- Directs and coordinates the patient care activities
of nursing and support staff as required.
- As appropriate to the position, participates in
specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
- Ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms,
reactions, and progress.
- Participate in On Call coverage.
- Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the
delivery of medical care.
- Knowledge of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical
patient care aids and ability to prescribe dosages and instruct patients
in correct usage.
- Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or
infection control standards.
- Ability to develop and present educational programs
and/or workshops.
- Knowledge of community medical diagnostic and
patient care services in area of medical expertise.
- Knowledge of current principles, methods and
procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment
in area of expertise.
- Ability to work both independently and in a team
- Managing patient care is a team effort that involves
clinical and non-clinical staff interacting with patients
- 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
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