PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN - MD

Job Description:

• Provide high-quality complex and geriatric care to residents and patients across settings in partnership with non-physician practitioners and other interprofessional team members.
• Maintain high engagement with facility leadership teams, nurse practitioners/physician assistants, patients, and families.
• Serve as a collaborating physician for an average of 5, but up to 15, nurse practitioners and physician assistants, supporting them in their clinical roles.
• Audit up to 10% of practitioner medical orders and/or documentation for each provider monthly, based on state and regional regulatory frameworks.
• Assume medical directorships for skilled and/or other senior living facilities as needed.
• Identify new growth opportunities with skilled facilities and/or other senior living facilities in the market/region.
• Participate in company frontline/backup call processes for timely response to acute changes of condition to prevent avoidable hospital transfers.
• Focus on quality outcomes, including care path compliance and productivity, prevention of avoidable transfers, and decrease in polypharmacy and care costs.
• Attend required trainings and meetings as mandated by the CMO or other leaders to ensure best care delivery by the company.

Requirements:

• Graduate from an accredited school of medicine and a Doctor of Medicine.
• Two or more years of administrative leadership experience in healthcare.
• Clinical medical experience of seven years or more preferred.
• Board certification in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or Geriatrics; qualification in Geriatrics preferred.
• Practicing physician currently licensed under the provisions of the State Board of Medicine.
• Active unrestricted licensure to practice in the state of employment.
• Current Drug Enforcement Administration registration.

Qualifications:

• Ability to communicate effectively with patients and other healthcare support staff.
• Ability to treat patients and their families with compassion and understanding.
• Ability to work for long periods with patients who need special attention.
• Ability to display patience with children and adult patients who fear medical treatment.
• Excellent computer and electronic record-keeping skills.
• Excellent organizational and management skills.
• Excellent decision-making, problem-solving, and cognitive abilities.

About Us:

Abode Care Partners is a leading provider of integrated medical services caring for individuals from post-hospitalization to home in various settings ranging from skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, independent living, group homes, and private homes. We bring quality medical care to seniors, people with complex conditions, special needs, and individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities while increasing quality of life and safeguarding the dignity of those we serve.

Salary Range:

USD $187,000.00 - $230,000.00 / Year