Family Medicine Physician - Complex Care - Care Connections
Company: Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Location: Lancaster
Posted on: October 19, 2024
Job Description:
Care Connections is searching for a full time physician to see
patients in our unique practice serving patients with chronic
medical conditions. Primary care providers see patients in both
outpatient, inpatient and home care settings. Our holistic approach
to patient care allows us to focus on patient well-being and
provider satisfaction. Our physicians enjoy a Monday through Friday
schedule, dayshift only, with minimal call.ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without
reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:
- Provide ambulatory, home, and inpatient care to patients
- Attend to patients enrolled in the program in the hospital on a
daily basis in a consultative fashion
- Take after-hours call in rotation with other medical staff to
provide 24/7 coverage for patients via phone.
- Team based care with nurses, social workers, rehabilitation
therapists, pharmacists, psychologists, and other health care
providers.
- Consults with patients to determine the appropriate course of
treatment.
- Recommends and orders tests to determine extent of illness or
help diagnose condition.
- Monitors lab results, medication adherence and medication
toxicities.
- Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication,
vaccinations, and other medical care to treat or prevent illness,
disease, or injury.
- Explain and discuss procedures, test results, or prescribed
treatment with the patient.
- Refers patients to medical specialists when necessary.SECONDARY
FUNCTIONS: The following duties are considered secondary to the
primary duties listed above:
- Attend daily and weekly team meetings; provide medical care
plan consultation during meetings.
- Provides clinical and didactic teaching to residents, medical
students and staff on related topics and issues.
- Monitor financial performance of the practice as well as
utilization of all patients enrolled thru the practice.
- Represents the practice at Hospital/LGHP committees in such a
manner that the burden of attending the meetings is reasonably
distributed among all of the physicians in the group.
- Assists in recruiting and interviewing of new providers and
staff to the practice.
- Acquires the necessary CME credits and takes the certification
examination to maintain re-certification status.
- Other duties as assigned.JOB REQUIREMENTSMINIMUM REQUIRED
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.)
- Completion of Internal Medicine Residency or Family Medicine
Residency.
- Board Eligible or Board Certified in Internal/Family
Medicine.
- Current medical licensure issued by PA State Board of Medicine
or the PA State Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
- A health care provider in good standing with Medicare,
Medicaid, and other federal and state health insurance programs,
i.e. not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any
other federal or state health insurance program.
- Disclaimer: This job description is not intended and should not
be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities,
skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with the job. It
is intended to be a reflection of those principal job elements
essential for recruitment and selection, for making fair job
evaluations, and for establishing performance standards. The
percentages of time spent performing job duties are estimates, and
should not be considered absolute. The incumbent shall perform all
other functions and/or be cross-trained as shall be determined at
the sole discretion of management, who has the right to amend,
modify, or terminate this job in part or in whole. Incumbent must
be able to perform all job functions safely.BENEFITS WE OFFER:
- Deferred Savings and Retirement Programs with generous employer
match and annual contribution
- Healthcare coverage and multiple plan options to meet
individual and family needs
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts for further
pre-tax savings
- Employer paid Professional Liability Insurance, Short & Long
Term Disability, and Life Insurance benefits
- Annual CME payout with time off Disclaimer PENN MEDICINE
LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is an Equal Opportunity Employer,
committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be
filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital
status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other
classification protected by law.Search Firm Representatives please
read carefully: PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH is not
seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search
firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice,
all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at PENN
MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH via-email, the Internet or
directly to hiring managers at Penn Medicine Lancaster General
Health in any form without a valid written search agreement in
place for that position will be deemed the sole property of PENN
MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL HEALTH, and no fee will be paid in the
event the candidate is hired by PENN MEDICINE LANCASTER GENERAL
HEALTH as a result of the referral or through other means.
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