Primary Care Physician

We're unique. You should be, too. We're changing lives every day. For both our patients and our team members. Are you innovative and entrepreneurial minded? Is your work ethic and ambition off the charts? Do you inspire others with your kindness and joy?
We're different than most primary care providers. We're rapidly expanding and we need great people to join our team.
ChenMed, a physician-led and mission-driven, primary care organization, is currently one of the most successful full-risk Medicare Advantage providers in the nation and has a vision to be America's leading primary care provider, transforming care of the neediest population.
Our mission is to honor seniors with affordable VIP care that delivers better health.
In order to achieve our vision and deliver our mission, we need the best primary care providers that are seeking to fulfill purpose and personal opportunity and join the ChenMed family.

About this Role:

The Primary Care Physician (PCP) in our organization demonstrates:

• Accountability for outcomes: The PCP demonstrates accountability for outcomes, strong clinical care, and cost-effectiveness for each patient in their panel of up to 450 patients. They understand that they can strongly influence the patient's outcomes by building a trusting relationship and helping them change behaviors.
• Coaching for health: The PCP acts as a health coach, rather than just a consultant for sickness, by helping patients set short and long-term health goals, partners with the patient to work toward the goals, and frequently follows up on those goals on the path to improved health for their patients.
• Simplifying for action: The PCP simplifies and prioritizes appropriately so that behavior change is more actionable, both for the patient in helping them achieve their goals, and when leading their care teams towards their performance goals.

Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities:

The PCP independently provides care for patients with acute and chronic illnesses encountered in the older adult patient.

The PCP will take full accountability for patient care and outcomes and will appropriately seek consultation from specialists when needed, though will still stay involved in, and be responsible for, the detailed care of the patient.

It is expected that the PCP will engage with the hospitalist whenever one of their patients is in the hospital (regardless of whether the hospitalist works for ChenMed or not).

The PCP is responsible for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management, education, health promotion and care coordination and documentation for patients with acute and complex chronic health needs.

The PCP leads their care team consisting of care promoter (medical assistant), care facilitator, and care coordinator for patients able to come to the office.

For patients that are unable to come to the office—in hospital, SNF, LTC or homebound, PCP will engage with the transitional care team and others including case managers, acute and transitional-care physicians, and other resources that may be available depending on the market.

PCP will have an active role in the management of their center and will help cover for other providers who may be out for various reasons.

It is also expected that each PCP will take an active role as needed in recruiting patients for the center and additional providers for the company.

Performs other duties as assigned and modified at manager's discretion.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

Competencies for Success

• Availability and Accessibility: for patients to build trust from their patients.
• Service Orientation: PCPs provide care that they would want for a family member or for themselves to each patient at every interaction.
• Evidence Based Medicine: The PCP remains updated on evidence-based medicine, but also recognizes that factors outside of traditional medicine, like lifestyle and nutrition, have a large impact on patient health outcomes.
• Physician Leadership: is integral to good healthcare, so the PCP must be willing to continuously work to develop and improve leadership skills for the benefit of one's patients, their team, their center and the company.
• Quality: Our patients deserve the highest quality of care.
• Influence: PCPs must competently and compassionately influence their patients, their teams, and themselves to achieve the best outcomes.
• Self-Care: A PCP can take the best care for their patients when they are adequately caring for themselves.

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, if applicable, nationally for initial training (2 weeks) and then occasionally regionally and nationally for recruiting or training purposes.

Fluency in English, verbal and written.

This job requires use and exercise of independent judgment

Education and Experience Criteria:

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 certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics or similar specialty is preferred.

Board Eligibility is required 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

BLS Certification from the American Heart Association (AMA) or American Red Cross required w/in first 90 days of employment.