What are the responsibilities and job description for the Physician - Faculty - Family Medicine Training Program - Ferguson, MO position at Mercy?
Mercy is seeking a Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician for a full-time faculty position within their Family Medicine Residency Program as it expands its services to Ferguson, Missouri.
Successful candidates will have an interest in broad scope of family practice in a primary care shortage area and/or Addiction Medicine, Geriatrics, or Obstetrics/Pregnancy Care.
Additional on-site team members will include two family physician faculty and one Ob-GYN faculty. Responsibilities include teaching and supervision of family medicine residents in outpatient and inpatient settings, resident advising, medical student teaching, and curriculum development.
Mercy Primary Care & Residency Highlights:
- Fully integrated Family Medicine Inpatient and Outpatient Care
- Community-based University affiliated residency expanding from 6-6-6 to 8-8-8
- System-wide Epic EMR
- A large, established multi-specialty referral network
- Qualification for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
- Competitive compensation model
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Relocation assistance
- Professional liability coverage
- Additional faculty members include nine family physicians, a psychologist, a hospital pharmacist, and a clinic pharmacist
- Approximately 1 in 8-week Inpatient call
- For FMOB physicians, approximately 1 in 5 night/weekend OB call
Clinic Offers unique resources:
- Embedded Community Health Worker (CHW) full time providing screenings for SDoH and follow up counseling and services
- Embedded Behavioral Health LCSW, direct referral to Mercy behavioral health services for counseling with a direct line to psychiatry for medication needs
- Dedicated LCSW for needs outside of Behavioral Health
- Ultrasound in house – sonographer available for OB support
- Metro Market – vouchers available for patients presenting with food insecurity
- Fresh Fork – Food as medicine program in partnership with Operation Food Search
- Diabetes Nurse Practitioner appointments available once monthly at this clinic location
- Vaccines for Children Program
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For more information, please contact:
Lisa Hauck, MBA | Senior Physician Recruiter
314-364-2949 | Lisa.Hauck@Mercy.net | Careers.Mercy.Net/Providers
Mercy has determined this is a safety-sensitive position. The ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is an essential function of this job.
