Position Title:              Physician: Family Practice

Reports to:                   Chief Executive Officer

Department:                Clinical

Status:                           Exempt

Pay Type:                      Salaried

Salary Range:               $190,000 - $260,000 (based on experience)

Hours:                           Full-Time; Flexible Schedule

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provides comprehensive primary care services in a community health center - ambulatory clinic setting.
• Works independently using his/her best professional judgement while practicing medicine within his/her scope of practice.
• Renders care following recognized standards of care and evidence-based guidelines.
• Assesses patient needs for specialty referrals, diagnostic imaging, and in-patient care and make appropriate referrals for service.
• Provides patients and family members with counseling and education regarding health maintenance, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and need for follow-up as appropriate.
• Performs minor outpatient procedures and ambulatory treatments and diagnostics in accordance with approved privileges.
• Responsible for accurate, timely, and complete documentation in patient records in accordance with health center policy.
• Provides consultation to other clinic providers either in person or by telephone.
• Provides supervision and maintains a Collaborative Practice Agreement with health center Nurse Practitioners, as needed.
• Participates in shared “call” system with other providers, on a rotational basis, to provide continuous coverage for health center patients on a 24/7 basis.
• Participates in Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement and Risk Management activities and initiatives. Utilizes reports from health center QA/QI/RM monitoring of clinical quality measures to provide leadership for continuous quality improvement on the practice team.

Qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited medical school with a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree
• Proof of successful completion of a residency training program at an accredited healthcare institution
• Current, valid, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Virginia
• Current, valid, unrestricted DEA license
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Three years of primary care experience preferred
• FQHC experience preferred

Benefits:              

• Annual Productivity/Quality Bonus (if eligible)
• Continuing Education/Professional Development Reimbursement ($2,500)
• Licensure/Certification Reimbursement (100%)
• Loan Repayment through National Health Service Corp (NHSC)
• Insurance: Health, Dental, Vision, Long-Term and Short-Term Disability Insurance, Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment 
• Annual Paid Time Off
• 403(b) Retirement Plan

About Community Health Center

Virginia Community Healthcare Association (VCHA) is a non-profit membership organization that serves as the primary care association for Virginia’s thirty community health centers and look-alike health centers. Membership in VCHA is open to all Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Center Look-Alikes operating delivery sites in Virginia. VCHA supports our health centers in their mission to provide access to health care regardless of geographic location or ability to pay.

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