Convenientmd
Lead Physician - Urgent Care
Portland, Maine, United States. Posted 2 months ago
The role
The Lead Physician serves as a clinical leader, mentor, and supervising provider in an urgent care setting. This role involves delivering patient-centered care, supervising Advanced Practice Providers, and maintaining clinical excellence and compliance.
What you will do
- Perform comprehensive evaluations including history, physical examination, and medical decision-making.
- Diagnose and manage acute illness and injury.
- Order, perform, and interpret diagnostic testing.
- Perform in-office procedures including wound repair, incision and drainage, splinting, and joint injections.
- Prescribe medications and develop treatment plans.
- Serve as Registered Supervising Physician providing oversight for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.
- Participate in chart review and quality assurance processes.
- Act as the clinical leader within the clinic.
- Mentor and support new-graduate and experienced APPs.
- Maintain complete, accurate, and timely medical documentation in the EMR.
Required qualifications
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO).
- Board Certified by the applicable governing board (e.g., ABEM, ABFM, ABIM or other relevant specialty board).
- Active, unrestricted medical license in the state of practice.
- Eligible and willing to serve as a Registered Supervising Physician in accordance with state requirements.
- Active, unrestricted DEA registration.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification: American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS certification.
- Willing and able to mentor provider as well as non-provider clinic staff.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software and clinical management systems (EMR).
- Knowledge of acute care evaluation and management principles.
- Knowledge of pharmacology relevant to urgent and ambulatory care.
- Knowledge of applicable state and federal healthcare regulations.
- Knowledge of quality assurance and clinical compliance standards.
Nice to have
- Clinical experience in emergency medicine, urgent care, or ambulatory care setting
- Demonstrated experience supervising or collaborating with APPs
Benefits
- Urgent care services at no cost to team members and their families
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Company paid short-term disability
- Optional pet insurance
- 401k match after one year of service
- Access to primary care (depending on location)
- Educational Alliance with Purdue University Global and reduced tuition rates for team members and their families
- Employer rewards and access to discounts on services and products
About the company
ConvenientMD works to improve how patients and providers experience healthcare in New England. They aim to make good health more convenient for all.