Primary Care Physician

The role

The Primary Care Physician evaluates acute and chronic conditions, manages multiple medications, and addresses mental, social, and emotional needs. This role works within an interdisciplinary team to provide comprehensive primary care for women 65 and older.

What you will do

• Evaluate patients' acute and chronic conditions
• Manage multiple medications, mental health, and socio-emotional needs
• Provide empathetic patient education
• Work closely with clinical teammates to provide comprehensive primary care
• Assist with development, implementation and achievement of key organizational objectives and metrics
• Proactively and strategically manage population health in accordance with IHI's Quintuple Aim
• Adopt best practices in coding compliance and achieve HEDIS quality metrics

Required qualifications

• Licensed MD/DO with board certification with MBPS recognition (IE ABFM, ABIM, etc)
• Minimum 3-5 years of experience managing complex disease longitudinally over time including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, menopause, thyroid disease, osteoporosis, weight management, etc.
• Understanding or willingness to learn how to practice in a VBC model-including managing the cost and quality of care
• Experience managing overall patient care and devising individualized care plans
• Experience educating and counseling patients on health maintenance and disease prevention
• Experience with geriatric medicine, particularly women
• Experience with poly-pharmacy management and appropriate medication reduction
• Experience with physical and gynecological/well-woman examinations in the elderly population
• Experience working in clinical situations that required adaptability
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Up-to-date knowledge of medical advancements and technologies
• Alignment to Herself health mission and dedication to providing high-quality patient care

Nice to have

• Experience in performing clinical procedures within scope of practice
• Value-based Care experience and/or VBC training
• Previous experience in a start-up or new clinic environment
• Strong technical skills with EMR (Athena preferred) and Microsoft Suite
• Experience in mentoring, precepting and/or supervision of other provider staff

Benefits

• PTO
• CME stipend

Before you apply

• Passage of the pre-employment background check
• Employees in direct patient care are expected to be fully vaccinated for all communicable diseases including Hepatitis B, MMR, influenza and COVID in accordance with CDC guidelines

About the company

Herself Health provides primary care designed for women 65 and older. Their model addresses the needs of women later in life, including post-menopausal care, bone health, weight management, and mental, social and emotional well-being.