Absolutecare Jobs in Usa
3 positions found
Over $300k in potential compensation.
The Lead Physician for Primary Care provides direct clinical care to a panel of members. They guide clinicians on best practices on delivering value-based care. Additionally, they work closely with our Medical Director to provide clinical leadership to our providers, Nurses, Behavioral Health specialists, and Medical Assistants.
4 key areas for responsibility for the Lead Physician:
Provide excellent primary care to a panel of members, leading your pod interdisciplinary care team
Coach fellow providers in how to provide excellent primary care / urgent care / or community care to their members and effectively lead their interdisciplinary care teams. Mentor care teams during population health huddle to achieve their quality and utilization goals.
Alongside the Medical Director, the Lead Physician is the clinical leader in the center. They address questions from and provide clinical guidance to nurses, MAs, and fellow providers about clinical cases as they arise.
The Lead Physician is core part of the center and market’s leadership team. They are accountable for driving the market toward successfully achieving its quality, utilization and engagement goals. Alongside the medical director, they partake in leadership meetings and will also be AbsoluteCare’s ambassador to community based organizations, hospital systems, and payer partners.
Duties and Responsibilities
Provide Primary Care services to panel of members in accordance with the PCMH model of care.
Work in a team environment (with social work, care management, behavioral health, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, etc.), process feedback, and facilitate discussion and implementing plans of care from other members of the team.
Coach and mentor physicians and Advance Practice Providers.
Treatment of acute exacerbations of chronic conditions onsite.
Possess a comfort level and the knowledge to differentiate when exacerbation can be treated within AbsoluteCare and when a higher level of care is needed.
Vigilant in keeping track of patients and their disease processes to prevent ER visits, admissions to the hospital, and readmissions.
Implement plans of care in collaboration with the patient, their family and other team members.
Use technology and the electronic health record to the highest capability to increase quality initiatives and efficiency within the practice.
Provide on-call coverage for the office in rotation with other providers.
Develop clinical protocols and pathways to upskill all clinical support staff to practice top of license
Approximately 70-80% of the time dedicated to direct clinical care.
Minimum Qualifications
Active, unrestricted medical license in the state of employment.
5+ years of clinical experience and administrative experience leading interdisciplinary teams.
Strong problem solving, project management and organization skills.
Independent self-starter and critical thinker interested in population health, healthcare utilization management, and the ongoing development of our care model.
Special attention is given to the PCMH model, evidence-based protocols and screening, and working as a collaborative team including case managers, social workers, psychologists, pharmacists, and nutritionists to educate and empower our patients to make correct healthy choices.Duties and Responsibilities Direct the innovative program that partners with payers to deliver superb medical care utilizing a comprehensive "one stop shop" in a PCMH model.
Responsible for the primary care of 125 patients maximum, with the assistance of your primary care team consisting of 2 case managers (RN's) and a medical assistant.
Focus on the management and improvement of health for patients with multiple chronic medical conditions.
Able to work in a team environment (with social work, case management, behavioral health, pharmacy, nutrition, etc.), process feedback, and be open to discussing and implementing plans of care from other members of the team.
Develop strong transitional care plans and able to help keep track of paneled patients along the whole continuum of care including discharges from the hospital, ED, skilled nursing facilities/nursing homes, and home care.
Communicate and interact with alternate levels of care facilities (hospital, ED, skilled nursing facilities) in order to facilitate appropriate discharge to a lower level of care or back to the AbsoluteCARE Medical Center.
Familiar with inpatient medicine and the discharge process in order to help facilitate discharges.
Treatment of some acute exacerbations of chronic conditions within the AbsoluteCARE center, i.e.
Lasix for CHF, IVF for Dehydration/Renal Failure, IV antibiotics for various infections, Nebulizer/Solumedrol for COPD/Asthma etc.
Possess a comfort level and the knowledge to differentiate when exacerbation can be treated within AbsoluteCARE and when a higher level of care needed.
Accept same day/next day or urgent appointments for patients from home or discharged from the hospital/ER/skilled nursing facility in need of intensified physician or case management/social work services to ensure acute episode has resolved and the patient is not admitted/readmitted.
Vigilant in keeping track of patients and their disease processes in order to prevent ER visits, admissions to the hospital, and readmissions.
Understand the PCMH model of care as pertains to specialist care, only utilizes this higher level of care as needed, and not a substitute for a well-trained primary care physician with evidence based clinical skills.
Assist with educating patients regarding their chronic diseases and healthy choices.
Assist with the education and discussion of chronic disease progression and the need for advanced directives.
Practice evidenced based medicine and in accordance with the PCMH model of care.
Able to keep track of and successfully obtain specified quality metric goals.
Use technology and the electronic medical record to the highest capability in order to increase quality initiatives and efficiency within the medical center.
Participate in multi-disciplinary meetings and recommends treatment alternatives designed to keep patients healthy or resolve on-going clinical issues.
Perform other duties as required consistent with chronic care and disease management services provided to patients.
Manage the Medical Staff and other AbsoluteCARE team members.
Provide medical guidance to the Medical Staff.
Review current medical practices and guidelines and implements best evidence-based practices.
Implement strategic medical operations and protocols in order to achieve company's contracted goals.
Constantly evaluating the current medical operations and operations of the entire medical center to ensure compliance and contractual obligations.
Maintain the security and privacy of all information that is owned by AbsoluteCARE or maintained on behalf of the companys patients, employees, and business partners.
Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
This description reflects managements assignment of essential functions, it does not proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
This job description is subject to change at any time.Minimum Qualifications Licensed physician in the state of practice.
Board certified Internal Medicine or Family Practice.
BLS certification required.
Experience in population health management is preferred.
Experience in working with psychosocially and medically complex patients is strongly preferred.
Knowledge or experience with NCQA PCMH model is preferred.
Must be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team with constant collaboration within and across provider teams.
Innovative and creative and innovative self-starter to help solve patient's problems.
Experience and comfort around maximizing EMR systems.
Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
Effectively adapt and respond to a complex, fast-paced, and results-oriented environment.
Knowledge and experience using Electronic Medical Records and ability to analyze and leverage their reporting capabilities.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel).For full consideration: A letter of interest and curriculum vitae should be directed to the executive search firm: Jordan Search Consultants c/o Adam Rockey by email, ; b
Unfettered from the traditional fee-for-service model, through unique provider-payor relationships, AbsoluteCARE is designed to care for societys sickest patients.
Prior to coming to AbsoluteCARE, our patients are typically ill-served by the uncoordinated traditional health care system, bouncing between emergency rooms, hospitals, and specialists several times a year.
But through our integrated care teams, including physicians, nurse care managers, social workers, behavioral health specialists, pharmacists and community outreach workers, we are able to transform the lives of our members.
We offer complex, coordinated medical care through our medical teams with our onsite infusion center, full pharmacy, and lab & imaging suites.
We also treat the social determinants of health, addressing housing instability, food insecurity, or simply loneliness through our integrated care team.Responsibilities:Providing in-person and telehealth infectious disease consultation for primary care teams across offices, including for HIV, Hep C, complex antibiotic therapy.Responsible for the primary and ID care of your own panel of members, with the assistance of your primary integrated care team currently consisting of 2 case managers (RN's), social worker and a medical assistant.Oversee infusion services, including for IVIG and IV antibiotic therapyFocuses on the management and improvement of health for patients with multiple complex and chronic medical conditions.Able to work in a team environment (with social work, case management, behavioral health, pharmacy, nutrition, etc.), process feedback, and be open to discussing and implementing plans of care from other members of the team.Qualifications:Licensed physician in the state of Maryland Board certified Internal Medicine and completion of an Infectious Disease fellowship AAHIVS Certification preferredBLS certification requiredStrong focus on customer service is requiredExperience in population health management is preferredExperience in working with psycho-socially and medically complex patients is strongly preferredKnowledge or experience with NCQA PCMH model is preferredMust be able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team with constant collaboration within and across provider teamsExperience and comfort around maximizing EMR systemsProblem-solving and the ability to be creative in those solutionsStrong oral and written communication skills
