Family Practice - Geriatrics Physician at CenterWell Senior Primary Care summary:
As a Family Practice - Geriatrics Physician, I evaluate and treat elderly patients in compliance with established care standards while actively participating in team collaborations. My role includes coordinating patient services, ensuring quality of care, and maintaining detailed medical documentation. I also engage in growth opportunities within the practice and comply with all regulatory requirements.
Job Description
Total compensation package (base pay + bonus) could exceed $300K depending on experience and location.
Responsibilities:
Evaluates and treats center patients in accordance with standards of care.
Follows level of medical care and quality for patients and monitors care using available data and chart reviews.
Assists in the coordination of patient services, including but not limited to specialty referrals, hospital and SNF coordination, durable medical equipment and home health care.
Acts as an active participant and key source of medical expertise with the care team through daily huddles.
Helps Regional Medical Director and Center Administrator in setting a tone of cooperation in practice by displaying a professional and approachable demeanor.
Completes all medical record documentation in a timely manner working with a quality- based coder to optimize coding specificity.
Follows policy and protocol defined by Clinical Leadership.
Meets with RMD about quality of care, review of outcome data, policy, procedure and records issues.
Participates in potential growth opportunities for new or existing services within the Center.
Participates in the local primary care on-call program of CenterWell as needed.
Assures personal compliance with licensing, certification, and accrediting bodies.
Spend 100% of your time clinically focused on direct patient care, inclusive of patient facing time and general administrative time (charting, meetings, etc.) as it relates to direct patient care.
Keywords:
geriatric physician, family practice, patient care, medical documentation, patient services coordination, quality of care, healthcare provider, elderly care, clinical expertise, medical compliance