Job Location: Fitchburg - Fitchburg, MA

Full Time - Job Shift
Compensation: TBD
Description
Under the direction of the Medical Director, provides comprehensive and continuous primary care to a panel of patients.
Essential Duties Major responsibilities:
?  Provides primary care services to individuals and families.
?  Practices within the collaborative model with nurse practitioners and clinical psychologists.
?  Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for a specified patient population.
?  Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.
?  Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.
?  Directs and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.
?  Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.
?  As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
?  Ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress.
?  Participate in On Call coverage.
?  Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.
?  Knowledge of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids and ability to prescribe dosages and instruct patients in correct usage.
?  Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.
?  Ability to develop and present educational programs and/or workshops.
?  Knowledge of community medical diagnostic and patient care services in area of medical expertise.
?  Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise.
?  Ability to supervise, advise, and train clinical professionals and/or students in area of expertise.
?  Ability to work both independently and in a team
?  Managing patient care is a team effort that involves clinical and non-clinical staff interacting with patients
?  Demonstrates understanding and commitment to the established CHC Values and Standards
?  Other job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
?  Medical Degree (MD or DO)
?  Board certification/eligibility in Family or Internal Medicine
?  Current licensure by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
?  Current DEA and Massachusetts Controlled Substance licensure for prescriptive authority
?  Eligible for unrestricted health center and hospital privileges at facilities utilized by the health center
?  Effective verbal and written communication skills