Physician Internal Medicine - Competitive Salary

Job Description

Primary Care Opening - Willimantic, CT

• Located just 30m to Hartford & 60m to New Haven
• About the Job
• Full-time
• Permanent
• H1 Eligible; J1 Eligible
• Work life balance and flexible work schedules
• Provide a full range of primary care services
• Performing comprehensive physical examinations and compiling patient medical data, including health, developmental, and psychosocial history of patient and exam results
• Ordering, performing, and interpreting screening, diagnostic procedures, and tests
• Instructing and counseling patients and families regarding compliance with prescribed therapeutic regimens, normal growth and development, family planning, emotional problems of daily living, and health maintenance
• Developing and implementing patient management plans and assisting in provision of continuity of care
• Performing therapeutic procedures such as injections, immunizations, suturing and wound care, and managing infection
• Performing minor office surgical procedures, dressing changes, and ambulatory treatments and diagnostics in accordance with approved privileges
• Providing coverage to patients admitted to local hospitals
• Providing night and weekend coverage in rotation with colleagues, as required
• Participating in agency quality assurance and improvement efforts and in the establishment or revision of clinical policies and protocols

About the Group : Health Center is a regional community health center covering a thirty seven town rural region in eastern Connecticut with sites located in Willimantic, Danielson, Norwich and Putnam. Their dedicated staff provides a full range of preventative and primary care medical services to all ages including health maintenance of chronic diseases, 24 hour on call, care coordination, as well as complete behavioral health and dental services at their Willimantic and Putnam sites and through their School Based Health Center and ACROSS THE SMILES mobile dental program operating in the Northeast and Windham service area. Are you a family or internal medicine Physician looking to make a genuine difference? Health Center is a non-profit regional Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that has served eastern Connecticut since 1984. Our healthcare professionals provide a full continuum of primary health care, oral health care, behavioral health care, and case management services, primarily to a medically underserved population. Compensation / Benefits : As a Physician you will be part of a growing and dynamic not-for-profit organization committed to a diverse and ever-changing work environment that rewards honesty, loyalty, commitment, and integrity. Health Center is committed to continuously providing the highest level of quality services and standards for their patients as well as their employees. Health Center offers the opportunity to work in a professional and pleasant environment that is conducive to both personal and professional growth and development.

Qualifications : As a Physician, you must exhibit a high degree of engagement and empathy as well as embodying the highest ethical standards. You must also display excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to interact well with residents, staff members, and family members.