Behavior Scientist

Established in 1980, the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, Inc. (GLFHC) is a multi-site, mission-driven, non-profit organization employing over 700 staff whose primary focus is providing the highest quality patient care to a culturally diverse population throughout the Merrimack Valley.

Nationally recognized as a leader in community medicine (family practice, pediatrics, internal medicine, and geriatrics), GLFHC has clinical sites in Lawrence, Methuen, and Haverhill and is the sponsoring organization for the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency program.

About Lawrence Family Medicine Residency Program : GLFHC was the first federally-qualified community health center in the United States to host a teaching residency program.

Started in 1994, the Lawrence Family Medicine Residency is accredited through GLFHC and is affiliated with Lawrence General Hospital.

From 1994 through 2021, LFMR has 210 physician graduates.

While most family medicine residency programs are three years in length, LFMR is a four-year training program that is part of a national pilot looking at training innovation.

Residents spend an extra year of training to further expand their scope of practice, particularly in an area of concentration, and to develop further expertise in population health, health systems management and leadership, and integrating that care into communities.

Resident physicians also participate in a nationally recognized curriculum where they learn to speak and provide medical care in Spanish.

The goal of the training program is to train family physicians who provide comprehensive primary care to vulnerable populations and can improve the health and health equity of these communities.

GLFHC is currently seeking a Behavior Scientist. The Behavior Scientist teaches family residents on an individual basis, in group settings including didactic lectures, workshops, and seminars on behavioral science topics.

Assists in the development and implementation of a family medicine behavioral science curriculum and professional development activities for family medicine residents.

Provides residents with skills needed to maintain their commitment to practicing high quality patient focused care within a high stress work environment.

Ensures compliance with ACGME behavioral science / professional development requirements for family medicine residents. Provides residents with the tools necessary to develop the skills needed to work effectively with underserved and multi-ethnic populations.

Provides clinical services in the outpatient setting inclusive of diagnostic and crisis assessment, psychological education and intervention, individual and systematic interventions and health and behavior coaching.

Qualifications

• Experience with Family Medicine residency medical education.
• Experience in providing integrated care with a team of physicians and a track record of working with teams of health care providers and support staff from different disciplines.
• Experience providing psychotherapy to a socioeconomically challenged and ethnically underprivileged community
• Interest in conducting research consistent with the complexity of issues that arise in primary care and the delivery of integrated care and associated curricular development.
• Massachusetts state license.
• Expertise with motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques.
• Bilingual in Spanish preferred (faculty development in Spanish language learning is available)

Education

or in Psychology, or LICSW with expertise in individual and family therapy.

GLFHC offers a setting that’s flexible, rewarding and challenging. If you want to make an impact to the community we serve, apply today!