Physician Family Medicine w / OB

Job Summary and Responsibilities

VMFH is fulfilling our vision of transforming healthcare by expanding our collaborative primary care team. We have an opportunity for a .75 – 1.0 FTE family medicine with OB physician at our Virginia Mason Medical Center regional medical center in desirable Edmonds , Washington.

Join an innovative multidisciplinary team whose members appreciate work / life balance, their team and the patients they serve.

Our providers say they come to VMFH for the reputation of high quality care and they stay for the teamwork and relentless focus on patient experience and outcomes.

Full time (approx. 36 clinical patient contact hours) or part time.

Aspects of the Family Medicine with Obstetrics physician role :

• Team based approach . Join three Family-OB physicians who deliver at a community hospital just one block away from the Edmonds clinic, with friendly OB back up. Averaging 6-10 deliveries per month for the group, with numbers increasing. Robust administrative support to build and grow the practice. FP-OB providers first assist on C-sections. Each provider is part of a subset or pod of the larger primary care team. Each pod has 2-3 physicians, 1 ARNP or PA, 1 RN and 1 to 1 MA support. The ARNP or PA helps support messages and indirect care and there is built in coverage when the provider is out of the office. Pods are able to adapt and make changes quickly that fit their team needs.
• Integrative primary care model . VMFH has an innovative approach, with embedded pharmacists, social workers and psychiatry providers all part of the primary care team and partnering to provide the best care to patients. In primary care, we provide focused, coordinated care for our patients that have resulted in excellent health outcomes. Social workers are available to help address social / emotional / behavioral / environment needs and to provide and coordinate care.
• Flexible schedule options . We partner with you to develop a schedule that accommodates your individual needs as much as possible.
• Call : Our FP-OB physicians rotate call, however, always have the option to deliver their own patients. Weekend call is shared with another FP-OB group in town, reducing the number of weekends on call.
• Access to ancillary and specialty services : Referral options to over 30+ medical specialties within VMFH with collegial and responsive results.
• Teaching opportunities : VMFH is a teaching environment with regular opportunities to precept medical students and residents. It is also a conducive environment for providers new to practice.
• Learning opportunities : The team has a teaching culture and is a conducive environment for providers newly out of residency. A formal mentorship program is in place to help guide new providers to Virginia Mason and support them for long term success.
• Innovation : The VMFH culture promotes new approaches, best practice standards and continual improvement for both the patient and team member safety and experience using our Virginia Mason Production System with the vision of being the quality leader in healthcare.
• Compensation : A competitive compensation model that incentives quality. Compensation range : $282,000 - $306,000 / year.

Work with a committed and caring team of physicians, allied health providers, nurses, medical assistants and clinical support team members, all of whom are committed to the VMFH mission of improving the health and wellbeing of our patients. We are proud of our strong quality outcomes, our focus on continuous improvement, our innovative care delivery models and our ability to have fun while at work. We recognize the team member and patient experience are intertwined and prioritize the engagement of our staff, providers and patients. We are actively growing and expanding our practice to meet the needs of our