Geriatric Physician - Per Diem

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program-posted 2 months ago
Boston, MA
251-500 employees
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BHCHP is currently seeking a provider with geriatric experience to provide high quality, patient-centered care to older individuals experiencing homelessness on a newly created geriatric care team. The position is per diem, as needed, and is patient-facing. The role involves advising a team consisting of a nurse and a case manager in the clinical care of older individuals experiencing homelessness, providing episodic care, coordinating patient care, and participating in educational and administrative responsibilities.

  • Advise a team consisting of a nurse and a case manager in the clinical care of older individuals experiencing homelessness.
  • Meet regularly with the team to discuss individual cases, overall strategy, quality improvement projects, development of workflows, etc.
  • Help the team design assessments, documentation templates, and other tools.
  • Provide episodic care to patients, as needed by the team, at BHCHP sites and possibly within the home.
  • Coordinate patient care with onsite clinical staff at host institutions, including shelters, hospitals, detox facilities, etc.
  • Refer patients when medically necessary for specialty, hospital, recuperative or other appropriate care such as detox.
  • Provide direct patient care including clinical administrative duties such as lab follow-up, quality assurance, and completion of patient forms.
  • Provide comprehensive follow-up of all laboratory tests including notification of patients of all results according to BHCHP guidelines.
  • Provide education to patients on health promotion and disease prevention.
  • Provide consultation to internal care teams regarding aging individuals with complex health and social needs.
  • Educate peers and other clinic staff by providing talks in areas of interest and expertise.
  • Participate in a collaborative agreement with nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants.
  • Participate in the teaching of students and act as a role model and mentor for students, residents, and fellows.
  • Actively participate in department meetings, general staff meetings and other meetings including quality assurance, pharmacy, etc.
  • Attend CME meetings on a regular basis as mandated by the appropriate State Medical Board.
  • Maintain adequate medical records, completed in a timely fashion, according to the guidelines of BHCHP.
  • Participate in peer review by performing regular chart reviews.
  • Maintain an active DEA certificate, medical license, current hospital privileges, and managed care credentials.
  • Perform any other reasonable and appropriate duties at the request of the Medical Director.
  • MD, NP or PA licensed to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  • Board eligible or certified in family practice, internal medicine, or other appropriate specialty.
  • Interest in working within multidisciplinary teams to provide primary care to homeless persons.
  • Life support training certification (e.g., CPR, BLS, ACLS) from a course that includes a hands-on, in-person component.
  • Strong understanding of the complex health problems of homeless people, substance use disorder, harm reduction strategies, and the social determinants of health.
  • Demonstrated interest in working with an underserved population.
  • Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
  • Fluency in another language (especially Spanish and Haitian Kreyol, which are most reflected in our patient population) is desired.
  • Familiarity with addiction medicine and/or Health Care for the Homeless program(s) is desired.
  • $106.00 per hour compensation.
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