Maternal Child Health Physician - Faculty - Jefferson Family Medicine Associates, Center City, Philadelphia

About the position

The Department of Family & Community Medicine of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University is currently accepting candidates for the position of maternal child health provider at the Jefferson Family Medicine Associates practice in Center City Philadelphia. This position is for a full-time clinical faculty member at our main teaching location. It is a unique opportunity to join a supportive work environment that attracts a wide variety of patients from across the Philadelphia area. A successful candidate will join an existing team of MCH providers at JFMA, who aim to grow this program to 200+ deliveries per year and increase the pediatric patient population in the department.

Responsibilities

• Providing clinical care in the areas of family medicine and maternal-child health.
• Providing care for uncomplicated OB patients, newborns, and performing women’s health procedures (LARC, endometrial biopsy, colposcopy, pessary fitting).
• Postpartum and newborn nursery rounding, L&D shifts, and circumcisions.
• Some night and weekend coverage, to be determined by laborist schedule in partnership with the Jefferson Obstetrics and Gynecology department.
• Engaging in efforts to improve health equity, including seeking grant funding to support approaches to improve the care of underserved populations.
• Engaging in quality improvement efforts and clinical services program development.
• Establishing and maintaining a panel of primary care patients, managing chronic health conditions, acute conditions, and preventive care.
• At-home telephone call 5-9PM once monthly in a large DFCM pool of call participants.
• Working as part of interprofessional team (including MA, RNs, behavioral health, social workers, population health specialists) that provides patient-centered care.
• Teaching resident physicians and medical students in the area of maternal-child health.

Requirements

• Qualified applicants will hold a MD or DO degree and be board certified, or eligible, in Family Medicine.
• Must have maternal-child health experience.
• Surgical delivery experience is not required, but desirable.
• Must have or obtain a PA medical license.

Nice-to-haves

• Demonstrated commitment to health equity and commitment to implementing and supporting anti-racist practices.
• Candidates from backgrounds under-represented in medicine strongly encouraged.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and comprehensive benefit package.