Primary Care Physician (Lakland, FL) IMA

Millennium Physician Group•Lakeland, FL

3d•$182,545 - $273,819

About The Position

Provides comprehensive physician services for patients across the lifespan in Millennium Physician Group’s ambulatory primary care practice. Evaluates, diagnoses, and manages acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare needs through evidence-based medical practice, including comprehensive health assessments, diagnostic evaluation, medication management, preventive services, chronic disease management, and care coordination. Partners with advanced practice providers and interdisciplinary care teams to improve patient outcomes, advance population health strategies, support value-based care initiatives, and deliver high-quality, patient-centered primary care. The Physician, General / Primary Care exercises full clinical decision authority within the specialty and is independently accountable for patient outcomes within the established care area. Decisions are complex and draw on specialty training and depth of clinical knowledge. The role may include Associate Medical Director responsibilities, influencing clinical practice for a service line, mentoring advanced practitioners, and overseeing chart audits for APPs.

Responsibilities

Evaluate, diagnose, and manage acute illnesses, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare needs through comprehensive histories, physical examinations, diagnostic interpretation, and evidence-based medical decision-making.
Develop and oversee individualized treatment plans covering medication management, preventive services, immunizations, health screenings, lifestyle modification, chronic disease management, and ongoing monitoring of clinical outcomes.
Diagnose and manage a broad range of primary care conditions using current clinical practice guidelines.
Order, perform, interpret, and integrate laboratory studies, diagnostic imaging, electrocardiograms, point-of-care testing, and other diagnostic evaluations to establish diagnoses and guide treatment decisions.
Perform office-based procedures consistent with specialty training and organizational credentialing, including minor skin procedures, wound management, joint and soft tissue injections, incision and drainage, and other approved primary care procedures.
Conduct annual wellness visits, preventive screenings, health risk assessments, chronic care management, transitional care management, and evidence-based preventive services.
Coordinate care for patients with complex medical conditions; collaborate with specialists and community resources; and determine when specialty consultation, hospitalization, or additional diagnostic evaluation is clinically indicated.
Collaborate with advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, behavioral health providers, care managers, social workers, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate comprehensive patient care.
Educate patients and caregivers about diagnoses, medications, preventive health measures, nutrition, exercise, chronic disease self-management, and treatment plans.
Document patient encounters, medical decision-making, procedures, treatment plans, quality measures, and clinical outcomes accurately in the electronic health record while maintaining compliance with organizational standards, regulatory requirements, payer documentation guidelines, and value-based care initiatives.
Participate in quality improvement initiatives, peer review activities, population health programs, patient safety initiatives, clinical pathway development, and continuing medical education.
Potentially take on Associate Medical Director responsibilities, influence clinical practice for a service line, mentor advanced practitioners, and oversee APP chart audits.