Family Medicine Physician | Outpatient| Fairfield, CT

Yale New Haven Health•Fairfield, CT

82d•Onsite

About The Position

This is an outpatient Primary Care Physician position located at 1152 Kings Highway Cutoff, Fairfield, CT 06824. The work schedule is Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, with shared weekend phone call. The position is 1.0 FTE and utilizes the EPIC EMR system. Yale New Haven Health / Northeast Medical Group offers an excellent work environment with flexible schedules for work-life balance, opportunities for career advancement, a competitive compensation package including a two-year guaranteed base of $290K+, sign-on bonus, wRVU production bonuses, and quality incentive plans. Relocation assistance is provided. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, a pension plan, and a matched tax-sheltered annuity plan. Employment perks include wellness initiatives, support programs, professional development, and continuing education opportunities. Yale New Haven Health is a large system including multiple hospitals and Northeast Medical Group, a physician-led multi-specialty group.

Requirements

Degree of MD or DO with ABIM-recognized internal medicine residency (three years minimum) or ABFM-recognized family medicine residency (three years minimum)
Valid American Board certification in either internal medicine or family medicine and renewed (if needed) prior to expiration
Valid and unrestricted New York medical license
BLS certification
Valid DEA registration and Controlled Substance Certificate (or in the process of obtaining)

Responsibilities

Evaluate patients, and treat acute and chronic illnesses
Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic tests
Involves patients and their families in care and treatment decisions
Creates treatment plans and completes orders in patient's charts
Collaborates on improvements in care delivery and service with staff, other physicians and management
Initiates appropriate specialty referrals
Provides clinical information to the interdisciplinary team in a clear and timely manner
Ensures that proper patient documentation is timely, accurate and complete
Works with practice management to ensure proper compliance with billing, coding and CPT code assignment
Achieves and maintains optimal patient access
Provides interdepartmental medical consultation as requested
Participates in the development of medical protocols, standard procedures and management of patients