Primary Care Physician

ChenMed•Mount Airy, NC

12d•$221,141 - $315,915•Onsite

About The Position

ChenMed is seeking a Primary Care Physician (PCP) to provide mission-driven, value-based primary care to older adults, including patients with acute illnesses and complex chronic conditions. The PCP is accountable for clinical outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and the care of a patient panel of up to 450 people. The role emphasizes building trusting relationships, coaching patients toward health goals, and making care plans actionable. The PCP leads a care team and works with center and market leadership to meet patient-experience, quality, clinical-gap-closure, utilization, and medical-cost goals. The physician is expected to promote a positive culture and participate in center management, quality and risk programs, clinical meetings, and other activities supporting patient health and company goals. The PCP works independently and collaboratively, remains involved in patients’ care when specialist consultation is needed, and engages with hospitalists when patients are hospitalized. The role includes coordinating care for patients in the office and for those who are hospitalized, in skilled nursing or long-term care facilities, or homebound. The PCP may supervise or collaborate with an Advanced Practice Practitioner and remains accountable for that practitioner’s actions. Local travel may be needed, along with national travel for two weeks of initial training and occasional regional or national travel for recruiting or training.

Requirements

Medical degree and physician licensure are not explicitly specified in the posting.
Ability to independently provide care for older adults with acute and chronic illnesses.
Ability to function independently and collaboratively with other healthcare professionals.
Ability to use independent judgment.
Fluency in written and spoken English.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, and other word-processing, spreadsheet, database, email, and presentation software used by the company.
Ability and willingness to travel locally as needed, attend two weeks of initial national training, and occasionally travel regionally or nationally for recruiting or training.
Ability to meet patient-care, quality, performance, and regulatory-compliance expectations.

Responsibilities

Provide independent care for older adults with acute and chronic illnesses.
Take accountability for patient care and outcomes, consult specialists when appropriate, and remain involved in the patient’s detailed care.
Engage with hospitalists whenever a patient is hospitalized.
Assess, diagnose, treat, manage, educate, promote health, coordinate care, and document care for patients with acute and complex chronic needs.
Lead the care team for patients able to come to the office, including a medical assistant/care promoter, care facilitator, and care coordinator.
Coordinate with the transitional care team and other available professionals and resources for patients who are hospitalized, in SNF or LTC, or homebound.
Work toward patient, quality, utilization, and medical-cost goals with center and market leadership and care teams.
Help champion a positive center culture of love, accountability, and passion.
Participate in center management and cover for other providers as needed.
Help recruit patients for the center and additional providers for the company as needed.
Supervise, collaborate with, participate with, or function under a practice or collaborative agreement with an Advanced Practice Practitioner, and remain accountable for the APP’s actions.
Participate in risk and quality management programs, clinical meetings, and other required meetings.
Follow departmental goals, performance standards, regulatory requirements, quality-care requirements, and company policies and procedures.
Be accessible to patients, including being available for walk-in visits and responding to calls and messages in a timely manner.
Perform other duties as assigned or modified at the manager’s discretion.
Travel locally as needed and travel nationally for initial training, with occasional regional or national travel for recruiting or training.