Primary Care Physician

Primary Care Physician, Family or Internal Medicine

Mystic, Connecticut

Yale New Haven Health, the largest and most comprehensive healthcare system in Connecticut, is inviting internal medicine-trained physicians to join an expanding established primary care practices.

Yale New Haven Health is seeking a Primary Care Physician in Mystic, Connecticut.

Yale New Haven Health offers many great perks to its physicians, including competitive compensation, flexible hours, a mentorship program, and other amazing benefits. Yale New Haven Health is a well-established and respected health care system, and our physicians enjoy working with us. We believe that our commitment to our staff is the reason we are consistently ranked as one of the top workplaces in Connecticut.

Yale New Haven Health System includes Yale New Haven, Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial and Westerly hospitals; several specialty networks; and Northeast Medical Group (NEMG) a physician-led multispecialty group. NEMG is a not-for-profit multispecialty medical group established in 2010. Because we are part of Yale New Haven Health, our patients have access to all the resources of one of the country's leading health systems, including our affiliated hospitals where Northeast Medical Group physicians also care for patients:

We are proud to offer:

• Highly competitive compensation including Sign On, wRVU and Quality Bonus plans
• Generous education loan assistance program
• Flexible schedules to ensure work-life balance (36 clinical hours) 4.5 days and Light Call
• Dedicated Medical Assistant, Scribe service and office support so you can focus on patient care
• A collegial environment with access to expert specialists and the resources of one of the nation's leading health systems
• Volunteer faculty appointment opportunities with Yale School of Medicine
• Physician Mentoring Program
• Leadership opportunities
• Epic electronic medical record to share patient information with every clinician in our health system and beyond

Enjoy the four seasons in the beauty of New England. New London County offers gorgeous beaches, family-friendly neighborhoods, and some of the best schools in the nation. The area is also equidistant from New York City and Boston.

To learn more, please email our In-House Physician Recruiter:

Leah Gibbs at Leah.Gibbs@ynhh.org

Website: www.northeastmedicalgroup.org/careers

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

Position Responsibilities:

• Examines patients, obtains medical histories and treats 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 patient-care-related activities
• Provides on-call coverage, if applicable
• Gives feedback to and accepts feedback from all staff in respectful manner
• Acts in a positive and professional manner, complying with practice policies, procedures and federal and state laws
• Promotes health education in conjunction with other health professionals
• Efficiently uses group practice and healthcare resources
• Contributes to quality improvement activities by actively participating in the medical staff activities, serving on various committees and suggesting and supporting process improvements
• Advises the Chief Medical Officer of any problems that can affect the efficiency of the organization
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Education: Degree of MD or DO with ABIM-recognized internal medicine residency (three years minimum) or ABFM-recognized family medicine residency (three years minimum)

Experience: Professional clinical experience in primary care practice, either family medicine or internal medicine. Three (3) years of experience preferred.

Licensure: Valid American Board certification in either internal medicine or family medicine and renewed (if needed) prior to expiration. Valid and unrestricted Connecticut medical license, BLS certification, DEA registration and Controlled Substance Certificate.

Special Skills: Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures and techniques. Thorough knowledge of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment. Ability to effectively manage and direct medical staff support activities while providing quality patient care. Ability to receive detailed information and express and exchange ideas orally. Ability to perform under stress. Possesses excellent written and oral communication, listening and social skills. Ability to interact effectively with people of varied educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems. Professionally performs in a tactful manner. Taps experience and uses independent judgment to plan and accomplish goals .

Physical Demand: Must possess the physical and mental abilities to perform the tasks normally associated with the practice of internal and family medicine.