Physician - Primary Care

SUMMARY

Provides high quality medical care to patients and their families, emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention, as well as the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic diseases. Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers, and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done. The core Success Factors include:

• Instill Trust and Value Differences
• Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate

RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide medical patient care by:

• Examining, diagnosing, and treating clinical patients in order to meet their medical needs
• Educating patients (and families) on wellness, prevention, and early detection by providing materials and resources to patients and families, as well as determining need for referrals based on examination and patient needs
• Determining level of urgency of follow-up, referral, and consultation appointments
• Exercising final medical judgment in all issues of health care
• Prescribing medical treatment and clinical drugs to patients
• Ordering studies, tests, and ancillary services
• Documenting all services in patient’s electronic medical record
• Reviewing on a regular basis long-term cases that require ongoing medical attention
• Consulting with Medical Director and other professionals on staff, as needed, regarding patient care, assessment, and education issues
• Participating in quality improvement, management, continuing education, and other established patient care programs as established
• Providing clinical oversight to a medical staff, including a medical assistant
• Assisting in the resolution of complaints, requests, and inquiries from patients
• Maintaining confidentiality of all patient information according to federal and state guidelines and regulations

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• MD or DO degree
• RI Medical Licensure
• Completed three years of Internal Medicine residency training
• Board Certified or Board Eligible
• Current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Certification

Pay Range

Location

CM-East Providence-East Providence Internal Medicine-450 Vet - 450 Veterans Memorial Parkway East Providence, Rhode Island 02914

Work Type

M-F 8:00am-4:00pm

Work Shift

Day

Daily Hours

8 hours

Driving Required

No

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.