Family Practice - Geriatrics Physician
ProTouch Staffing
Lawrence, MA, 01840, USA
Lawrence, MA, 01840, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- geriatrics
- family practice
- patient care
A Family Practice - Geriatrics Physician provides comprehensive medical care to elderly patients across various settings including community health centers, hospitals, and shelters. Responsibilities include diagnosing and treating diseases, maintaining medical records, participating in continuing education, and contributing to quality assurance efforts. The physician also mentors medical trainees, serves on call, and represents the health center in external and community engagements.
Job Summary:
The primary function of this position is to provide comprehensive and continuing care to patients requiring routine and emergency treatment through the diagnosis of disease processes and through the provision of medical treatment of patients at community health centers, hospitals, schools, and shelters.
Job Responsibilities:
• Demonstrates clinical competence and professional commitment in the Practice of Medicine by adhering to established standards of practice and utilizing appropriate scientific principles.
• Oversees and provides direct medical care to patients.
• Refer patients to other providers as appropriate.
• Participates in patient care audits for quality assurance and utilization review to maintain and improve patient care standard of excellence.
• Maintains appropriate medical records on assigned patients.
• Maintains medical professional standards and knowledge by regularly attending medical conferences, seminars, continuing education programs, and the teaching medical residents, medical students and /or practitioners or students in other health care professions.
• Serve on-call including as a backup clinician as assigned.
• Serves as member of related committees as requested/needed.
• Represents the health center with external authorities and the community as required.
• Pursues continued education opportunities for ongoing professional growth and accreditation status.
Qualifications:
• Board certification or eligibility in an appropriate specialty and a current medical license in Massachusetts.
• Residency completion in good standing.
• Well-developed organizational skills; strong follow through skills.
• Excellent communication and clinical skills.
• Demonstrated work ethic of confidentiality and professionalism
• Bilingual English/Spanish required.
The primary function of this position is to provide comprehensive and continuing care to patients requiring routine and emergency treatment through the diagnosis of disease processes and through the provision of medical treatment of patients at community health centers, hospitals, schools, and shelters.
Job Responsibilities:
• Demonstrates clinical competence and professional commitment in the Practice of Medicine by adhering to established standards of practice and utilizing appropriate scientific principles.
• Oversees and provides direct medical care to patients.
• Refer patients to other providers as appropriate.
• Participates in patient care audits for quality assurance and utilization review to maintain and improve patient care standard of excellence.
• Maintains appropriate medical records on assigned patients.
• Maintains medical professional standards and knowledge by regularly attending medical conferences, seminars, continuing education programs, and the teaching medical residents, medical students and /or practitioners or students in other health care professions.
• Serve on-call including as a backup clinician as assigned.
• Serves as member of related committees as requested/needed.
• Represents the health center with external authorities and the community as required.
• Pursues continued education opportunities for ongoing professional growth and accreditation status.
Qualifications:
• Board certification or eligibility in an appropriate specialty and a current medical license in Massachusetts.
• Residency completion in good standing.
• Well-developed organizational skills; strong follow through skills.
• Excellent communication and clinical skills.
• Demonstrated work ethic of confidentiality and professionalism
• Bilingual English/Spanish required.




