Primary Care Practice Medical Director- South Huntington, Jamaica Plain, MA

Primary Care Practice Medical Director- South Huntington, Jamaica Plain, MA

Excellent opportunity for a clinical leader to lead a team of seasoned Primary Care professionals and play a pivotal role ensuring high-quality patient care and fostering equitable healthcare practices as Medical Director of the Brigham and Women's Advanced Primary Care Associates. The practice has been honored to be the winner of the 2014 Society of General Internal Medicine Quality and Practice Innovation Awards and is one of ABIM's featured practices in "In Search of Joy in Practice: A Report of2 3 High-Functioning Primary Care Practices. As a member of our management team, you would collaborate with dedicated professionals to advance our mission of providing accessible and inclusive healthcare services to our community.

Diversity and inclusivity are at the core of our values. Brigham Health Primary Care is committed to racial justice by building and active enforcement of policies, practices, attitudes, and actions that produce equitable access, treatment, and outcomes for all people. We are dedicated to serving a diverse patient community and fostering diversity among our faculty and staff. Our clinics operate within a supportive, team-based model centered around the patient, delivering care that's collaborative, and culturally sensitive. We partner with communities to seek health and wellness, working to eliminate healthcare inequities with an expanded care team that includes behavioral health, social workers, nurses, population health coordinators, patient navigators, community health workers, community resource specialists, high-risk RN case management, and support for virtual visits.

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical Leadership: Provide clinical oversight and leadership to the medical clinical team, ensuring adherence to quality standards and ethical principles. Collaborate with the Practice Manager and Nurse Manager to maintain high standards of medical and nursing care.

Strategic Planning: Participate in strategic initiatives and policy development in alignment with organizational goals. Work closely with BWH Primary Care to implement strategic initiatives and foster community health efforts.

Team Management: Recruit, hire, and orient physicians. Develop staffing patterns to meet patient care needs and promote a culture of trust and respect. Provide supervision, support, and performance evaluation to physician staff.

Quality Assurance: Develop and implement standards for patient care, focusing on equity and inclusivity. Review patient care quality, laboratory tests, and ancillary procedures. Lead quality improvement efforts and monitor patient satisfaction results.

Teaching Practice: Collaborate with Department of Medicine residency program to ensure that teaching goals and requirements are met for the internal medicine trainees that have their primary care clinics in the practice. Opportunities to serve as a continuity preceptor for internal medicine residents and Harvard medical students.

Education and Training: Coordinate in-service and continuing education programs for medical and allied health professionals.

Administration and Budget: In conjunction with Practice Manager and Nurse Manager, assist in developing annual practice volume, expense, and revenue projections. Collaborate on cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and outcome enhancement projects. Participate in designated Medical Staff committees.

As a Brigham and Women's Primary Care Physician, you'll experience:

- Opportunities for research and academic engagement.

- Ongoing professional and developmental support to foster growth.

- Reasonable panel sizes and session expectations, ensuring quality patient care.

- Collaborative, team-based care, working alongside dedicated professionals.

- Seamless integration with EPIC and access to the extensive Mass General Brigham network.

- A competitive salary with a structured 3-year ramp-up period and sign-on bonuses for those that qualify.

- A unique value-based compensation plan emphasizing patient-centric care over RVU metrics.

- Comprehensive benefits package covering health, dental, time off, CME allowance, and robust retirement plan

Qualications:

- Minimum five years of medical practice and clinical leadership experience.

- Medical Doctor (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.).

- Board Certified or Board Eligible Internal Medicine or Family Medicine Physician.

- License to practice medicine in Massachusetts including MCSR and DEA.

- Excellent management, communication, and leadership skills.

- Ability to build and nurture healthy relationships and foster a culture of belonging.

- Signicant administrative or clinical leadership experience.

- Understanding of structural racism and commitment to racial justice and equity.

- Strong analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Brigham and Women's Hospital is a founding member of Mass General Brigham and a teaching aliate of Harvard Medical School. With nearly 1,000 inpatient beds, approximately 50,000 inpatient stays, and over 2.6 million outpatient encounters annually, clinicians across the Brigham provide compassionate, high-quality care in virtually every medical and surgical specialty to patients locally, regionally, nationally, and around the world. At Brigham and Women's Hospital, our primary care physicians deliver exceptional care with passion and purpose.

Appointment at the Harvard Medical School

A Harvard Medical School appointment at the Instructor or Assistant Professor level may be applied for commensurate with qualifications. Academic appointment at Harvard Medical School will be commensurate with experience, training, achievements, and teaching activities. All Harvard Medical School Faculty appointments require at least 50 hours of teaching per academic year. Harvard Medical School faculty appointment is not a requirement for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization/Harvard Medical School is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualied applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.

The Department is keenly interested in diversifying its faculty and encourages applications from diverse candidates, including women and underrepresented groups. To learn more about this Medical Director opportunity interested candidates should submit a cover letter and CV to: Carolina Mallea, Sr. Physician Recruiter Brigham & Women's Hospital via Email: CMallea@bwh.harvard.edu

BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.