Internal Medicine

Overview

Find out for yourself why Southcoast Health has been voted ‘Best Place to Work’ for 6 years in a row!

Join Southcoast Health, where your future is as promising as the care we provide. Our commitment to each other, our patients, and our community is more than a mission - it’s our way of life, and you’ll be at the heart of it.

Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, charitable, health system with multiple hospitals, clinics and facilities throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Nestled in local communities, Southcoast Health provides inclusive, ethical workplaces where our highly skilled caregivers offer world-class, comprehensive healthcare close to home.

We are searching for a talented Internal Medicine Physician Leader.

Hours:  40

Shift:  Day - Weekend, Holiday, On Call

Location:  Fall River, MA 

A career at Southcoast Health offers you:

• A culture of well-being that embraces, respects, and celebrates the rich diversity of one another and the communities we serve
• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package
• Generous Earned Time Off Package**
• Employee Wellbeing Program
• 403B Retirement Plan with company match
• Tuition assistance / Federal Loan Forgiveness programs
• Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training

**Available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 20 hours.

Southcoast Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Southcoast Health is seeking highly skilled and compassionate Primary Care Physician Leader to join our esteemed multidisciplinary group. The Primary Care division currently consists of 140 Providers.  Since its inception in 1996, Southcoast has become a sought-after destination for health care professionals. As a thriving part of the New England medical community, Southcoast Health offers practice excellence in an environment you want to call home.      

• High volume, quality focused and established practice with inclusion of Population Health manager, Pharmacy, dedicated Practice Manager, EMR support and more.
• Advanced Practice Provider support and very reasonable call requirements
• Salary with Productivity & Performance Based Incentives
• Sign-on Bonus – $60,000
• Retention Bonus – $20,000 X 4 years

• Comprehensive benefits package including: 4-5 weeks’ vacation plus a week of CME and 6% match on retirement after 2 years

• Malpractice coverage of $2M / $6M
• Not for profit, under-served community site brings opportunities for loan forgiveness
• Continuing medical education (CME) allowance and paid time off

Responsibilities

Physician’s Administrative Duties

I. Physician Leader

The role of the physician leader (“Physician Leader”) is critical to ensure optimal quality, service, regulatory/policy compliance, and efficiency of the Providers under Physician Leader’s purview.  The Physician Leader, in partnership with the Practice Manager will be accountable for managing all dimensions of practice performance including clinical, cultural, operational, and financial.  Physician Leaders must be self-driven and committed to putting in the time and effort to effectively execute in this role. 

The Physician Leader must:

• support providers’ success and wellbeing through close, trusting relationships in which they feel respected, appreciated, and engaged in Southcoast’s mission
• actively recruit, manage, and retain high-performing primary care providers
• contribute to primary care strategic planning and maintain accountability for successful execution of strategies and tactics that advance organizational goals
• demonstrate a positive, solution-oriented demeanor that exemplifies the code of conduct
• exercise good judgment regarding clinical, operational, and managerial decision-making
• communicate effectively and respectfully with all team members
• adapt and help others adapt to a changing work environment
• engage in leadership development training and activities

Direct Reports: Physicians and Advanced Practice Professionals (“APPs”) as determined by the Primary Care Center Senior Leadership Team.

Reports to: Regional Medical Director (RMD)

Key Relationships: Office Managers, Physician Leader peers, Physician in Chief (PIC), Care Center Medical Directors, Epic Physician Champion, Vice President of Operations, Executive Director of Continuous Improvement, Directors of Operations, Southcoast Health Network Leadership, HR Business Partner, Compliance Officer(s), Risk Manager, Legal counsel

1. Scope & Duties

Estimated time requirements associated with each of the following duties are provided to enable calculation of Physician Leader’s administrative FTE as described in Section 2. Physician Leader Compensation.  It is understood and expected that the execution of the role may require more or less time as needed.  Significant deviations from estimated time requirements should be discussed with RMD.

Provider Management

• Provide direct support to each primary care provider that Physician leader oversees including:
  • At least one 1:1 comprehensive performance review annually for each provider.  New providers or those needing more intensive support/performance management may require additional meetings.  These comprehensive 1:1 meetings should occur no fewer than 3 times per year for any provider within his/her first year of employment at Southcoast.  The initial 1:1 meeting should occur at or around 90 days of employment and include review of at least 5 patient charts with feedback on charting documented in the meeting summary.  It is estimated that each meeting should require approximately 90 minutes (60 minutes for the actual meeting and 30 minutes for preparation and post-meeting documentation).  These meetings should employ a standard approach:

• assess wellbeing and identify drivers of professional satisfaction and/or burnout
• provide data-informed performance evaluation
• co-develop personal goals for wellbeing and performance
• establish a timeline for follow up that will ensure ongoing progress and support
• following meeting, provide and retain a written summary for provider

• • Check in frequently (ideally weekly) with each provider for 5-10 minutes to assess his/her ongoing needs and wellbeing. 

Each Physician Leader will be allocated a maximum of 7.5 hours per year per provider for this function to account for variability of individual provider needs. 

     Practice Leadership

• Conduct monthly provider-only meetings and document key decisions/takeaways, except for months in which a quarterly practice meeting is held.  Estimated time requirement:  1.5 hours per month per practice including preparation and follow up documentation for providers (cc RMD)
• Collaborate with Practice Manager in providing Quarterly Practice Operational Reviews to senior care center leadership.  Estimated time requirement:  1.5 hours per quarter
• Work with practice manager drive ongoing clinical operational improvement and successfully manage change.  Holding whole-practice meetings (staff + providers) is included in this responsibility.   Estimated time requirement:  4.5 hours per month

Departmental Leadership

• Actively participate in in-person bi-weekly Physician Leader meetings.  Estimated time requirement:  3 hours per month
• Participate in leadership retreats as needed.  Estimated time requirement: 12 hours per year
• Meaningfully contribute to departmental projects/workgroups.  Estimated time requirement: 2 hours per month
• Use StandOut for weekly leadership check-ins with RMD.  Estimated time requirement: 5 minutes per week
• Meet with RMD once annually for Physician Leader performance review.  Estimated time 1 hour per year.
• Complete and submit monthly summary of provider status / time tracker: Estimated time requirement: 10 minutes per month

2. Physician Leader Compensation.

The Corporation shall pay Physician Leaders a rate of $170 per hour on a monthly basis subject to submission of timesheets and supporting documentation as outlined in Section 1. Scope and Duties above.  The Physician Leader’s clinical full time equivalent (cFTE) will be reduced by the anticipated amount of administrative time needed to complete the Scope and Duties of the role based on the number of providers that the Physician Leader oversees (see example in table 1 for Physician Leader overseeing 5 providers).  Adjustments to cFTE can be made annually based on changes in the count of providers under the Physician Leader’s supervision.  If a practice expands significantly within the contract year, requests for additional adjustments to cFTE can be submitted to the Regional Medical Director for consideration by RMD and PIC.

3. Physician Leader Term.

The term of the Physician Leader shall be one year with the possibility of renewal if mutually agreed upon by RMD, PIC, and PL.

Qualifications

• Medical degree from an accredited institution

• Board certification/eligibility required in Family or Internal Medicine with completion of a US residency
• Current state medical license and DEA registration
• Demonstrated clinical excellence, patient satisfaction, and effective communication skills
• Please note, we are unable to support J-1 Waivers for Primary Care positions

Pay Range

USD $250,000.00 - USD $398,000.00 /Yr.

Rotation Schedule Requirement

As per scheduled