Great opportunity for an Internal Medicine or Geriatric trained Physician in beautiful Colorado - Denver, United States - Kaiser Permanente Colorado

Description

Colorado Permanente Medical Group is searching for an Internal Medicine or Family Medicine physician preferably with a geriatrics fellowship to be a leader in our new Complete Care Physician role.If not board certified in Geriatric Medicine, completion of the UCLA Intensive Course in Geriatric Medicine & Board Review, or similar training, should be completed within the first year of hire.

Complete Care Physicians specialize in the care of adult members with high needs due to a complex array of medical, social, psychological, and behavioral factors. These Primary Care doctors focus on matching care to the needs of the individual patient using an interdisciplinary approach focused on increased continuity access, panel management, and care coordination. A comprehensive team of healthcare professionals will ensure the well-being of members by handling a range of services including on-site and virtual primary care, chronic and acute care management, coordination with relevant specialists, and after-hours call coverage. Experience and/or formal training in complex care, geriatrics, and team-based approaches is preferred. Due to the high patient complexity, target panel size for Complete Care physicians will be ~600 members per 1.0 FTE.

This is a 5 day a week job, including Saturdays, based on 1.0 FTE with some of that work encompassing virtual call coverage from the hours of 8AM to 8PM.

Benefits

CPMG offers a Market-leading benefit package, which includes:

• Medical and dental coverage
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Professional liability coverage (occurrence-based)
• 401(k) and Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (Cash Balance)
• Vacation, holidays, sick leave and educational leave with funds
• In-house CME opportunities
• Pay range: minimum $284,252. *Salary will be based on years of experience and FTE.

Employment Requirement: Colorado Permanente Medical Group, P.C. staff must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or have established a qualified medical or religious, exemption by September 17, 2021. All persons offered a position will be required to provide valid proof of vaccination or qualifying exemption prior to starting employment.

Major Responsibilities/Essential Functions -

• Will be part of a team responsible for all outpatient care for their population of empaneled patients. A small panel size will allow for more immediate access to continuity care when needed as well as providing usual routine comprehensive outpatient care services including prevention and wellness visits.
• Provide comprehensive medical services for members in a Primary Care setting on continuing basis: Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and problems of the lung, brain, kidney, and gastrointestinal tract.
• Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient.
• Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases for adult patients in an office setting.
• Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza and pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses in adults and the elderly.
• Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary. Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
• Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Utilizes computer to access patient records and other clinical information to include accurate coding.
• Inoculates and vaccinates patients to immunize patients from communicable diseases.
• Performs office procedures commensurate with scope of practice (such as minor office surgery, gynecology, office orthopedics, etc.).
• Refers patients to medical or surgical specialties for consultant services when necessary for patient's well-being.
• Works as part of a comprehensive care team that involves MA/LPNs, RNs, social work and care coordinators.
• Sees patients in a clinic setting with daily schedule involving meeting patient visit standards and must be flexible to attend to additional walk-ins and acutely ill or injured patients.
• Answers and follows through promptly on all telephone and email messages.
• Must be able to participate in holiday, after-hours and weekend schedule rotations, which could include travel to different medical office locations.
• Active participant in interdisciplinary team meetings, case reviews, and continuing education sessions.

Our Mission

Colorado Permanente Medical Group (CPMG) has an exclusive, integrated partnership with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado. While we are separate organizations complementing one another, our missions are the same--to provide high-quality, affordable health care services and improve the health of our members and the communities we serve.

By offering care and coverage together, we help Coloradans thrive. We serve communities throughout Denver/Boulder, Northern and Southern Colorado.

Our Culture

As a CPMG physician, you'll find fulfillment working alongside board-certified colleagues in a comprehensive array of specialties. Permanente Medicine allows you to practice evidence-based, patient-centered medicine in a culture that is collaborative, inclusive and committed to making a difference in people's lives.

Our system combines quality resources, state-of-the-art facilities, an Epic-based electronic medical records system, and true experts who collaborate. Free from the pressures of practicing fee for service medicine, you can focus on what matters most--caring for your patients.

Partnering closely with our physicians, CPMG professional staff use their expertise in business operations management, scheduling, analytics, human resources, communications, legal, finance and strategy to support high-quality care delivery.

Our team-based culture fosters a respectful and collegial environment where all people are treated with compassion.

Equity, Inclusion and Diversity

Colorado Permanente Medical Group (CPMG) is committed to Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity. CPMG has a focus on supporting all our physicians and professional staff in an inclusive environment, identifying community healthcare disparities, and providing education and tools in order to provide culturally responsive care in order to mitigate these disparities. If you have an interest in Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity, we encourage you to apply and become a part of our mission to improve the health of our members and communities that we serve.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, marital status, physical or mental disability, age or any other protected status under federal, state or local law.

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