Reports to: Clinical Leader
Position Overview:
The Urgent Care Physician provides direct patient care to MIT Health patients. This role assesses patient’s health status through interview and physical exam, and synthesizes this clinical information to formulate health status, diagnosis, development of plan of care and treatment, implementation of treatment plan, and evaluation of follow up strategies according to age-specific plans of care. Ensure compliance with MIT Health’s Policies as well as State and Federal rules, regulations, and standard of care. The Physician provides health education, supportive counseling, and clinical outreach to the MIT community in collaboration with other individuals or services at MIT Health as well as across the MIT Community. Some weekend and holiday hours are required of this position.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
Promotes high-value health care for all patients of MIT Health; assures timely access to care, is attentive to patient experience and cost of care; utilizes shared decision making when appropriate to establish a plan of care
Functions independently to perform age-appropriate history and physical exam of patients.
Assesses health status through interview, physical exam, and review of the medical record as evidenced by documentation in the medical record and presentation.
Demonstrates assessment and management skills for common ambulatory urgent care complaints. Triages emergencies and coordinates transfer of patients to emergency room when needed.
Performs minor surgical procedures, including but not limited to suturing minor lacerations, simple I&D of cysts and abscesses, and removal of ingrown toenails.
Synthesizes clinical information from the interview, physical exam, appropriate laboratory data, and medical record to differentiate between normal and abnormal findings as documented in the medical record and case presentation.
Effectively uses clinical judgment and consultation to identify health problems and treatment strategies as documented in the medical record and case presentation.
Formulates, directs, and monitors appropriate treatment, including prescription writing, which emphasizes a comprehensive approach to the needs of the individual and the family.
Orders and interprets diagnostic and therapeutic tests relative to patient’s age-specific needs.
Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment modalities
Implements interventions to support the patient to regain or maintain physiologic stability; assists with the provision of procedural care in accordance with facility, state, and federal regulations.
Responsible for monitoring patient compliance with opioid medication through periodic toxicity screening utilizing Mass Prescription Awareness Tool, communication with referring provider and opioid risk assessment questionnaires. Conducts telephone encounters, responds to patient portal messages, and provides written correspondence for follow-up, patient education and information, and triage as necessary as evidenced by documentation in the medical record.
Provides health maintenance and health promotion for the patient and family including teaching, counseling, advising, anticipatory guidance.
Provides health education, supportive counseling, and clinical outreach to the MIT community in collaboration with other individuals or services at MIT Health.
Documents professionally and in a timely manner, the subjective and the objective data and the clinical impressions and plan of care formulated during the patient encounter; documentation must support any E&M or CPT codes for the encounter
Synthesizes the information from the patient history, physical exam, and laboratory data to formulate a differential diagnosis.
Documents appropriate physical exam findings consistent with chief complaint and history.
All other duties as assigned.
Minimum Required Education and Experience:
- MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
- Completion of a Family Medicine or Emergency Medicine residency program with an accredited US institution.
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Medicine or Emergency Medicine.
- Current provider card in Basic Life Support (BLS); Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) optional.
- Valid MA license, MA CSR and Federal DEA.
- Previous clinical experience in urgent or emergent care of adults and children.
Skills and Competencies:
- Possess positive leadership qualities; ability to remind others of practice/clinic policies when needed and conduct crucial conversations.
- Possess excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly with all levels of employees and providers with ability to give and receive both positive and negative feedback.