JOB SUMMARY
The Wright Center for Community Health and its affiliated entity The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education has an opportunity for a full time GERIATRIC IM/FM BC PHYSICIAN located within Lackawanna and Luzerne counties of Northeastern Pennsylvania. If you desire to be an academic physician leader in an environment that is innovative, and patient-centered, and you want to provide academic excellence, authentic patient care and resident education, The Wright Center is the place to achieve this goal.
The Wright Center is a community-based graduate medical education consortium serving Northeastern Pennsylvania for more than 35 years. The organization’s mission is to improve the health and welfare of our community through inclusive and responsive health services and the sustainable renewal of an inspired, competent workforce that is privileged to serve. The Wright Center for Community Health provides comprehensive healthcare services for children and adults through a “Patient-Centered Medical Home” delivery model, a welcoming setting in which a patient’s healthcare team, led by a single trusted healthcare provider, works collectively to coordinate care and meet physical and mental health needs. The Wright Center is proudly recognized by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a pioneering Teaching Health Center (THC) Graduate Medical Education Consortium and is focused on innovations to make graduate medical education and patient care delivery more efficient, effective, affordable and satisfying to patients and providers.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package which includes malpractice insurance, medical/dental coverage, 403(b), Paid Time Off with five (5) additional days for sponsored continuing medical education.
Required Skills
ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS
- Assist in the general administration of the program including those activities related to the recruitment, selection, instruction, supervision, counseling, evaluation, and advancement of residents, as well as the maintenance of records related to program accreditation; these activities include:
- Active involvement in Milestones guided Competency Assessment and Evaluation of house staff
- Direct involvement in semi-annual and annual evaluations of house staff as directed by program director and ensure evaluations are completed in a timely, semiannual manner
- Participate in clinical competency meetings.
- Review evaluations of residents
- Ensure procedural competencies are completed
- Participate in curriculum development, didactic, small group and program workshop learning exercises
- Actively participate in IEP for residents with challenges outside of normal training path
- mentor a number of interns as requested by Program Director and oversee the portfolios of these mentees
- Help monitor and address resident stress and fatigue and advise the program director as necessary
- Participate in annual program review and contribute to the constructive programmatic annual plan of improvement resulting from this evaluation and annual program review
- Participate in faculty development
- Participate in scholarly activities as it relates to care delivery and performance and programmatic improvement
- Actively participate in the recruitment process review of candidates, interviews and selection of residents. When asked, attend recruitment fairs to recruit locally, regionally and nationally.
- Be actively involved in the supervision and teaching of house staff physicians
- Participate in academic societies, specifically the STFM/AAIIM, in order to enhance educational and administrative skills for a career in academic FM/IM
- Participate in orientation and graduation ceremony for house staff
- Participate in monthly resident faculty meetings
- Actively participate in weekly faculty meetings
- Serve as Preceptor to residents in clinic setting
- Be present in clinic forty (40) hours per week, this includes 32 hours of patient care and eight (8) hour administrative time per week in Wright Center clinics and/or partner clinics. Clinic hours will also include home visits.
- One night of call during week. Weekend call based on faculty/weekend ratio.
- Participation in holiday rotation
- Actively participate in preparation and maintenance of ACGME and AOA FM/IM Program accreditation.
- Model and promote physician professionalism
- Timely completion of Patient Care documentation in the Out-Patient and In-Patient settings and required resident evaluations and direct observation assessments as assigned
OTHER FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Perform other duties as assigned.
Required Experience
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- MD/DO Degree
- Be licensed to practice medicine in the state of Pennsylvania
- DEA Certification
- Current certification by the ABFM/AOBFP, or ABIM/AOBIM or possess qualifications acceptable to the Review Committee
- Current BLS certification
- Meet professional standards of ethical behavior
- Must be an institutionally-based faculty appointee
- Must have documented clinical and academic experience
- Experience in the Electronic Residency Application System (ERAS) a plus
- Experience supervising administrative and support personnel
- Ability to communicate effectively and with all levels within the organization