Primary Care Internist Physician, Clinician Educator - Core Faculty - Jefferson Abington Hospital

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Our Internal Medicine Residency program located at the Jefferson Abington campus is seeking a Primary Care Internist and Clinician Educator to work with our rotating Internal Medicine residents in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The ideal applicant will be a member of the Core Faculty with the Internal Medicine Residency program in the Department of Medicine, and a major component of this position will be educating our internal medicine residents.

Responsibilities:

• Attending on a teaching only/Resident staffed inpatient team, clinical hours within the ambulatory outpatient internal medicine practice, as well as time spent precepting in the outpatient resident clinic
• Provides primary care medical services and consultation to patients with multiple co-morbidities and behavioral health issues. Focus on providing quality care to patients while reducing overall healthcare costs delivering quality care with a customized patient experience.
• Supervises and provides teaching services for residents, medical students, and other trainees, as designated by the Clinical Director and the Division Chair.
• Properly executes/prepares documentation that pertains to medical billing and patient coding.
• Works with office manager, RNs, social work, outreach coordinators to perform and document necessary clinical components to ensure care gaps are addressed and closed.
• Provides each resident with timely feedback and evaluation.
• Engages in evidence-based strategies to maintain and improve patient experience.
• Participates in care delivered through special program designed to meet community needs

Qualifications:

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school or foreign equivalent
• Completion of an approved internal medicine residency program
• Must be Board Certified in Internal Medicine
• Ability to obtain an unrestricted PA medical license & DEA
• 3-5 years of experience post residency/fellowship training
• 3+ years' experience teaching residents and/or medical students
• Addiction medicine training highly preferred

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

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