Addiction Medicine and Primary Care Physician - Faculty - Department of Family and Community Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health

Job Details

Addiction Medicine/JFMA Physician

Job Description

The Department of Family & Community Medicine of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University is currently accepting candidates for the position of outpatient addiction medicine and primary care physician at the Sheller Bridge Program and the Project HOME Hospital to HOME partnership as well as primary care physician at the Jefferson Family Medicine Associates practice. JFMA is the flagship academic training site of Jefferson’s nationally renowned Department of Family and Community Medicine. JFMA serves a highly diverse patient population of approximately 30,000 people with an unflagging commitment to excellence and equity across the full care spectrum of family medicine. JFMA’s care teams include 27 faculty physicians, 4 nurse practitioners, 30 residents, 3 fellows, and 45 staff members and are committed to interprofessional, patient-centered models of care. The extended care team also includes integrated behavioral health consultants, social workers, nurse care managers, and population health support teams. Clinical services include adult and children’s primary care, prenatal care, reproductive health services, colposcopy, treatment of opioid use disorder, gender-affirming care, procedure clinics, and obesity management. Founded in 1974, the Department of Family and Community Medicine has graduated 382 family physicians from its residency programs, including many leaders in the field. Nearly half of graduates from the past ten years choose to work in medically underserved areas; a similar number choose academic careers.

Responsibilities will include:

Jefferson Addiction Multidisciplinary Services Sheller Bridge and Hospital to HOME

• Outpatient addiction medicine (including medications for opioid use disorder, medications for alcohol use disorder, and complex addiction management) and primary care (including outpatient women’s health visits and routine gynecological exams) for patients accessing the Sheller Bridge Program
• Assume the position of assistant medical director of the Hospital to HOME program and attend weekly and monthly team meetings with other academic medicine and community partners
• Supervision of addiction medicine fellows at Hospital to HOME and the Sheller Bridge Program
• Outpatient and home-based addiction and primary care of patients in the Project HOME Hospital to HOME program at the St. Elizabeth’s Recovery House, Beacon House, and other sites as added
• Teaching of students and residents rotating at the Sheller Bridge Program

Jefferson Family Medicine Associates

• Outpatient family medicine including women’s health visits, routine gynecologic exams, and children
• Competency in office procedures strongly preferred
• Prenatal care preferred but not required
• Work closely with a strong interprofessional team (including MA, RNs, behavioral health, social workers, population health specialists) to provide patient-centered care.
• Establish and maintain a panel of patients, manage chronic health conditions, acute conditions, and preventive care; and work closely with clinical and population health staff to meet quality metrics and care coordination needs
• Opportunities to teach students and residents in the practice of primary care.
• Commitment to providing highest quality care equitably across a diverse patient population

Requirements: Qualified applicants will hold a MD or DO degree and be board certified, or eligible, in Family Medicine. Must have or obtain a PA medical license. Academic appointment and salary will be commensurate with experience. Jefferson offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefit package. Demonstrated commitment to health equity and commitment to implementing and supporting anti-racist practices. Candidates from backgrounds under-represented in medicine strongly encouraged.

Work Shift

Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type

Regular

Primary Location Address

833 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.