Family Practice Physician - Primary Care

Fitchburg, MA

Major responsibilities:

• Provides primary care services to individuals and families across the lifespan.


• Practices within the collaborative model with nurse practitioners and clinical psychologists.

• Provides and manages direct patient care, including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses and treatment for a specified patient population.


• Prescribes pharmaceuticals, other medications, and treatment regimens as appropriate to assessed medical conditions.

• Refers patients to specialists and to relevant patient care components as appropriate.


• Directs and coordinates the patient care activities of nursing and support staff as required.


• Follows established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives, continuous quality improvement objectives, and safety, environmental, and/or infection control standards.


• As appropriate to the position, participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.


• Ability to observe, assess, and record symptoms, reactions, and progress.


• Knowledge of legal and ethical standards for the delivery of medical care.


• Knowledge of relevant drugs and non-pharmaceutical patient care aids and ability to prescribe dosages and instruct patients in correct usage.


• Participate in On Call coverage.


• Ability to maintain quality, safety, and/or infection control standards.


• Ability to develop and present educational programs and/or workshops.


• Knowledge of community medical diagnostic and patient care services in area of medical expertise.


• Knowledge of current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in area of expertise.


• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to supervise, advise, and train clinical professionals and/or students in area of expertise.

• Ability to work both independently and in a team


• Managing patient care is a team effort that involves clinical and non-clinical staff interacting with patients

• Demonstrate understanding and commitment of the health center mission

• Demonstrate understanding and commitment to the established Values and Standards

• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Medical Degree (MD or DO)


• Board certification/eligibility in specialty.


• ACLS or CPR/AED certified.


• Current license by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine


• Current DEA and Massachusetts Controlled Substance license for prescriptive authority


• Eligible for unrestricted health center at facilities utilized by the health center

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