Neighborhood Health Center (NHC) is GROWING and actively seeking a Physician. The Physician will have responsibilities that include, but are not limited to, providing comprehensive patient care, lead cross-functional patient-centric care teams and maintain electronic medical records in compliance with Neighborhood Health Center’s standards with high efficiency. For more than 30 years, NHC has delivered quality healthcare to the communities we serve.

Neighborhood Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). FQHCs are required to comply with the governor's recent mandate requiring hospital and nursing home workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. You will be required to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination if an offer of employment is made. The vaccine mandate applies to all personnel employed or affiliated with a covered entity, including volunteers and students. Only a limited medical exemption remains for qualifying individuals.

Responsibilities:

• Provide high quality primary care to Neighborhood Health Center’s patients of infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric groups
• Lead cross-functional patient-centric care teams
• Provide comprehensive patient care and establish a family partnership whenever possible to ensure the needs of the patients are met on an ongoing basis
• Ensure high quality primary care is delivered cost-effectively, consistently
• Provide appropriate specialist referrals and follow-up recommendations when indicated
• Maintain electronic medical records in compliance with Neighborhood Health Center’s standards with high efficiency
• Engage patient, family and cross-functional care teams in sustained health and well-being of the patient
• Partner with Neighborhood Health Center’s interdisciplinary teams and resources
• Maintain familiarity with ongoing research and development in relevant fields
• Ensure performance improvement initiatives are supported with timely and accurate data and consistent actions
• Manage a limited, telephone-only coverage shared with other clinicians (weekends: every 68 weeks; weekdays: every 4 -6 weeks)
• Represent Neighborhood Health Center in community outreach activities

Requirements:

• Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy, licensed in NYS prior to start date
• Completion of three-year Family Practice Residency, Internal Medicine or Pediatrics Residency
• Board-eligible from American Board of Family Medicine and Med-Peds boards; board certification required within 2 years after completion of residency training
• Outstanding “bedside manners”: patient-centric with empathy, excellent active listening and communication skills, engaging and efficient
• Outstanding clinical capabilities and judgment
• Focused on collaborative team-based care
• Responsive and comfortable working in a fast-paced, high accountability environment
• Proficient in EHR systems
• Flexible
• Excellent judgment and ability to prioritize resources where they will be most useful
• Comfortable receiving and providing appreciative and corrective feedback
• Engaged in learning and continuous quality improvement
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills with a culturally diverse patient and staff population
• Proficient in working with in-person or telephonic interpreters
• Passionate about providing high quality primary health care to low-income, undeserved residents and those lacking access to health care

WHY NHC?

There are many fantastic benefits to a career at Neighborhood Health Center. We offer employees a kind, diverse, team-based work environment with competitive compensation and potential bonus, as well as comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, life insurance, 403b match, health savings accounts, generous paid time off and loan forgiveness, if applicable.

Interested? Call, Visit, Apply!

If you have the right combination of skills and experience, want to work for a mission driven organization and be part of our growth story, please contact us. Please submit your resume and cover letter with statement of interest and salary requirements stephanie.joerger@ nhcwny.org. Please include Physician in the subject line. Qualified candidates will be contacted by phone and/or email. Neighborhood Health Center conducts background checks and reference checks for final candidates.

Neighborhood Health Center is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to the practice of equity and inclusion.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $160,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Primary Care

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Buffalo, NY: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• NYS Medical License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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