Harbor Community Health Center — Plymouth is seeking a Full Time Family Medicine Physician.
Join us in our expanded clinical space — we have increased access and enhanced the services we offer! If you're passionate about making a difference and are eager to be part of a dynamic, expanding team, we'd love to hear from you!
Role:
Our Physician is the primary care provider to a panel of patients, conducts outpatient visits, manages communication with patients, oversees safe transitions of care and refers for specialty care within our Patient Centered Care Model. Our Physician assesses health risks, promotes disease prevention, and practices evidence-based medicine.
Responsibilities include:
• Serves as a primary care provider for a panel of patients, organizes and manages the care of primary care patients, including outpatient visits, communication with patients by mail, email or phone, inpatient care, referral for specialty care, provision of or referral for patient education for self-management, assesses health risks, promotes and provides disease prevention, and practices evidenced based medicine.
• Provides routine health maintenance by performing interval well visits which may include a complete history and physical, developmental assessment, risk assessment, cancer screening, and health promotion education, follows up on any problems detected and makes appropriate referrals for additional services required, including nutrition, social services, behavioral health, specialty care.
• Provides timely and expert care to patients with acute illness.
• Manages common chronic illnesses, including acute complications and routine follow-up and provides or arranges for appropriate patient education regarding self-management of chronic illnesses.
• Participates in an on-call system with other physicians in the Center and with other physicians at affiliated health centers that provides 24-hour access to a physician for our patients.
• Participates in provider staff meetings, departmental meetings, general staff meetings, training, care team meetings and quality improvement/practice transformation sessions.
• Supervises mid-level practitioners on a routine basis, reviews problem cases, is available for consultations, reviews medication prescribing, and provides teaching.
• Updates Electronic Medical Record (EMR) appropriately using proper coding and documents care accordingly; accurately and timely documents care in the medical record.
Requirements:
• Completed accredited physician residency in Family Practice
• Current Massachusetts MD, DO license, DEA, Mass Controlled Substance Registration, Basic Life Support Certification required
• Board Certified/Board Eligible.
• Experienced with Office 365 (Word, Excel, Outlook & Teams) and EMR (EPIC/OCHIN experience desired).
• Experience with a community health center population and practice setting preferred.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
Harbor Health Services qualifies for all Federal and State Loan Repayment Programs! Application cycles will be opening in early 2026! Other benefits include:
Harbor Health operates 5 community health centers and 2 Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly serving patients in the Boston, South Shore and Cape Cod areas of Massachusetts. Harbor Community Health Center in Plymouth is a well-established practice with robust support staffing and Behavioral Health, Dental and Pharmacy and Lab services offered on site. Our Health Center serves English, Portuguese and Spanish-speaking patients from Plymouth and the surrounding communities.