Full-time Internal Medicine Physician Needed in Long-Term Care Center in Houston, TX

At Prime Health Internal Care, we want to help those in the communities we serve, including our associates, lead their best lives. We support our associates in becoming happier, healthier, and more productive in their professional and personal lives.

We promote lifelong well-being by giving our associate fresh perspective, new insights, and exciting opportunities to grow their careers. Be a full-time Internal Medicine Physician here and starts providing a positive and welcoming environment for all.

Work Schedule:

Work Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, with occasional shared on-call responsibilities among the team.

Salary:

Enjoy an annual base pay between $280,000 and $300,000, depending on experience (DOE). Additionally, a full benefit package with paid malpractice insurance and a bonus.

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary based on experience and qualifications.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• Generous paid time off and holidays to support a healthy work-life balance.
• Retirement savings plan with employer contributions.
• Continuing medical education allowance to foster professional growth.
• Malpractice insurance coverage.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates and treats center patients in accordance with standards of care.
• Follows level of medical care and quality for patients and monitors care using available data and chart reviews.
• Assists in the coordination of patient services, including but not limited to specialty referrals, hospital and SNF coordination, durable medical equipment and home health care.
• Acts as an active participant and key source of medical expertise with the care team through daily huddles.
• Helps Regional Medical Director and Center Administrator in setting a tone of cooperation in practice by displaying a professional and approachable demeanor.
• Completes all medical record documentation in a timely manner working with a quality- based coder to optimize coding specificity.
• Follows policy and protocol defined by Clinical Leadership.
• Meets with RMD about quality of care, review of outcome data, policy, procedure and records issues.
• Participates in potential growth opportunities for new or existing services within the Center.
• Assures personal compliance with licensing, certification, and accrediting bodies.
• Spend 100% of your time clinically focused on direct patient care, inclusive of patient facing time and general administrative time (charting, meetings, etc.) as it relates to direct patient care.
• For an up-to-date understanding of internal medicine, take part in research and continuing medical education.

Qualifications:

• Current and unrestricted medical license or willing to obtain a medical licenses in state of practice; eligible and willing to obtain licenses in other states in the region of assignment, as required
• Graduate of accredited MD or DO program of accredited university
• Board Certification or Eligible to become certified (ABMS or AOA) in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine or Geriatric Medicine
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrate a high level of skill with interpersonal relationships and communications with colleagues/patients
• Fully engaged in the concept of “Integrated team-based care” model
• Willingness and ability to learn/adapt to practice in a value-based care setting
• Superior patient/customer service
• Basic computer skills, including email and EMR
• This role is considered patient facing and is a part of our Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB

We encourage individuals from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.