Primary Care Physician – Adult Medicine – Brookside Community Health Center - (3285412)
Primary Care Physician – Adult Medicine – Brookside Community Health Center
Brigham and Women's Primary Care - where patient-centric practice meets innovation is seeking passionate Internal Medicine or Family Medicine trained Physician (Board Certified/Board Eligible) to complement our thriving Adult Medicine Primary Care practice. As part of the Brigham and Women's Primary Care Center of Excellence, you'll collaborate with a team of esteemed clinicians and have the opportunity to work alongside world-class specialists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Our flexible scheduling options fit into your lifestyle, offering both part-time and full-time (8 sessions) schedules per week.
Brookside Community Health Center was founded in 1970 through a Model Cities grant, with the aim of providing community-centered, affordable healthcare for the surrounding neighborhoods. Today Brookside continues this mission as part of Brigham and Women's Hospital, serving a predominantly Spanish-speaking, MassHealth-insured patient population, utilizing a robust team-based approach to provide wrap-around care for our patients who need it most. Racial Justice and Health Equity are core tenants at Brookside. Brookside Community Health Center is a comprehensive health center with primary care and specialty services on site, including dental, nutrition/WIC, lab, and behavioral health. We are licensed by Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), a division of Mass General Brigham (MGB) Healthcare system. Our mission is focused on compassionate, high-quality, team-based care for all patients and families, with a particular focus on vulnerable populations. A large percentage of our patients are insured by MassHealth (Medicaid) and live within the surrounding communities of Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury, Roslindale, and West Roxbury.
Our patient population is largely comprised of first- and second-generation immigrants, predominantly Spanish-speaking, hailing from the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Central America. Our commitment is to ensure language-concordant, fair access to quality healthcare for all. We have a team-based care model as a Patient-Centered Medical Home, with integrated behavioral health, team RNs, population health coordinators, high-risk RN case management, community resource specialists, community health workers, as well as nurse-led visits and non-face-to-face visits with support of My Chart and/or RN phone calls. Brookside includes a strong interdisciplinary team providing care for patients with substance use disorder, including Medication-Assisted Treatment. We value wellness across the health center, for all our staff, providers, and our patients. We continue to work on initiatives to improve wellness. Opportunity for teaching and precepting medical students and residents, with faculty appointment through Harvard Medical School.
This role offers more than traditional Primary Care. You'll delve into patient-focused practice while embracing a team and value-based population health management approach. Our team of dedicated Primary Care Physicians emphasizes proactive health screening, comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis for symptoms, and expert management and treatment of conditions. For our patients with complex conditions, we provide care coordination and enhanced communication with multiple specialists who are part of our patients’ care teams. We are dedicated to leveraging an innovative clinical model and optimizing its implementation.
Diversity and inclusivity are at the core of our values. We are dedicated to serving a diverse patient community and fostering diversity among our faculty and staff. Our clinics operate within a supportive, team-based model centered around the patient, delivering care that's collaborative, and culturally sensitive. Brigham Health Primary Care is committed to racial justice by building and active enforcement of policies, practices, attitudes, and actions that produce equitable access, treatment, and outcomes for all people. Our clinics are grounded in team-based, patient and family-centered care. We partner with communities to seek health and wellness, working to eliminate healthcare inequities with an expanded care team that includes behavioral health, social workers, nurses, population health coordinators, patient navigators, community health workers, community resource specialists, high-risk RN case management, and support for virtual visits.
As a Brigham and Women’s Primary Care Physician, you'll experience:
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a founding member of Mass General Brigham and a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. With nearly 1,000 inpatient beds, approximately 50,000 inpatient stays, and over 2.6 million outpatient encounters annually, clinicians across the Brigham provide compassionate, high-quality care in virtually every medical and surgical specialty to patients locally, regionally, nationally, and around the world. At Brigham and Women’s Hospital, our primary care physicians deliver exceptional care with passion and purpose. Our growing network of primary care practices in eastern Massachusetts is testimony to Brigham and Women’s commitment to primary care as a critical component of managing populations, and our dedication to providing the best experience and health outcomes for our patients External BWH Primary Care provides comprehensive adult medical care for over 200,000 patients across our fifteen primary care practices throughout the greater Boston area.
Appointment at the Harvard Medical School
Depending upon the position, there may be opportunities to teach residents and medical students. All Harvard Medical School Faculty appointments require at least 50 hours of teaching per academic year. Harvard Medical School faculty appointment is not a requirement for this position. Appointment at the Harvard Medical School will be commensurate with experience, training, and achievements in addition to teaching activities.
BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
To learn more about this opportunity interested candidates should submit a Curriculum Vitae to Carolina Mallea, Sr. Physician Recruiter at CMallea@bwh.harvard.edu
EEO Statement BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
: MA-Jamaica Plain-BWH Jamaica Plain Brookside Community Health Center
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BWH Jamaica Plain Brookside Community Health Center
3297 Washington St
Jamiaca Plain 02130
: MD/PHD/Fellows/ PostDocs
: Brigham & Women's Hospital(BWH)
: Full-time
Standard Hours: 40
: Day Job
: Regular
Recruiting Department: BWH Primary Care
: Apr 9, 2024
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