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Community Health Connections (CHC) is a multi-site, non-profit health care center offering urgent care, primary family medical and pediatric care, preventative and restorative dental care, oral surgery, behavioral health services for children and adults, and substance use disorder treatment, and specialty services including optometry eye care, optical shop, acupuncture, nutrition consultations and podiatry. CHC is mission-driven, providing compassionate, quality health care regardless of income or health insurance status. CHC has five sites within Fitchburg, Gardner and Leominster with decades of experience as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), serving 36 communities in North Central Massachusetts.

Under the direction of the Chief Medical Director, provides comprehensive and continuous primary care to a panel of patients.

Essential Duties, Major responsibilities and Skills:

• Provides primary care services to infants, children and adolescents up to the age of 22.
• Practices within the collaborative model with nurse practitioners and behavioral health providers.
• 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.
• Participates in specified health promotion, education and/or prevention programs.
• 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.
• Communicates effectively in both written and verbal formats.
• 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 CHC Values and Standards
• Other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Medical Degree (MD or DO)
• Board certification/eligibility in Pediatrics.
• Current licensure by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine
• Certified in ACLS or CPR/AED
• Current DEA and Massachusetts Controlled Substance licensure for prescriptive authority
• Eligible for unrestricted health center at facilities utilized by the health center.

Benefits:

• 401k
• Generous vacation and personal time for eligible employees
• Sick time
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 100% paid Life insurance/AD&D 
• 100% paid Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 
• Discounts on travel and entertainment! 
• Discounts on cell phone service, computer purchases, and more! 
• College Tuition Rewards/CMEs 
• Company Events & Activities (Annual cookout and holiday party, health and wellness events,” Lunch & Learn’s”, team building, and more!) 
• EyeMed Vision Care Program
• Accident & Cancer Insurance
• Educational development reimbursement
• Discounts on - gym membership, travel & entertainment tickets, electronics, and more!