Primary Care Physician - Family Medicine - South Philadelphia, Jefferson Health

Primary Care Physician - Family Medicine – South Philadelphia, Jefferson Health

The Department of Family & Community Medicine of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University is currently accepting candidates for the position of outpatient Primary Care Physician at the Jefferson Health East Passyunk Family Medicine practice. The practice is located in South Philadelphia near Methodist Hospital, just minutes from Center City Philadelphia and in the heart of the exciting East Passyunk business and residential district. This is a unique opportunity to join a supportive work environment serving a diverse, close-knit community in South Philadelphia. 

Responsibilities will include:

• Outpatient family medicine (currently limited to ages 12+)
• Treating 2-3 patients per hour with protected time for clinical administration (32 hours patient-facing care, 8 hours administrative time).
• Establishing and maintaining a panel of patients, managing chronic health conditions, acute conditions, and preventive care.
• Women’s health visits, routine GYN exams, and LARCs if desired / credentialed.
• At-home telephone call 5-9PM once monthly in a large DFCM pool of call participants.
• Work as part of interprofessional team (including MA, behavioral health, social workers, population health specialists) that provides patient-centered care.

Qualified applicants will hold a MD or DO degree and be board certified, or eligible, in Family Medicine. Must have or obtain a PA medical license. Jefferson offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefit package. Demonstrated commitment to health equity and commitment to implementing and supporting anti-racist practices. Candidates from backgrounds under-represented in medicine strongly encouraged.

Founded in 1824, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, located in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, has awarded more than 31,000 medical degrees and has more living graduates than any other private medical school in the nation. The Department of Family and Community Medicine has graduated 372 family physicians since 1974. Many leaders in family medicine across the nation have roots in our department.

Interested candidates may submit CV to Chandler.Clemens@jefferson.edu. For additional information on Jefferson, visit www.jefferson.edu.

Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.

Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.

Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.

Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years. 

Jefferson's mission, vision and values create an organization that attracts the best and the brightest students, faculty, staff, and healthcare professionals, as well as the most visionary leaders to drive exceptional results.

• OUR MISSION: We improve lives.
• OUR VISION: Reimagining health, education and discovery to create unparalleled value
• OUR VALUES: Put People First, Be Bold & Think Differently and Do the Right Thing