Supplemental Access Physician - Telehealth Primary Care - Jefferson Health

Company: Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: September 4, 2024

Job Description:

Jefferson Primary Care is currently accepting candidates for the position of Supplemental Access physician, to provide telehealth-based care in service to patients of the primary care network. This position is for a full-time physician to provide telehealth services. It is a unique opportunity to complete outreach to patients who will benefit from a primary care visit and reconnection to a medical home. The Supplemental Access physician will work closely with primary care and population health teams to connect with patients who require same or next day day primary care access, have been out of care longer than recommended intervals and/or who require care at critical touchpoints such as transitions from hospital discharge. After completing the visit, the physician will then help the patient reintegrate into a Jefferson Primary Care practice. Responsibilities will include :

• Provide patient-centered care with a commitment to excellence in patient experience.
• Complete annual screenings and/or annual wellness visits with patients as assigned.
• Complete additional required screenings and care deliverables such as social screenings, advance care plans and ordering of preventive screenings.
• Assess chronic disease management needs and assist patients in improving their disease management as a bridge to reconnection to the continuity primary care provider.
• Communicate with continuity primary care providers as a key partner in re-engaging and caring for patients in a team-based model.
• Connect patients to medical home and specialist services as indicated.
• Apply a trauma-informed, health equity lens in clinical services Requirements: Qualified applicants will hold a MD or DO degree and be board certified, or eligible, in Family Medicine/Internal Medicine. Licensure in both PA and NJ also required. Jefferson offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefit package. Demonstrated commitment to health equity, to excellence in care including for medically and socially vulnerable populations, and to optimal patient experience. Candidates from backgrounds under-represented in medicine strongly encouraged. Jefferson Health, the largest health care system in the Philadelphia area, has a deep commitment to primary care as foundational to our organization. Across the region, Jefferson Primary Care provides comprehensive care to 600,000 people and as such is a crucial driver of population heatlh. Interested candidates may submit CV to . For additional information on Jefferson, visit . Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals and veterans. Jefferson includes Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, a dynamic university and health system with broad reach across the Delaware Valley. Jefferson is the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in Philadelphia based on total licensed beds. Through the merger of Thomas Jefferson University and Philadelphia University in 2017, our University includes ten colleges and four schools. We are an NCAA Division II university and an R2 national doctoral university offering undergraduate and graduate-level programs that provide students with a forward-thinking education in architecture, business, design, engineering, fashion and textiles, health, medicine and social science. Jefferson Health, the clinical arm of Thomas Jefferson University, has grown from a three-hospital academic health center in 2015, to an 18-hospital health system through mergers and combinations that include hospitals at Abington Health, Aria Health, Kennedy Health, Magee Rehabilitation and Einstein Healthcare Network. We have over 50 outpatient and urgent care centers; ten Magnet -designated hospitals (recognized by the ANCC for nursing excellence); the NCI-designated Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (one of only 70 in the country and one of only two in the region); and one of the largest faculty-based telehealth networks in the country. In 2021, Jefferson Health became the sole owner of HealthPartners Plan, a not-for-profit health maintenance organization in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We are the first health system regionally to create an aligned payer-provider partnership. 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 As an employer, Jefferson maintains a commitment to provide equal access to employment. Jefferson values diversity and encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, LGBTQ individuals, disabled individuals, and veterans.

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