Family Medicine Physician

Company Description

NORTH COAST FAMILY MEDICAL GROUP, INC is a physician-owned, private practice in Encinitas, California, a suburban beach city in North San Diego County. Our company is dedicated to providing high-quality medical care to the local community. We are committed to excellence in patient care and offer a comprehensive range of services. Our practice is known for its compassionate approach and professional staff.

Role Description

This is a full-time, on-site role for a Family Medicine Physician located in our only office in Encinitas, CA. The Family Medicine Physician will provide primary care, urgent care, and community population health services to patients. Day-to-day tasks include diagnosing and treating common acute and chronic conditions, managing patient health records, and collaborating with other healthcare professionals. The physician will also focus on preventive care and patient education.

Our 6 physician assistants and personal medical assistants help our 5 physicians develop a team environment to provide chronic and routine care for elderly, adults, and children for the past 45 years. Physicians rotate weekend telephone call every 5 weeks from anywhere with internet and cell service, with the assistance of a nurse triage company and hospitalist program. Our innovative approach to healthcare has led to the early adoption of the electronic medical records in 2004, use of standardized lab ordering protocols, and maximizing the staff’s duties beyond most medical practices.

Our unique practice culture emphasizes work-life balance. Our PAs and MAs filter out and work many InBasket tasks. A dedicated PA refills most chronic meds, and staff are responsible for med prior auths, insurance referrals, and disability paperwork. All clinicians (including PAs and employed physicians) have a voice in how to improve the practice processes with monthly meetings and biannual retreat meetings. We offer a competitive starting salary ($280-320k dept on years of experience), productivity incentives based upon various panel sizes, sliding percentage of collections, profit-based bonus, and route to becoming shareholder.

Our physicians value our independent business, top percentile of salaries, commitment to excellence, and healthy work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Primary Care and Family Medicine skills
• Experience in Urgent Care and Out-Patient Medicine
• Community Population Health and patient education skills
• Excellent communication, empathic, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively within a team
• Board certification in Family Medicine
• Valid medical license to practice in California
• Valid DEA license
• Experience in Epic EHR

Benefits

Salaried position, dept upon years of experience

Hourly w / o benefits if PT

Productivity incentives (panel size, % collections), year-end profit sharing

Appointments only, no walk-ins

Acute care, chronic care, physicals; 2-3 pts / hr, 16-20 pts / d

Office campus has pharmacy, radiology, blood draw, other specialties

Some clinical hours devoted to Inbox mgmt

No weekend or evening office hours

Personal MA

Epic EMR, work upon laptop

10-20% telemedicine

5% salary for 401K

Starting 6wk PTO (including holidays & CME)

CME stipend & UpToDate subscription

Disability & malpractice insurance covered

AAFP, Boards, MOC fees covered

State & DEA licenses covered

Health ins, optional dental & vision ins