Details

• Specialty: Primary Care, Internal Medicine or Family Medicine

• Subspecialty Interest: Outpatient practice

• Schedule: Full time

• Call Schedule: Shared with a call group

• Practice Detail: Well-established practice

• EMR System: Athena

• Facility: Ascension Medical Group

• Location: Tawas City

• Visa Eligibility: Yes

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

*Please note, benefits and benefits eligibility can vary by position, exclusions may apply for some roles (for example: Travel, PRN, Short-Term Option, etc.). Actual compensation offer will vary based upon role, education, experience, location, and qualifications. Connect with your Talent Advisor for additional specifics.

Responsibilities

Ascension Medical Group & Ascension St. Joseph Hospital is looking for a full time Primary Care physician to join our team! This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to provide primary care services to patients at our well-established practice, in beautiful northern Michigan.

Position Highlights:

• Established practice, loyal patients

• Full scope of clinical outpatient care, 100% outpatient

• NP & PA support provided

• Practice location qualifies for the national student loan repayment program

• Ascension physicians benefit from a collaborative approach to care, significant professional opportunities, training and competitive wages.

• Call schedule shared with the other physicians

Responsibilities:

• Evaluates and treats patients with appropriate medical diagnostic and treatment skills. Coordinates discharge planning with case management.

• Recommends, participates in, and works to ensure the success of efforts to improve cost effectiveness and quality of care provided to patients.

• Accepts patient referrals from other physicians. Acts as admitting, attending and/or consulting physician for patients who require hospitalization for primary medical diagnoses, depending on needs of patients, medical staff and hospital.Participates in academic programs (e.g. medical education and research) as requested.

• Provides appropriate documentation that meets insurance company requirements; appeal all denials in a timely manner.Participates in inpatient and outpatient consultation for specialty, which may include on call schedules.

About Ascension St. Joseph

• Ascension St. Joseph, located in Tawas City on the shores of Lake Huron, is a 47-bed acute care hospital with multiple outpatient service centers and physician offices

• Ascension St. Joseph offers a strong network of primary care physicians and specialists, with medical facilities in 11 locations

• Ascension St. Joseph was identified as one of the Top 20 Rural Community Hospitals in America from the National Rural Health Association

• For the third consecutive year, Ascension St. Joseph Hospital was named among the Top 100 Rural & Community Hospitals in the United States by The Chartis Center for Rural Health (2017, 2018, 2019)

About Tawas & Tawas City

• Located in northeastern Michigan, nestled along the beautiful waters of the Lake Huron Shoreline, is this quaint haven of Tawas & Tawas City

• Excellent schools, dedicated to advancing the knowledge and skill of both youth and adults, the area offers public and parochial opportunities, a technical center, adult lifelong learning and higher education programs

• Truly a four-season wonderland, you can sunbathe, swim, hike, golf, ski, run ATVs or snowmobiles on groomed trails, canoe, kayak, float, sail or motor across the clear blue waters of Lake Huron and more than 60 inland lakes

• Easy travel from MBS International Airport (a 1- hour drive south of Tawas) with direct flights to Chicago and Detroit

• The Tawas Bay is recognized as a premier kiteboarding destination

• Unique shopping and dining, a weekly farmers market, weekly concerts in the park

About Ascension Medical Group

When you join Ascension Medical Group (AMG), you are entering a community where physician and advanced practice provider engagement and experience is recognized as a key driver of delivering excellent patient care.

With 1,900 sites of care and 7,000 providers strong, AMG is one of the largest healthcare provider networks in the United States. Physicians and advanced practice providers benefit from a collaborative approach to care, significant professional opportunities, career advancement, training and competitive wages.

Requirements

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

Required Credential(s):

• Physician MD/DO with Prescriptive Authority credentialed from the Michigan Board of Medicine.

Preferred Credential(s):

• Advanced Life Support credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA).

Education:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) or Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) or Doctor of Optometry (OD) or Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) required.

Additional Preferences

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Why Join Our Team

Ascension Michigan operates 16 hospitals and more than 300 related healthcare facilities that together employ nearly 23,000 compassionate associates. When you join our care teams, you join a team dedicated to providing spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the communities we serve throughout Michigan.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRightsSp_10_20.pdf) poster.

As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

This Ministry does not participate in E-Verify and therefore cannot employ STEM OPT candidates.