Overview
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award-winning health systems in Washington state CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington, our team includes 18,000 staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region. While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, annual bonus eligibility, and more!
Responsibilities
Full time (approx. 36 clinical patient contact hours) or part time. Virginia Mason is fulfilling our vision of transforming healthcare by expanding our collaborative primary care team. We have an opportunity for a .8 – 1.0 FTE physician at our regional medical center in desirable Issaquah, Washington. Join an innovative multidisciplinary team whose members appreciate work/life balance, their team and the patients they serve. Our providers say they come to Virginia Mason for the reputation of high-quality care and they stay for the teamwork and relentless focus on patient experience and outcomes.
Aspects of the Primary Care physician role:
- Team based approach: Each provider is part of a subset or pod of the larger primary care team. Each pod has 2-3 physicians, 1 ARNP or PA, 1 to 1 MA support and RN support. The ARNP or PA helps support messages and indirect care, and there is built-in coverage when the provider is out of the office. Pods are able to adapt and make changes quickly that fit their team needs.
- Integrative primary care model: Virginia Mason has an innovative approach, with imbedded pharmacists, social workers, and psychiatry providers all part of the primary care team and partnering to provide the best care to patients. In primary care, we provide focused, coordinated care for our patients that have resulted in excellent health outcomes. Social workers are available to help address social/emotional/behavioral/environment needs and to provide and coordinate care.
- Flexible schedule options: We partner with you to develop a schedule that accommodates your individual needs as much as possible.
- Access to ancillary and specialty services: Referral options to over 30+ medical specialties within Virginia Mason with collegial and responsive results.
- Teaching opportunities: Virginia Mason is a teaching environment with regular opportunities to precept medical students and residents. It is also a conducive environment for providers new to practice.
- Learning opportunities: The team has a teaching culture and is a conducive environment for providers newly out of residency. A formal mentorship program is in place to help guide new providers to Virginia Mason and support them for long term success.
- Innovation: The Virginia Mason culture promotes new approaches, best practice standards and continual improvement for both the patient and team member safety and experience using our Virginia Mason Production System with the vision of being the quality leader in healthcare.
- Compensation: A competitive compensation model that incentives quality.
Work with a committed and caring team of physicians, allied health providers, nurses, medical assistants, and clinical support team members, all of whom are committed to the Virginia Mason mission of improving the health and well-being of our patients. We are proud of our strong quality outcomes, our focus on continuous improvement, our innovative care delivery models, and our ability to have fun while at work. We recognize the team member and patient experience is intertwined and prioritize the engagement of our staff, providers, and patients. We are actively growing and expanding our practice to meet the needs of our patient population and are eager to have other skilled and like-minded individuals join our team!
Qualifications
- BE/BC in internal medicine or family medicine
- Ability to obtain a medical professional license in the State of WA.
- Ability to obtain a DEA with full prescriptive authority needed for specific practice.
- Committed to safety, quality of care and thrive in an environment of continuous but logical and thoughtful change.
Issaquah Regional Medical Center
Virginia Mason Issaquah offers a full range of primary care internal medicine services. Other services include rotating specialists, laboratory facilities, radiology, optical, anti-coagulation clinic, nutrition care management, travel medicine, radiology, among other services.
City of Issaquah
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