Internal Medicine - Physician - Institute for Advanced Medicine - LGBTQ - Queens, NY

The Mount Sinai Health System is currently seeking a full-time Internal Medicine Physician to join its practice at  the  Institute for Advanced Medicine (IAM) in Queens! 

Role Summary:

Mount Sinai seeks a Primary Care Physician to provide primary and preventive care within our interdisciplinary Institute for Advanced Medicine. In addition to providing excellent, convenient and innovative care, the physician will collaborate on health care delivery to create an exceptional patient experience. The focus will be on providing the best patient care and experience possible. 

The physician will provide comprehensive primary care and prevention services to LGBTQ patients at Mount Sinai, with a focus on HIV prevention and care. Core responsibilities include prescribing and managing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), providing ongoing care for patients living with HIV, and delivering gender-affirming care including hormone therapy and related services for transgender and gender diverse individuals. 

The physician will work at an IAM location within Queens. While working in conjunction with other providers, as well as administrative staff members, the ideal candidates will play an instrumental role in ensuring excellent patient care, quality outcomes, and patient satisfaction. In addition, we would like our talented physician candidates to have a passion for primary care and be fully committed to the mission of Mount Sinai Health System. The physician should be amenable to the potential for some evenings and weekends in the future as the practice develops over time.  Prior experience in HIV primary care highly encouraged.

The chosen candidates will have the opportunity to partner with world renowned, Icahn School of Medicine, whose mission is the pursuit of an integrative approach to patient care, research, and education. We pursue all dimensions of these three components, considering them inseparable elements of the art and science of medicine. 

Initially, your duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provides acute/urgent care of emergent/acute illnesses and injuries, to include ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests.
• Provide medical services to the patients of the clinic, inclusive of all functions necessary to provide quality medical care.
• See patients in a timely and efficient manner, staying reasonably on time for scheduled appointments throughout the day, unless exceptional circumstances occur.
• Diagnose and provide medical treatment
• Formulates treatment plans.
• Manages short and long-term conditions.
• Performs complete and focused physical exams.
• Provides patients and family members with counseling and education regarding health maintenance, disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and need for follow up as appropriate during each patient visit.
• Verifies and documents that the patient understands the diagnosis, treatment and follow up recommendations
• Facilitate patient access to medical care by recommending appropriate referrals to other health care provider
• Documentation of Care, includes but is not limited to:
  
  • Maintains and submits timely and appropriate medical records and billing codes
  • Charting in the patient’s medical record is routinely completed on the same day as the patient's visit.
  • Comply with all HIPAA rules and regulations.
• Practice using sound medical judgment and adhere to all ethical considerations of the practice of medicine; keep abreast of current technologies and industry standards.
• Continually advise administration of any issues that may impact the practice.
• Physicians must be flexible, adapt to change, and serve as a role model for staff.

Additional Skills and Qualities: 

•    Demonstrated problem-solving and workflow management skills
•    Good computer skills with experience with electronic health records and presentation software. 
•    Willingness to problem-solve and do what it takes to get the job done. 
•    The desire to be an integral part of a rapidly growing team dedicated to changing health care delivery. 

Compensation range from 225K to 246K (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)

Salary Disclosure Information:

Mount Sinai Health System provides a salary range to comply with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialties, historical productivity, historical collections, and hospital/community need. As such, an actual salary may fall closer to one or the other end of the range, and in certain circumstances, may wind up being outside of the listed salary range. The salary range listed is for full-time employment and does not include bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits. 

Please specify Job Title of interest and send CV with Cover Letter to:

Alex Cano
Executive Director Physician Recruitment
Mount Sinai Health System
Alex.cano@mountsinai.org