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Family Medicine Faculty - Clerkship Director

Position Type:
Physician
Date Posted:
02/08/2024
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Springfield, MA

Baystate Health and The UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate Department of Family Medicine is seeking a Family Medicine Clerkship Director.
Join our team and mentor the next generation of family medicine physicians committed to providing evidence-based care for our under-served communities!

Program Highlights:
• The UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate Department of Family Medicine is the only program of its kind in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a defined mission to prepare and support family medicine physicians to care for the under-served populations in our communities.
• In addition to sponsoring a required family medicine clerkship and other medical student experiences, the Department also sponsors a rural-based residency program located in Greenfield, MA.
• Click here to learn more about our department: https://www.baystatehealth.org/Education-Research/Education/UMMS-Baystate-Campus/Academic-departments/Family-Medicine

Clerkship Director Responsibilities:
• The Clerkship Director will be responsible for managing the required core Family Medicine Clerkship for the UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate PURCH Track Students (https://www.baystatehealth.org/education-research/education/umms-baystate-campus ). The PURCH track is the western campus of the medical school and admits 25 students annually. This effort will include collaborating with the Worcester-based UMass Chan Medical School Department of Family Medicine & Community Health Clerkship Director for shared core curricular planning and teaching. Local responsibilities include placing the 25 PURCH students with Pioneer Valley based preceptors, providing faculty support and ensuring that grading is complete.
• The Director will be expected to see patients at the BMP Greenfield Family Medicine Practice, which also serves as the teaching site for the Department’s residency program. The focus is on outpatient care (no hospital or obstetrics), while practicing with a broad of scope as possible within that setting.
• The Clerkship Director is provided with 20% protected time to support their PURCH medical student work.
• In addition to PURCH teaching, additional educational activities with the residency are available, such as precepting and didactic teaching.

Optimal Work Environment:
• Nurse triage during days, nights and first call after hours and on weekends.
• 1:1 Medical Assistants.
• Direct access to a large multi-specialty group including Behavioral Health network integration.

Benefits of working at Baystate Health
• $50,000 sign on bonus
• Generous base compensation and incentive bonus
• CME allowance and time
• Immediate access to PTO
• Lucrative 403b match and 457b plan
• Free financial advisor
• And so much more

Baystate Health is an integrated health system consisting of Baystate Primary Care Medical Practices, Baystate Medical Center, a 716-bed tertiary care hospital, three community hospitals and Baystate Children’s Hospital. We offer a diverse culture that provides outstanding opportunities for physicians to start and advance their career.

Qualifications: Candidates must be BC/BE in Family Medicine. Role modeling of exceptional clinical, teaching and communication skills in a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment is expected.

For more information please visit us online at: ChooseBaystateHealth.org or interact with us socially at facebook.com/BaystateCareers or on Twitter @BaystateCareers.

All correspondence can be directed to:
Ariana Caradiaz, FASPR Senior Physician & APP Recruiter at Baystate Health
Email: ariana.caradiaz@baystatehealth.org

Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, or Protected veteran status.

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With roots dating to the founding of Springfield City Hospital in 1873, Baystate Health has been providing skilled and compassionate health care in the Pioneer Valley for more than 140 years. The organization’s historical foundation and vision for the future has allowed it to become a nationally ranked, award-winning, multi-institutional healthcare system. Recently, Baystate Health was recognized as a Thompson Reuters Top 15 Health System for outstanding clinical performance and quality outcomes.

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