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Description
Summary
The Internal Medicine/Geriatric Medicine Physician provides high-quality, patient-centered health care in alignment with the values of the community and the mission of Mount Desert Island Hospital Organization (MDIHO). The Physician delivers comprehensive primary care across all care settings—including office, hospital, nursing facility, and home-based environments—while ensuring continuity, safety, and compassionate service.
Within the scope of a negotiated employment agreement, the Physician is responsible for conducting complete history and physical examinations; performing age-appropriate and condition-specific screenings; diagnosing and managing acute and chronic illnesses; providing preventive care and patient/family education; coordinating care with interdisciplinary teams; and delivering telephone and electronic follow-up. The Physician will assess, stabilize, and manage urgent medical issues, ensuring safe transfer to higher levels of care when necessary.
The Physician provides clinical supervision and backup support to advanced practice providers within the clinic and hospital settings, fostering a collaborative and effective care team environment. Expectations include adherence to organizational clinical standards, participation in quality and performance improvement initiatives, and engagement in practice operations in partnership with the Vice President of Physician Practice & Ancillary Services. This includes contributing to workflow optimization, panel management, access improvement, and the delivery of value-based, mission-driven care.
Benefits
MDI Hospital and Birch Bay Retirement Village offer a competitive salary, robust medical/dental/vision/life insurance, identity theft protection program, matching retirement plan, ample paid time off, a comprehensive award winning wellness program with reimbursement incentives, generous tuition reimbursement, and continuing education benefits. Some positions may qualify for a sign on bonus and relocation assistance.
EEO Statement
MDI Hospital and Birch Bay Retirement Village provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.
Requirements
Education, Training or Certifications Required
Board Certification.
Credentialed by the MDI Hospital Medical Staff to practice Internal Medicine.
Maintains membership in the Active Medical Staff at MDI Hospital in good standing.
DEA certified.
BLS and ACLS certified.
Experience Required
Five years of post residency clinical practice preferred.
Special Requirements
Cognitive Requirements
Emotional maturity and excellent communication skills required.
Ability to work with distressed or anxious patients or family members.
Ability to take in, process and apply clinical information in a wide variety of patient care situations.
Ability to learn new techniques and incorporate them, through a new finding, into current practice.
Ability to process and interpret complex information.
Physical Demands
Ability to stand/walk for up to eight hours per day, bend, stoop, twist, assist patients in rising from exam table, push wheelchair patients, and assist patients in rising from and returning to wheelchair.
Able to perform under stress.
Environment
Potential for exposure to blood and body fluids.
Potential for exposure to infectious diseases.
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Worksite address
bar harbor, ME, 04609, US
Who can apply
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