ABOUT PEOPLEONE HEALTH
PeopleOne Health is one of the fastest-growing providers of value-based primary care and has earned the best-in-class member satisfaction scores. We deliver exceptional healthcare that reduces costs and significantly improves health outcomes by focusing on preventive care, behavior change, and keeping people healthier. The key to our successful culture is living our motto: care for yourself; care for each other; care for our members.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Traveling Primary Care Physician is a critical clinical role deployed across the organization's health center locations to support market expansion and clinical continuity. The primary responsibility of this role is traveling to successfully launch clinical operations at newly opening health centers and fulfilling interim clinical staffing needs at existing locations. This role ensures clinical standards are established in new markets and maintains continuity of value-based care in established centers while permanent staff are recruited or absent.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position provides supervision to others: No
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Travel & Coverage Responsibilities
- New Center Launches: Travel to emerging markets to serve as the lead physician for new health center openings, establishing clinical workflows and onboarding initial patient panels.
- Interim Network Coverage: Deploy to existing health centers to cover provider vacancies, ensuring uninterrupted patient access to care and supporting local clinical teams.
Clinical Operations & Patient Care
- Deliver Comprehensive Primary Care: Provide full-spectrum outpatient care to patients of all ages, including preventive services, chronic disease management, and acute illness treatment in alignment with evidence-based guidelines.
- Perform In-Office Procedures: Conduct procedures within the scope of primary care such as joint injections, skin biopsies, cryotherapy, laceration repair, incision and drainage, and women’s health services (e.g., Pap smears).
- Promote Patient-Centered Health: Educate, support, and counsel patients on health promotion, disease prevention, medication management, and lifestyle modification to empower informed decision-making.
- Collaborate with Interdisciplinary Team: Work closely with clinical pharmacists, registered dietitians, care coordinators, and behavioral health partners to provide integrated, team-based care.
- Document and Manage Care in EHR: Accurately and timely document all clinical encounters, care plans, and follow-up actions in the electronic health record (EHR) system in accordance with PeopleOne Health standards.
- Engage in Quality Improvement: Participate in clinical quality initiatives, including adherence to quality metrics, peer reviews, and continuous improvement efforts to enhance care delivery and patient outcomes.
- Support a Value-Based Care Model: Embrace PeopleOne Health’s direct-pay, relationship-centered model by focusing on proactive, personalized care that minimizes unnecessary interventions and reduces total healthcare costs.
- Participate in Team Development: Attend provider meetings, clinical case reviews, and continuing education sessions to contribute to the development and advancement of the care team.
- Contribute to Business Development and Growth: Support the growth of the practice by participating in outreach efforts, representing the organization in the community, participate in initiatives for organizational and practice growth with our partners, and helping build a reputation for high-quality, patient-centered care and an outstanding patient experience.
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- Passionate about providing full spectrum primary care and dedicated to providing patients with access to our resources that will help them make better choices related to their health.
- Highly motivated self-starter looking for a rewarding role focused on investing time in diagnosing, healing and educating their patients.
- High degree of adaptability to rapidly integrate into new clinical environments, workflows, and local cultures.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS :
- Medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited institution.
- Board Certification in Family Medicine or Combined Internal Medicine & Pediatrics.
- Active and unrestricted medical license in state of health center location (or eligibility to obtain).
- Current DEA certification in good standing.
- No J-1 or other visa sponsorships available for this position.
EXPERIENCE:
- Preferred at least 2 years of experience in primary care.
- Experience with in-office procedures required.
- New resident graduates with strong knowledge base considered.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
(The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position’s essential functions.)
- Willingness and ability to travel extensively (up to 75-100%) across the organization's geographic footprint.
- While performing the duties of this position, the employee may be exposed to adverse indoor and outdoor environmental conditions, bloodborne pathogens, physical hazards (e.g., needle pricks, etc.) and chemical hazards.
- The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; and reach with hands and arms.
- The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.