Profession/Title: Director of Women’s Health Services/ Primary Care Physician
Description of Job:
Major responsibility is being the primary care provider/adult medicine doctor for a large female clientele. Yearly I perform annual physical examinations for these clients and see them periodically throughout the year as needed to answer any of their medical concerns and/or to follow-up on a variety of chronic medical conditions (i.e. asthma, hypertension, etc). The annual exam is usually the longest visit and allows provider and client to review preventive issues, answer health related questions, complete a full examination, and map out a treatment plan for the upcoming year. As a Director of Women’s Health Services, part of my clinical time was ‘protected’, allowing me to focus more on administrative and planning activities. These included developing new programs for women (i.e. wellness initiatives, fertility seminars, etc), and being a focal agent in planning the practice design and makeup of the needed infrastructure
Hours Worked: 40+/week
Work Conditions: large community health center in an urban city
Current Salary: 120K
Starting Salary: 96K
Education Required: BA or BS and MD
Skills Required: Medical training essential; management and business background extremely helpful; people skills essential
Best Things about Job:
Constant interaction with people; ability to help people feel better; challenge of creating a system that works well and efficiently
Worst Things about Job:
Changing environment of medicine (less autonomy)
Job Satisfaction: overall very good
