Position Summary
Holy Cross Medical Group in Fort Lauderdale Florida is looking for a Primary Care Physician with a focus on Womens Health to join our team. This role would work embedded alongside our Womens Health Center team including Gynecology, UroGynecology & Gynecology Oncology. This role integrates preventive medicine, chronic disease management, reproductive and sexual health, wellness counseling, and coordination of specialty care.
Essential Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive primary care services for adult women
- Perform preventive health screenings and annual wellness examinations
- Diagnose and manage acute and chronic medical conditions
- Provide gynecologic preventive services including:
- Pap smears and cervical cancer screening
- Contraceptive counseling and management
- STI screening and treatment
- Menopause and perimenopause management
- Coordinate care with specialists including OB/GYN, breast surgery, endocrinology, cardiology, and oncology
- Develop individualized care plans emphasizing preventive health and lifestyle medicine
- Manage conditions commonly affecting women, including:
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Thyroid disorders
- Osteoporosis
- Anxiety and depression
- Obesity and metabolic syndrome
- Counsel patients regarding nutrition, exercise, smoking cessation, sexual health, and healthy aging
- Participate in quality improvement, population health, womens health outreach initiatives and philanthropic activities to further grow the program
- Maintain timely and accurate medical documentation within the Epic electronic health record
- Support patient satisfaction, access, and continuity of care goals
- Collaborate with advanced practice providers, nursing, care management, and ancillary staff
- This is a full time position but part-time and flexible schedules will be considered
- This is an ambulatory position. No hospital work is required.
- Overnight practice telephone coverage call in collaboration with a nearby group of physicians is required but usually very light in volume, approximately 1:5 frequency.
Qualifications
Education
- MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
- Completion of residency training in:
- Family Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- 4+ Years of Experience
Licensure & Certification
- Board certified or board eligible in IM or FM
- Current unrestricted FL medical license
- DEA registration
- BLS certification required
Typical Scope of Practice
The Womens Health Primary Care Specialist may provide:
- Annual preventive visits
- Chronic disease management
- Acute management of typical primary care issues such as URIs, UTIs and other complaints
- Menopause care
- Breast health screening coordination
- Cardiovascular risk reduction for women
- Mental health screening
- Weight management counseling
- Preventive immunizations
- Sexual and reproductive health services
RECRUITMENT PACKAGE
The Holy Cross Medical Group offers an excellent compensation and benefits package.
- Benefits; including health/vision/dental insurances
- Sign on bonus
- Paid malpractice, including tail coverage
- CME
- Paid time away from the practice
- Retirement savings program