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Staff Physician (32-40 hours per week)

Planned Parenthood of Maryland (PPM) is a not-for-profit family planning agency that provides high-quality, affordable reproductive health care for women, men, and teens. Our mission is to enable all Marylanders to have access to a wide range of high-quality, affordable reproductive health care services. We help individuals make informed decisions about their reproductive health, family planning options, and sexuality.


Why Join us? As a Staff Physician with PPM, you will be a part of a passionate team that plays a vital role in the lives of others! And joining PPM, means joining a culturally diverse team that includes some of the best nurses, providers, and clinic managers!


Under the general direction of the Chief Medical Officer, the Staff Physician will be responsible for providing direct medical care to patients.


(32-40 hours per week)


Travel to Annapolis location is likely 2x per month and travel to various other location(s) possible 1x per month.


Salary: $210,000 - $235,000 Annually




Essential Responsibilities:
  • Provides abortion care within scope of practice, allowed by law, and in accordance with PPM/PPFA Medical Standards and Guidelines, including everything listed below.
  • Provides medication abortions, surgical abortions, early pregnancy evaluation and management and mild/moderate sedation, including laboratory testing, patient medical screening, ultrasound performance and interpretation, counseling and informed consent, surgical and recovery room, post-abortion follow-up visits, etc.
  • Provides all family planning services post-abortion procedure including Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptive methods.
  • Functions as clinical resource for clinical staff. Provides direct patient consults as necessary.
  • Manages abortion service patients requiring outside referral and follow up.
  • Assists with training of clinical staff for difficult counseling situations, sees patients with staff when necessary.
  • Oversees ultrasounds performed for gestational age dating and early pregnancy issues and refers as appropriate.
  • Supervises the care and follow-up for all early medication abortion patients, possible ectopic pregnancies or any patient needing follow-up of external laboratory or ultrasound results.
  • Ensures appropriate follow up recommendations and follow up contacts of all medical abortion patients seen at PPM.
  • Provides appropriate supervision and training for approved trainees in the health center.
  • Provides non-abortion care within scope of practice, allowed by law, and in accordance with PPM/PPFA Medical Standards and Guidelines, including everything listed below.
  • Complex Contraception, including difficult LARC insertions/removals.
  • Vasectomies.
  • Colposcopy/LEEP.
  • General Family Planning Services.
  • Telehealth Services.
  • Adheres to affiliate goals and policies on professionalism, customer service, wait time in-clinic and on the phone, and the system for addressing client complaints.
  • Completes required trainings in a timely fashion.
  • Participates in health center/affiliate efforts to achieve established revenue cycle and productivity goals.


Secondary Functions:
  • Participates in clinical training and oversight activities.
  • Assists with ultrasound training.
  • Assists with clinician training and annual observations.
  • Assists with Rh competency assessments under direction of the Laboratory Director.
  • Participates as program director or designee for service lines as assigned by CMO.
  • Participate in clinician’s meetings to disseminate information and/or provide training to expand skill of clinicians, including self.
  • Travel to sites as needed.
  • All other duties as assigned.


Education Requirements:
  • Must be a graduate of an approved medical school and licensed to practice in the State of Maryland. Board certified or Board eligible for certification by the American Board of Obstetrics/Gynecology in General Ob/Gyn.
  • Preferred: Complex Family Planning Board Certification.


Experience/Skills:
  • Specialized training in the areas of reproductive health, abortion, gynecology.
  • Experience performing ultrasounds for gestational dating and assessment of placenta accreta spectrum.
  • Experience with provision of outpatient second-trimester abortion care.
  • Experience providing clinical care for abortion or post-abortion patients, including second trimester abortion care.
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Experience in an abortion care environment strongly preferred.
  • Knowledge: Principles, practices, and methods of modern management techniques. Principles, practices, and methods of modern medical practitioner techniques specializing in abortion services and family planning care.
  • Knowledge of current abortion care standards preferred.
  • Skill: Ability to use Microsoft Office suite of products (Outlook, Word, Excel) for daily activities without assistance. Ability to analyze data for trends, variances, exceptions, etc.
  • Physical Demand: Ability to lift 25 pounds for the occasional need.
  • Mental Demand: Must be able to function efficiently in a fast-paced environment despite distractions and interruptions.


Certifications/Licenses:
  • Current CPR Certification.
  • Possession of a motor vehicle operator’s license and willingness to use personal vehicle in the course of employment. Ability to drive to all health centers, as needed, to oversee abortion care provision and expansion.


OSHA Category:
  • This position performs tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues. All employees who work in the clinics are required to have Rubella immunization and Tuberculosis screening as a condition of employment, with annual Tuberculosis testing thereafter; all employees are offered the opportunity to receive the Hepatitis B immunization at any time at no charge.


Benefits:
  • Medical, Dental and Vision insurance.
  • Flexible Spending Account.
  • Life, AD&D Insurance.
  • Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability.
  • PTO Accrued 1st year: 18 Days.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • Tax-Free Transportation Plan.
  • Other Supplemental Insurance Programs you can purchase.
  • Paid Holiday.
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan.


$210,000 - $235,000 a year

Equal Opportunity Statement:


Planned Parenthood of Maryland is an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin (ancestry), disability, genetic information, pregnancy, military status, or any other protected characteristics outlined by federal, state, or local laws.


This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves or absence, compensation, and training.


Planned Parenthood of Maryland requires COVID-19 vaccination.


Planned Parenthood of Maryland uses "E-Verify" for the Right to Work in the United States.

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DATE POSTED
October 30, 2024

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