Family Physician

Our vision is a world of peaceful relationships with food, weight, and body image, where everyone with an eating disorder can experience recovery. We believe that exceptional, individualized care leads to lasting recovery from eating disorders. That's why our teams are comprised of compassionate, dedicated professionals from a variety of backgrounds who collaborate to provide the very best evidence-based care for our clients at all levels of care.

Position Summary

The family physician has a vital role in providing medical assessment and treatment for eating disorder patients at our recovery centers. The family physician acts as a member of a multi-disciplinary treatment team providing treatment of eating disorders and related or comorbid medical conditions. Our environment is gender-inclusive, and we serve clients of all ages across multiple levels of care. The family physician also serves as a resource to the medical and behavioral treatment teams to help guide best-practice medical care.

Location

• Atlanta Treatment Center (41 Perimeter Center E, Dunwoody GA)
• Levels of care: Inpatient, Residential, Partial Hospitalization, Intensive Outpatient
• Patient Population: All Ages

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Schedule

• Monday through Friday (8:00 am-5:00 pm)
• 0.8-1.0 FTE option
• On call rotation, as assigned.

How Family Physicians Empower Recovery

• Provide direct medical services through comprehensive evaluations, accurate diagnosis, and tailored treatment plans, including necessary examinations, workups, medication prescriptions, and other appropriate interventions. Evaluate medical complications associated with eating disorders, along with co-occurring conditions, for patients across various levels of care within the facility. The frequency of patient visits should be guided by clinical necessity, ensuring appropriate oversight based on the severity of the condition and in alignment with site or regional medical leadership. Additionally, oversee and supervise ancillary medical providers, such as Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioners.
• Communicate with each patient's ambulatory providers and families as needed, ensuring continuity of care. Evaluations—either by phone or in person—should be conducted for all inpatient and residential patients on the caseload within two weeks of discharge. Oversee assessments performed by ancillary providers to determine stability for the next level of care, finalize follow-up recommendations, and complete a comprehensive discharge summary.
• Collaborate with the Utilization Review team to provide medical information to support the facilitation of peer-to-peer insurance reviews, determination of appropriate levels of care, arbitration of clinical appeals, etc.
• Participate in call schedule
• Perform other duties as assigned or identified

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited residency program in Family Practice and two or more years of previous independent practice, with an emphasis in family medicine, complex medical conditions, psychiatric or eating disorder treatment settings.
• Must be currently licensed as an MD or DO in the state of employment (GA). Must be BC/BE in Family Medicine and possess a current unrestricted DEA license.
• Previous eating disorders experience is preferred, but not required

Employee Benefits

We understand the importance of a well-rounded benefits package. That's why we're dedicated to providing a range of plans to meet your needs.

For full-time employees, we offer:

• HSA and PPO insurance with HSA or FSA options (Blue Cross Blue Shield)
• Dental insurance (Delta Dental)
• Vision insurance (EyeMed)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Company-paid life insurance
• 401(k) plan available two months after start date
• Company 401(k) matching for up to 50% of your contribution, up to 6% of your compensation
• Paid time off is a crucial part of maintaining work and life balance. Our generous PTO plan accrues annually and begins with your first whole pay period. Eligible employees enjoy seven paid holidays and one floating holiday in addition to their regular PTO.

Educational Opportunities

The Emily Program offers a comprehensive selection of no-cost continuing education courses on eating disorders and related topics. Eligible employees are provided with up to 25 hours each year to attend any internal or external training. Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses that can have devastating consequences, and we recognize the role healthcare professionals play in identifying and addressing these illnesses early on which is why it's important to us that you are empowered with the right resources.

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