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+ **Specialty: Family Medicine, must see all ages**

+ **Schedule: 40 hours per week (36 patient facing hour, 4 administrative hours)**

+ **Call Schedule: Super call group, 2-3 weeks per year**

+ **Practice Detail: Busy practice seeing all ages**

+ **EMR System: Cerner**

+ **Facility: Ascension Medical Group, Family Practice Dowagiac**

+ **Location: 420 West High Street, Dowagiac, MI 49047**

"This job location** **is** **currently located in a Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and/or Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) Shortage Designation Type."

Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)

Various health insurance options & wellness plans

Retirement benefits including employer match plans

Long-term & short-term disability

Employee assistance programs (EAP)

Parental leave & adoption assistance

Tuition reimbursement

Ways to give back to your community

_Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer._

Responsibilities

Ascension Borgess is looking for a full time Family Medicine Physician to join our Family Medicine/Primary Care Department.

This is a great opportunity for the right candidate to partner with Ascension Borgess Lee Medical Group to provide medical services to patients.

Position Highlights:

+ Competitive Salary with CME allowance

+ Sign On Bonus and Relocation Reimbursement

+ Medical, Dental, and Vision

+ PTO, CME Days and Paid Holidays

+ Short-term Disability

+ Malpractice Insurance with Tail Coverage

+ 403B and 401K with Employer Match

About Ascension Borgess Hospital

+ Ascension Borgess Hospital includes more than 130 sites of care in 15 southern Michigan cities, as well as eight owned or affiliated hospitals, a nursing home, ambulatory care facilities, home health care, physician practices, managed care services, and a cancer center.

+ Ascension Borgess Hospital, the heart of the network in Kalamazoo, is a 224-bed teaching facility, with renowned cardiology, stroke and neuroscience programs.

+ Awarded America’s 100 Best Hospitals Award for Cardiac Care, Joint Replacement, Pulmonary Care, Stroke Care, Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence, and Neurosciences Excellence and top 2% in the nation for consistently delivering clinical quality year over year (2024).

About Dowagiac, Michigan

+ Small southwest Michigan town with a college, hospital, two museums, golf courses, numerous recreational areas for hiking, ,specialty shops anf restaurants.

+ Just 45 miles to Kalamazoo and 20 miles to the Michigan lakeshore with many beautiful lake towns and beaches.

About Ascension Medical Group

With 1,900 sites of care and 7,000 providers strong, AMG is one of the largest healthcare provider networks in the United States. Physicians and advanced practice providers benefit from a collaborative approach to care, significant professional opportunities, career advancement, training and competitive wages.

Responsibilities:

+ Obtains patient history and performs assessment via observation, interview and examination. Orders, performs and interprets diagnostic studies. Performs preventative health assessments, screening, immunizations and patient care.

+ Provides direct treatment and management of health conditions via referral to other healthcare providers or community resources.

+ Counsels and educates patients and their families/caregivers concerning preventative health, treatment options and community resources.

+ Documents delivery of health care and nursing processes in accordance with specific specialty area standards and network nursing policy.

Requirements

Licensure/Certification/Registration:

Required Credential(s):

• Physician MD/DO with Prescriptive Authority credentialed from the Michigan Board of Medicine obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Credentialing done by Medical Staff department.

Education:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) required.

Additional Preferences

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Why Join Our Team

Ascension Michigan operates 16 hospitals and more than 300 related healthcare facilities that together employ nearly 23,000 compassionate associates. When you join our care teams, you join a team dedicated to providing spiritually centered, holistic care which sustains and improves the health of the communities we serve throughout Michigan.

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of over 134,000 associates and 2,600 sites of care, including more than 140 hospitals and 40 senior living communities in 19 states.

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp\_10\_20.pdf) poster.

As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

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Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

This Ministry does not participate in E-Verify and therefore cannot employ STEM OPT candidates.