Nurse Practitioner - Milford Regional Physician Group - Hopkinton, MA

UMass Memorial Health Hopkinton, MA 01748, US

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At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

MILFORD REGIONAL PHYSICIAN GROUP, part of the Milford Regional Health Care System, is seeking Experienced Primary Care Nurse Practitioner to join our dedicated community of providers. With over 200 physicians and advanced practitioners, we make up the largest multi-specialty physician group in our region. We have a mix of newer providers and those who have been with our group for many years, and the collaboration between them results in creative approaches to patient care and practice management. Our providers are stakeholders in the Group who have the opportunity to influence decisions. That along with professional support, a patient-centered approach to care, and a satisfying work/life balance has helped us to retain our great group of physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Milford Regional Physician Group is a member of the Partners Community Physician Organization and a leader in quality care and patient satisfaction. Our local system’s affiliations with Brigham & Women’s Hospital, UMASS Medical Center and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute put us at the forefront of cutting edge innovation in healthcare. In addition to being located within a 10-mile radius of Milford Regional Medical Center, our practices are ideally situated less than 45 minutes from Boston, Worcester and Providence, RI. This central location offers something for everyone to enjoy from museums and concert arenas to wonderful restaurants and up-and-coming breweries - and for sports fans, New Englanders get to call the Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics and Bruins their home teams.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

We are seeking a full or part-time Experienced Nurse Practitioners to join our group our dedicated team at our Practice in Hopkinton. Come grow with us and have the option to have your own panel of patients. Outstanding professional support is provided by experienced practitioners on our team. Our aim is to have our providers spend the majority of their workday with their patients. To accomplish this goal, we have resources in place to support them, including scribes for documentation, dedicated office-based support staff, and nurse case managers, social workers and behavioral health support specialists to help manage the highest risk patients. In addition, our providers are supported by a strong leadership team made up of Clinical Leaders, Operations, IT, HR, and more!

BENEFITS:

Competitive salaries plus and comprehensive benefits package
Sign-on bonus
Generous paid time off
403(b) retirement with company match
CME allowance with rollover, and paid time off for CME attendance
Employment qualifies for government’s Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Professional support from a large team of experienced providers and specialists
Dedicated medical assistants
Team-based approach to managing high risk patients with support of nurses, social workers, behavioral health support specialists and population health coordinators
EPIC EMR
Our hospital system has affiliations with Dana Farber Cancer Institute, UMass, and Brigham and Women’s hospitals
Our service area has been one of the fastest growing areas in the state
Not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) tax exempt charitable corporation
High performance rates on clinical quality measures

ABOUT MILFORD REGIONAL PHYSICIAN GROUP:

Together with Milford Regional Medical Center, we form the Milford Regional Healthcare System. We have more than 40 practices located in one of the fastest growing regions of Massachusetts, and all within a 45-minute drive to Boston, Worcester and Providence, RI. Our local area offers outstanding school systems and a wide variety of residential options, from suburban neighborhoods to idyllic country living. Our home hospital is an award-winning community medical center with a new emergency department and intensive care unit, and affiliations with some of the best academic medical centers in our state. We are honored to have been recognized for our exceptional quality of care many times, including those mentioned below.

Our primary care offices have received NCQA Patient Centered Medical Home recognition.
Named to Harvard Pilgrim Honor Roll every year since its inception
Received high ratings on the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) annual patient experience survey, with 93% of adult patients and 98% of pediatric patients reporting that they would be willing to recommend their MRPG physician to family and friends.
A number of practices and physicians have earned Gatehouse Media Reader’s Choice awards each year with recognition as a Regional Favorite.
Our President was recognized by Boston Magazine as one of Boston’s Top Doctors in 2019, and was one of only 22 Family Practitioners named to the 2019 list.
Milford Regional Medical Center was awarded an ‘A’ in The Leapfrog Group’s Hospital Safety Awards nine times in a row from fall 2018 through present. This national distinction recognizes the Medical Center’s achievements protecting patients from harm and providing safer health care.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

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