Welcome to Western Connecticut Health Network, a comprehensive group of Hospitals, Medical Practices and Home Care designed to know our patients well. WCHN is comprised of Danbury, New Milford, and Norwalk Hospital as well as Western Connecticut Home Care, and Western Connecticut Medical Group. We are united by our mission to improve the health and well-being of those who live in the communities we proudly call home. We believe our dedicated and talented employees are the cornerstone of providing the best in patient care, and we are seeking qualified and compassionate individuals to enhance the delivery of care to the communities we serve.
Western Connecticut Medical Group is seeking a Primary Care Physician for their Brookfield Primary Care Practice in Brookfield, CT. We are seeking a full-time, Board Certified or Board Eligible Family Medicine or IM/Peds (double board certified) Physician to work with a team comprised of eight experienced physicians, three APRNs, a clinical care coordinator, and a social worker. We have a busy, established practice in a family-friendly location with close proximity to NYC, and have provided high-quality healthcare to our community for over thirty-five years, including the local police and fire departments, the Brookfield school system, and the local YMCA. We were one of the first practices in our area to be awarded a Level 3 certification for PCMH, and we are an academic teaching center.
At Western Connecticut Medical Group, our priorities are to provide our population of patients with personalized and attentive care, help manage chronic medical conditions, and enable individuals to get and stay as healthy as possible. We have the ability to coordinate primary care and specialty care needs with the advanced diagnostic and treatment services available through our network of over 400+ Physicians and 140+ Advanced Practice Providers, serving a geographically broad region throughout Western Connecticut and Eastern New York with over 70 outpatient practice locations and 3 member hospitals: Danbury Hospital, New Milford Hospital, and Norwalk Hospital. Danbury and Norwalk Hospitals are teaching hospitals and are affiliated with the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Ross University, American University of the Caribbean and Yale University School of Medicine.
WCMG Primary Care is also committed to the mental wellbeing of our patients. We employee Behavioral Health Consultants who are embedded in our Primary Care practices to support our physicians in providing mental health care to our patients. WCMG Primary Care has also invested in a robust care management program utilizing care managers to ensure a smooth transition through the care continuum.
Work for Us
Working for Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN), comprised of Danbury Hospital; New Milford Hospital; Norwalk Hospital; Western Connecticut Medical Group; and Western Connecticut Home Care, you can make a meaningful difference in the lives of other people. Our Western Connecticut Health Network Department of Research and Innovation, focused on the field of molecular science and personalized medicine, ranks among our country’s leading research organizations. Our Network offers many opportunities to grow your own skills and expertise – we offer competitive base salary as well as incentive compensation and generous benefits.
Job Summary:
Our Primary Care medical practice is looking for a compassionate Family Practice or Medicine/Pediatric physician to provide comprehensive care in a team-based environment to our population of patients. This includes not only caring for acute and chronic conditions, but working with multidisciplinary support staff to promote the health and well-being of our entire panel of covered lives. This as a full-time, office-based position providing out-patient services only, utilizing a state-of-the-art Electronic Health Record fully integrated across all our hospitals and sites.
Job Requirements:
- MD or DO with CT Controlled Substances and Federal DEA registration.
- Have successfully completed an Internal Medicine AND Pediatric Residency or Family Medicine Residency.
- Must be Board Certified or be Board Eligible.
- Flexible full time weekday variable 8 hour schedules between 8:00 am – 8:00 pm Monday through Thursday and 8 am – 5 pm Friday and one Saturday a month from 9 am – 1 pm.
- Off-hour coverage – Shared among multiple providers, phone-calls only with nurse triage.
For further information, contact amy.rosoff@wchn.org
WCHN and its affiliates are Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations and therefore eligible employees may qualify for forgiveness of certain federal student loans under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
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