Adult Primary Care Physician

Virginia Mason Franciscan Health brings together two award winning health systems in Washington state - CHI Franciscan and Virginia Mason. As one integrated health system with the most patient access points in western Washington our team includes 18,000 staff and nearly 5,000 employed physicians and affiliated providers. At Virginia Mason Franciscan Health you will find the safest and highest quality of care provided by our expert, compassionate medical care team at 11 hospitals and nearly 300 sites throughout the greater Puget Sound region.

Virginia Mason is fulfilling our vision of transforming healthcare by expanding our collaborative primary care team. We have an opportunity for a .75 - 1.0 FTE physician at our Regional Medical Center in desirable Lynnwood, Washington. Join an innovative multidisciplinary team whose members care for one another and the patients they serve. Our providers say they come to Virginia Mason for the reputation of high-quality care and they stay for the teamwork, work-life balance, and relentless focus on patient experience and outcomes.  

Aspects of the Primary Care physician role:

• Team based approach; Each provider is part of a subset or pod of the larger primary care team at our Lynnwood site.  Each pod integrates MD/DO,  ARNP or PA , with RN and MA support. The ARNP or PA helps support indirect care. It is standard to have team coverage when a provider is out of the office. With effective communication and empowerment of lead MAs, pods are able to adapt and make changes quickly that fit their local team needs. 
• Integrative primary care model; Each primary care team site has an embedded pharmacist, social worker and psychiatrist partnering to provide a focused consultation model resulting in excellent health outcomes. Social workers are available to help address social/emotional/behavioral/environment needs.
• Embedded specialty services; You will have the opportunity to work side by side with medical specialists in your clinic. You will have referral options to over 30+ medical specialties within Virginia Mason with collegial and responsive results. You will work side by side with many specialists with the ability to text-page those on call. 
• Teaching opportunities; Virginia Mason is a teaching environment with regular opportunities to precept medical students and residents.  Many Virginia Mason physicians attend the many local CME options within the state and present at the local ACP annual chapter meeting for WA state. Physicians will have the option to attend monthly professional staff meetings and weekly Grand Rounds within the Virginia Mason team. 
• Learning opportunities; The team has a teaching culture and is a conducive environment for providers newly out of residency. A formal mentorship program is in place to help guide new providers to Virginia Mason and support them for long term success.  In addition, we offer intermittent physician coaching throughout your career to work on the documentation and financial aspect of running our practice. 
• Innovation;The Virginia Mason culture promotes new approaches, best practice standards and continual improvement for both the patient and team member safety and experience using our Virginia Mason Production System with the vision of being the quality leader in healthcare. We offer physician champion roles to allow leadership within our primary care department. 
• Flexible schedule options; We partner with you to develop a schedule that accommodates your individual needs as much as possible.  
• Compensation; A competitive compensation model that incentives quality.

Work with a committed and caring team of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical assistants and clinical support team members, all of whom are committed to the Virginia Mason mission of improving the health and well-being of our patients with strong quality outcomes.  We recognize the team member and patient experience is intertwined and prioritize team engagement by encouraging the ability to have fun while at work.  We are actively growing and expanding our practice to meet the needs of our patient population and are eager to have other skilled and like-minded individuals join our team!

• BE/BC in internal medicine or family medicine.
• Ability to obtain a medical professional license in the State of WA.
• Ability to obtain a DEA with full prescriptive authority needed for specific practice.
• Committed to safety, quality of care and thrive in an environment of continuous but logical and thoughtful change.

About Lynnwood Regional Medical Center

Virginia Mason Lynnwood offers a full range of primary care internal medicine and rotating specialist services. Other services include laboratory facilities, ambulatory surgery, Anticoagulation clinic, Echocardiography, Basic EMG, Colonoscopy/EGD, radiology to include 3D mammography, ultrasound and mobile CT & MRI...among other services.

City of Lynnwood

The suburban city of Lynnwood is just close enough to enjoy the city life of Seattle and just far enough away to have some quiet entering the southern portion of Snohomish County. It is 16 miles north of downtown Seattle. This town of approximately 40,500 is a dynamic place to live, work and play and has a skillful blend of residential, retail and business space. There are more than 300 acres of parks and open space and the city's historic Interurban Trail provides miles of paved surfaces for biking, walking and jogging. Scriber Lake Park, a 20-acre bird sanctuary, is located in the heart of Lynnwood's commercial district. Families like Lynnwood's reasonable real estate prices, quality schools, pleasant neighborhoods and rich cultural activities. Parking at our current location is free. Commute options are numerous, including park and ride locations within 1.5 miles of the medical center, one of which will include the future Sound Transit Link Light Rail Station. 

About Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

Lynnwood Regional Medical Center has a close relationship with Virginia Mason Medical Center teaching hospital in Seattle, accepting residents from this location. In this dynamic world, our physicians and administrative leaders partner to exchange up-to-date information with all Virginia Mason sites on a daily basis surrounding health care standards and policy in the community.

Our integrated health system has nearly 1,500 hospital beds including Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS; Benaroya Research Institute, internationally recognized for autoimmune disease research; and Virginia Mason Institute, a teaching organization which coaches health care professionals and others around the world in the Virginia Mason Production System, an innovative lean management method for improving quality and safety.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health

We commit to fostering an equitable, diverse and intentionally inclusive environment - we strive for all to feel valued, respected and that they belong. Our unique life experiences and backgrounds make our patient care extraordinary. Our diversity fuels our culture of innovation and transformative health care. Our differences are our strengths and inspire a promising future.

Benefits

While you are busy caring for your patients, we will take care of you and your family with benefits that include:

• Medical/dental/vision insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account
• Retirement plans
• Relocation assistance, if eligible
• Prescription program
• Employer paid life insurance
• Short and long term disability programs
• Time away
• As a non-profit; VMFH is eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
• Commuter benefits
• Bright Horizons programs; support for children, pets, dependent adults and household needs
• Mental health and well-being programs
• and more!

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

While you’re busy impacting the healthcare industry, we’ll take care of you with benefits that may include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid time off, tuition assistance, adoption assistance, and more!

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.