Primary Care Physician

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Job Summary: The Primary Care Physician is responsible for delivering primary and preventive medical care, leading and enhancing family health initiatives. Key Highlights: 1. Lead and enhance family health initiatives 2. Provide multidisciplinary patient care 3. Opportunity to engage daily with the population's real-life context The **Vila Fátima University Extension Center** was built and consolidated over 40 years and is located in the Bom Jesus neighborhood, providing services to the community. Through a partnership between PUCRS and the Municipality of Porto Alegre, its actions toward the community and the health care network have expanded; resources from SUS (Unified Health System) are allocated to this network. High-quality services are offered across various areas, including education, law, health, social assistance, and social development. Faculty members from diverse undergraduate programs, along with their students, work at Vila Fátima, enabling them to engage daily with the realities and needs of the local population. **About the Position:** The **Primary Care Physician** is responsible for delivering primary and preventive medical care to patients. Their challenge is to lead and enhance family health initiatives while ensuring a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Know and disseminate, together with other professionals, guidelines and regulations on Primary Care (AB), with emphasis on the National Primary Care Policy, to organize the workflow at the Health Unit (US); * Provide health care to individuals and families under their responsibility; * Discuss, together with the multidisciplinary team, and analyze and optimize care processes; * Conduct clinical consultations, minor surgical procedures, group activities at the Basic Health Unit (UBS), and, when indicated or necessary, home visits and/or visits to other community spaces (e.g., schools, associations, etc.); * Refer users to other levels of care when necessary, respecting local referral pathways, while maintaining responsibility for monitoring the prescribed therapeutic plan. * Ensure compliance with International Patient Safety Goals and actively participate in and commit to quality and safety in health care; * Indicate the need for hospital or home-based admission, maintaining accountability for follow-up of the individual; * Perform risk stratification and develop care plans for individuals with chronic conditions in the assigned territory, in collaboration with other team members; * Supervise medical students/residents; * Participate in planning teaching activities/practices conducted at the service, jointly with faculty; * Coordinate and participate in permanent and continuing education activities; * Maintain the workplace and materials clean and organized, following institutional protocols. **Requirements and Qualifications** **Requirements:** * Completed Medical Degree. * Experience in Primary Care. **Preferred Qualification:** * Specialization in Family Health. **Specific Skills and Competencies:** * Strong communication skills * Agility * Organizational ability * Resilience * Interpersonal relationship skills * Proactivity * Multidisciplinary team management * Interest in technical development; * Self-motivation and genuine interest (“spark in the eyes”). **Additional Information** **Work Schedule:** Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. **Benefits:** * Health insurance * Dental insurance * Childcare reimbursement for children up to 4 years old * Education assistance covering up to 80% of undergraduate tuition fees and 50% of postgraduate tuition fees * Free parking * Complementary private pension plan *If you believe in meaningful work that creates value and generates positive impact for society and the University****, JOIN PUCRS!*** At PUCRS, we believe every person can transform the world—and that belief drives us every day to become all that we can be. Here, tradition and innovation walk hand-in-hand to create a unique ecosystem integrating **education, health, research, culture, and innovation**. More than seven thousand collaborators bring to life a plural and creative community guided by solidarity, a family spirit, and the conviction that knowledge transforms realities. Because of all that we can be, we open pathways to new learning opportunities, meaningful connections, and positive societal impact. **Explore the diverse areas of activity that represent all we are:** * 7 Schools (Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Research, and Continuing Education); * 5 Institutes (PUCRS Brain Institute, Institute of Culture, Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Pró-Mata Environmental Institute, Institute of Petroleum and Natural Resources); * PUCRS São Lucas Hospital; * Museum of Science and Technology; * Central Library; * Events Center; * Sports Park; * Scientific and Technological Park (Tecnopuc); * Labelo – PUCRS Specialized Laboratories in Electroelectronics; * And much more...