Family Medicine - Adolescents & Young Adults | 4 or 5 Day Work Week In The South Bay | Enjoy A Work/Life Balance

Seeking a dedicated physician who wishes to build a robust primary care practice focused on adolescents and young adults in the South Bay community and beyond. This role emphasizes comprehensive outpatient care, preventive health, and continuity of care for teens and young adults. A meaningful portion of the practice will include caring for patients with eating disorders in both clinic and hospital settings as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary program.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Provide primary care to adolescents and young adults, with the option to also see some general primary care patients.
• Develop long-term therapeutic relationships and serve as a medical home for teens and young adults.
• Conduct outpatient eating disorder consultations and participate in hospital coverage within the Eating Disorders Medical Unit (EDMU) at Torrance Memorial, providing medical stabilization for hospitalized patients ages 11–25.
• Work closely with a multidisciplinary team including Psychiatry, Nutrition, Psychology, Gastroenterology, and specialized nursing staff.

Required qualifications:

• Medical degree (MD or DO), with current, unrestricted state license to practice
• Board certification or active board certification in a relevant specialty (Internal Medicine, or Family Medicine)
• Clinical experience with treating adolescents and an interest in providing care to eating disorder patients.

Core competencies and skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with good bedside manner and ability to work with psychiatrically complex patients and their families.
• Collaborative team player who can coordinate across various disciplines and levels of care.
• Sensitivity to trauma-informed and recovery-oriented care principles.

Work environment and schedule:

• Position is full-time, 4 or 5 days per week, depending on preference.
• Hospital coverage will be split between the physicians in the inpatient program. On hospital coverage days, you will round in the hospital in the morning, typically seeing up to 5 patients per day. Clinic visits will be scheduled in the afternoon.
• The position will require occasional weekend coverage of the hospital program.

Torrance Memorial Physician Network offers competitive salaries and a wide range of benefits including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), continuing education, life, disability, professional liability coverage, holiday and paid time off. As a 501c non-profit organization, Torrance Memorial Physician Network qualifies for PSLF- Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

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Enjoy a collegial work environment with high physician satisfaction with low attrition. The South Bay location offers a wonderful quality of life, with family-friendly neighborhoods and excellent schools. Centrally located to all there is to see and do.

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Torrance Memorial Physician Network is a growing multi-specialty network of physicians and health professionals dedicated to excellence and patient-centered care.

About Torrance Memorial Health System

At the Torrance Memorial Physician Network, our physicians are dedicated to providing the highest quality care for every patient, with hours and locations that are convenient and accessible. Patient satisfaction is a priority. We value our relationship with each patient, seeing ourselves as a partner in health care for patients and their families. Our offices are equipped with the latest technology, including a new, state-of-the-art electronic medical record system and a patient portal providing direct and confidential access to all our patients personal medical information.