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Harbor Health Services
Boston, Massachusetts

Staff Physician

Family MedicineIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$220K - $277K

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

The minimum alary for this position is $220,000 annualized.

Harbor Health Services is an innovative, growing, mission-based organization that lives, serves and collaborates with our community members to achieve our mission to help individuals reach their full potential through access to local, affordable services that promote health.

Harbor provides medical, behavioral health, dental, and support services to more than 34,000 patients in Boston, the South Shore, and Cape Cod. Harbor Health also operates two Programs for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly in Mattapan and Brockton and a WIC Program.

To help further the mission of Harbor, we are looking for a Family Physician to join our Primary Care Team.

Harbor Health is seeking a Full Time Family Medicine Physician to join our staff at the Daniel Driscoll-Neponset Health Center. We also may have hours available at the Geiger Gibson Community Health Center in Dorchester.

Harbor Health Services qualifies for all Federal and State Loan Repayment Programs! Other benefits include:

  • Continuing Medical Education Stipend of up to $2500 and 5 days of leave per year and reimbursement for renewal cost of licenses.
  • 25 days of PTO to start with additional 11 Paid Holidays per year included in a comprehensive benefits package.
  • Malpractice Insurance covered by the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA).
  • Patient/Administrative Time: 32 Clinical hours and 8 Administrative hours.
  • Fully integrated Epic EMR
  • Opportunities available for teaching and leadership
  • Clinical and administrative supports include onsite lab, pharmacy, integrated behavioral health, SUD Care and community outreach teams, WIC Program, food pantry and more!

Role

Our Physician is the primary care provider to a panel of patients, conducts outpatient visits, manages communication with patients, oversees safe transitions of care and refers for specialty care within our Patient Centered Care Model. Our Physician assesses health risks, promotes disease prevention, and practices evidence-based medicine.

Responsibilities

  • Serves as a primary care provider for a panel of patients, organizes and manages the care of primary care patients, including outpatient visits, communication with patients by mail, email or phone, inpatient care, referral for specialty care, provision of or referral for patient education for self-management, assesses health risks, promotes and provides disease prevention, and practices evidenced based medicine.
  • Provides routine health maintenance by performing interval well visits which may include a complete history and physical, developmental assessment, risk assessment, cancer screening, and health promotion education, follows up on any problems detected and makes appropriate referrals for additional services required, including, nutrition, social services, behavioral health, specialty care.
  • Provides timely and expert care to patients with acute illness.
  • Manages common chronic illnesses, including acute complications and routine follow-up and provides or arranges for appropriate patient education regarding self-management of chronic illnesses.
  • Participates in an on-call system with other physicians in the Center and with other physicians at affiliated health centers that provides 24-hour access to a physician for our patients.
  • Participates in evening/weekend/holiday clinic schedule to provide face to face care, follow up visits, acute care and other clinical services to patients.
  • Participates in provider staff meetings, departmental meetings, general staff meetings, trainings, care team meetings and quality improvement/practice transformation sessions.
  • Supervises mid-level practitioners on a routine basis, reviews problem cases, is available for consultations, reviews medication prescribing, and provides teaching.
  • Updates Electronic Medical Record (EMR) appropriately using proper coding and documents care accordingly; accurately and timely documents care in the medical record with progress notes, lab follow-ups, communications with patients; maintains a current problem list, medication flow sheet, immunization record and other appropriate information.

Requirements

  • Completed accredited physician residency in Family Practice (IM would be considered)
  • Current Massachusetts MD/DO license, DEA, Mass Controlled Substance Registration, BLS required.
  • Board Certified
  • Computer Literate in Office 365 (Word Excel, Outlook, Teams) and EMR (EPIC/OCHIN) experience desired.
  • Experience with a community health center population and practice setting preferred.

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

For additional information, please call 617-533-2342.

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement. When determining actual base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e. g. location, years of relevant experience, education, training, and other factors as permissible by law).

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Chronic Disease ManagementPreventative MedicineClinical SupervisionMedical CodingOutpatient Care

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Massachusetts, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$259k (68 salary observations; 107 listings), vs ~$263k nationally (1,908 salary observations; 6,496 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$249k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $235k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 52% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Harbor Health Services holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 72/100, 10 active listings.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Top Family Medicine Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 36 employers

19
<$325k
8
$325k-350k
15
$350k-375k
6
$375k-400k
2
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks44 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
82%
Sign-on bonus
68%
CME allowance
55% this job
Relocation assistance
41%
Loan repayment
25% this job

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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MASC Medical · Brooksville, Florida

$420k
#2

Primary Care Physician- Arvada

Impact to Health · Arvada, Colorado

$300k-$400k
#3

Primary Care Physician

$385k-$395k
#4

Internal Coverage Physician - Family Medicine | ProHealth Physicians

$239k-$393k
+ 48 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 4.5
Better work-life than 30% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,560 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Boston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$813k≈ 3.7× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,338/mo≈ 18% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Harbor Health Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Mattapan, MA
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

CME Stipend $2,500 and 5 Days Leave
25 Days PTO
11 Paid Holidays
Malpractice Insurance (FTCA)
Integrated Epic EMR
Teaching and Leadership Opportunities
Onsite Lab, Pharmacy, Integrated Behavioral Health
SUD Care and Community Outreach Teams