Opportunity Detail

Type: Career Opportunities

Acupuncturist

Employer/Practice: Six Branches Family Acupuncture

Address: 619 Brighton Avenue #101
Portland, Maine 04102

Phone number: (207) 370-1535

Email Address: hello@sixbranchesacupuncture.com

Web Address: -

Job/practice location

Portland, ME

About the Employer

Six Branches Family Acupuncture offers a holistic, trauma-informed, and body-affirming approach to healthcare, with a particular focus on fertility, pregnancy and hormonal imbalances from menarche to menopause. While we treat a range of conditions, our mission is to offer safe, effective support for chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, and hormonal imbalances showing up as irregular, painful or heavy periods, infertility, perimenopausal symptoms and common conditions of pregnancy and postpartum.

We are located within Rosemont Wellness Center in Portland, Maine, alongside other independent health practices. We use an EHR system for documentation that is shared between providers, and have a welcoming administrative team who greet patients, take payments, schedule patients, compile herbal formulas and handle insurance billing. We are in-network with most major insurance carriers and about ⅔ of our patients use insurance benefits. We have a supportive team atmosphere and value the wellness of our team. We see 2 patients an hour but have spaces, breaks, and time for charting worked into our shifts to create a sustainable pace. Acupuncturists meet regularly (usually weekly) as a team to discuss difficult cases, current best practices, and professional development topics. We love our supportive team atmosphere and look forward to welcoming a new team member who is excited to work and grow in a collaborative setting.

Learn more at https://www.sixbranchesacupuncture.com/
Please email your resume and cover letter to hiring@sixbranchesacupuncture.com to apply.

Job Description

This position is for an acupuncturist who is excited about treating hormonal health, fertility and common conditions of pregnancy, as well as common pain conditions. This full time position is for 39 hours per week, including 2-3 weekday evenings, but candidates able to work 30-32 hours/week would be considered.

Ideal candidates will be able to:
Bring both a clinical mindset and a heart-centered approach to patient care to diagnose, assess, and treat effectively.
Provide hands-on modalities such as cupping, gua sha, moxibustion, and other modalities for which they have training.
Adopt Six Branches’ patient onboarding process and palpatory approach to care.
Effectively communicate with patients about acupuncture concepts in a modern context.
Maintain patient records to the standard required by insurance companies.
Customize herbal formulas, with training in the Chinese Herbal pharmacopeia, and has interest in using herbal medicine to treat hormonal health and fertility.
Be punctual and maintain personal grooming to match our warm, professional, business-casual atmosphere.
Work up to seeing 2 patients an hour.
Maintain a professional attitude and contribute to a supportive team culture.
Communicate positively with patients, co-workers, and members of the Rosemont Wellness Center community.

Follow standard quality, safety, environmental and infection control policies and procedures and adheres to local, state and federal laws, regulations and statutes
Effectively communicate treatment plans and goals to patients.
Treat patients using tools such as needles, cups, gua sha tools, moxibustion, ear seeds, electrical stimulation and nutritional supplements.
Take appropriate precautions related to treatments such as intradermal needles, moxibustion, electricity, gua sha, cupping and bleeding.
Analyze physical findings and medical histories to make diagnoses according to East Asian medicine traditions.
Maintain detailed and complete records of healthcare plans and prognoses using an EHR system.
Complete and sign charts within 48 hours of patient appointment.
Formulate herbal preparations based on their properties to treat conditions.
Educate patients on topics such as meditation, ergonomics, stretching, exercise, nutrition, the healing process, breathing, and relaxation techniques.
Create and/or maintain a CAQH profile.
Communicate with other team members via Slack.
Respond to patient emails in a timely manner.
Perform basic administrative tasks as needed.

Compensation:
Employee (W2) position
Salary (full-time): $60,000-65,000 base salary in the first year, with additional per-patient bonuses
Two weeks paid time off per year
Health/Dental/Vision insurance contribution
Continuing education cost contribution in relevant areas of practice
Malpractice insurance coverage
State licensing fees reimbursed after the first year
SIMPLE retirement plan option
Discounts on acupuncture, supplements & herbs

Qualifications

Required Skills/Abilities:
Excellent listening and critical thinking skills with a service orientation.
Strong judgment and decision making skills.
Ability to monitor ongoing activities in consideration of changing patient conditions.
Strong customer and personal service perspective
Comfortable seeing two patients per hour
Ability to work 2 evenings per week
Ability to maintain comprehensive chart notes, completed in a timely manner
Positive attitude and excitement about working as a part of a team in a busy wellness center

Preferred Skills and Abilities:
Comfortable explaining acupuncture to the general public
Comfortable using gender-inclusive language and appropriate pronouns
Experience using herbal formulas and supplements

Education and Experience:
Must be a licensed acupuncturist, or meet the requirements for licensure, in the State of Maine
Training with TCM herbal medicine preferred
Training in a hands-on modality preferred (massage, shiatsu, cranial sacral)

Short Description

Six Branches Family Acupuncture in Portland, Maine is looking for a responsible acupuncturist with excellent communication and time management skills to join our team of acupuncturists. Recent graduates interested in working and growing their skills within the mentorship of a group practice are encouraged to apply.

How to contact

Please email your resume and cover letter to hiring@sixbranchesacupuncture.com to apply.