Physician Family Practice-Without OB - Competitive Salary

Job Description

This Regional Medical Center and is currently seeking a full-time faculty member to join their team! An ideal candidate will be either an experienced physician or a recent graduate interested in pursuing a non-ACGME accredited academic fellowship, with availability to start in 2025 and a strong desire to work in medical education or academic leadership.

This opportunity is excellent preparation for candidates whose professional goals include teaching family medicine or gaining valuable GME experience needed to pursue a leadership role in a primary care organization.

• Salary: Guaranteed salary is competitive and commensurate with experience; negotiable depending on GME experience or additional training such as a fellowship.
• Schedule: Monday through Friday; 8am – 5pm; on average 2 clinic days, 1 precepting day, and dedicated administration time for GME education per week.
• Call: Some call required (mainly during work hours or scheduled home call after hours to cover residents); no overnight call required unless desire to participate in optional OB or inpatient adult medicine coverage.
• Duties: to provide direct care to clinic patients and to educate residents through precepting; not required to have faculty experience; must be willing to perform full spectrum family medicine care and be willing to know OB (must have an understanding; not required to perform); additional faculty duties such as enhance educational content and learning experiences by developing and delivering lectures to residents during didactic sessions; collaboration with faculty on program projects, supporting program development and innovation.
• Clinic Facility: Georgia South Family Medicine Clinic is located on the hospital’s campus inside the new state-of-the-art, 39,000 sq. ft. Ameris Medical Education Center. The clinic consists of 23 exam rooms, 2 procedure rooms, 2 precepting rooms, and a lab.
• Technology: MSK Ultrasound, handheld ultrasounds, Ellman radio-frequency device, Blu-U light, Dermatoscopes, and NST.
• Patient Volume: an average of 10-12 patients per half day in clinic
• Procedures: LARC insertion and removal, Pap smears, Joint injections (with and without ultrasound), Skin procedures, Incision, and drainage (I&D), Toenail removals, and Sterile vaginal exam/cervical checks
• Hospital Facilities: physicians’ lounge with meals provided; 24-hour all-access employee fitness center; simulation labs, a skills lab, a computer lab, a conference center, and more!

Benefits:

• Generous student loan repayment assistance, if needed.
• Paid health insurance in exchange for precepting residents and medical students.
• Paid malpractice insurance with tail coverage.
• Optional participation in supplemental benefits package as a W-2 hospital employee, including retirement match.
• Paid house-hunting and relocation.
• Monthly cell phone allowance.
• CME allowance and CME paid time off.
• Paid time off annually, plus holidays

Requirements:

1. Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
2. Completion of an accredited Family Medicine Residency Program by position start date
3. Board certified or board eligible by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) or the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians (AOBFM)
4. Valid Georgia Medical License or participation in Interstate Medical Licensure Compact
5. Must be in good standing with current employer or residency/fellowship program
6. Must be willing to know OB but are not required to perform it.
7. Must be willing to perform the full family medicine spectrum.

• Preferred Qualifications:

1. Bilingual in Spanish/English

Other:

• Open to family medicine trained candidates with additional training/fellowships
• Candidates are not required to have faculty experience; they will be trained on the job.
• Open to new grads who are interested in exploring an academic fellowship.

Located in the heart of southwest Georgia with a county-wide population of more than 45,000 people, we are home to a thriving agricultural industry and historic homes and is a place where family and community support are central to the lifestyle. While an escape from urban congestion with a short commute to work is one of its greatest benefits, we are centrally located within 45 minutes or less of Albany, Thomasville, Tifton, and Valdosta and just over an hour from Tallahassee, FL and three hours from Metro Atlanta. Our proximity to several regional and international airports and the beaches of coastal Georgia, Florida and Alabama gives ample opportunity for quick getaways.

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