Primary Care Physician

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN

Part Time- 10 to 29 hours weekly

Are you passionate about helping the underserved?

Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). WNCCHS delivers patient care with a highly integrated team of family medicine practitioners, dentists, and behavioral health clinicians with on-site pharmacy services in a community health center setting.

We are looking for Primary Care Physician Part Time to provide professional medical services to complement the delivery of integrated team-based, whole-person, trauma-informed primary health care services. They would be at our Minnie Jones Health Center for 10 to 29 hours weekly. We offer flexible schedules Monday through Friday from 7 am to 6 pm.

The Physician effectively collaborates with, and delegates to members of the interdisciplinary health care team and provides clinical leadership and supervision to advanced practice nurses (APN) & physician assistants (PA), and indirect supervision of medical support staff.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Training:

• Graduation from an accredited school of medicine with a degree of Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy is required. Completion of residency from an accredited program

Certifications/Licensure:

• Current unrestricted North Carolina MD or DO licensure, DEA and BLS are required
• Must be Medicaid and Medicare eligible
• Board Certification is preferred
• AAHIVM Certification is preferred

Experience:

• Must have or be able to obtain admitting privileges to the local hospital
• Previous medical office or FQHC experience is preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Knowledgeable about current standards, methods, and procedures for the delivery of evidence-based care in an efficient, organized, and accurate manner
• Have collaboration and teamwork skills to work efficiently with others to provide new ideas and help inspire staff and management
• Flexibility to work with a variety of people differing in ages, personalities, and backgrounds.
• Demonstrates leadership, teaching, and evaluation skills

Additional skills preferred:

• Bilingual in English and Spanish and/or Russian
• Experience in public health

CAREER GROWTH BENEFITS:

• Free telehealth service for you and your household
• 403b Retirement Savings with Match
• Up to Eleven (11) Paid Holidays and Two (2) Floating Holidays
• Biweekly Accrued PTO (156 hours in 1st year, based on 40 hour work week)
• Flexible schedule design available
• No weekends, or holiday work required
• Dictation and AI charting available
• Monthly Staff Meetings and Training
• Relias Learning Management System (LMS)
• Continued Medical Education (CME) & Continuing Education (CEU)
• Part-Time providers are eligible for Federal and State programs offering bonus incentives or loan repayment for working at WNCCHS because we are serving a High Needs Service Area.
  • Federal Loan Forgiveness through HRSA National Health Service Corps 
  • Eligibility for NC Loan Repayment Program + the NC High Needs Service Bonus not contingent on loan repayment

Western North Carolina Community Health Services is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, services, programs, or activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Hourly range $90.00 to $105.00