Make a Difference, Health the Underserved as a Family Practitioner

Christ Community Health Services; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Attractive remunerative package

Loan repayment from NHSC

Signing bonus

Sabbaticals

Job summary

Christ Community Health Services is seeking a Family Practitioner in Memphis who will serve the underserved with high-quality healthcare. This full-time position involves diagnostic duties, collaboration with medical staff, and opportunities for education and training within a faith-based framework.

The ideal candidate will be board certified and residency-trained, comfortable serving urban populations and affirming a broad statement of faith. The position offers an attractive package including loan repayment, signing bonus, and sabbaticals.

Qualifications

• Must be MD or DO. Board-certified and residency-trained required.
• Experience in underserved populations preferred.
• Comfort with affirming a broad statement of faith.

Responsibilities

• Perform diagnostic/treatment duties and maintain admitting privileges.
• Attend staff meetings and participate in committees.
• Collaborate with nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
• Assist in training medical students and residents.
• Maintain health standards to perform duties.

Skills

Family Medicine experience

Public health knowledge

Collaboration skills

Teaching ability

Comfort with broad statement of faith

Education

MD or DO with board certification

Residency training

Job description

Make a Difference, Health the Underserved as a Family Practitioner

Full-time

Christ Community Health Services is part of a powerful narrative here in the Bluff City.

We extend grace and hope to the invisible and forgotten who live on the margins.

CCHS is the largest provider of primary care in Memphis and the second largest faith‑based FQHC in America.

In 2017 we celebrated 22 years of holistically providing high quality healthcare to nearly 1 in 10 Memphians.

We seek Family Medicine physicians who are interested in a unique model of urban medicine.

CCHS offers an attractive remunerative package, loan repayment from the NHSC, a signing bonus, sabbaticals, and more.

Highlights Include

• Perform duties specified by respective hospitals to maintain admitting privileges and credentialing to provide diagnosis/treatment of clinical disease in patients who require hospitalization.
• May participate in call rotation on a schedule that may fluctuate, dependent upon staffing.
• Attend staff/provider meetings, maintaining a level of involvement with any committees as needed to ensure quality care for patients.
• Participate in peer review, performance measurement/improvement data, and other activities to evaluate/advance quality improvement measures.
• Collaborate with nurse practitioners/physician assistants as appropriate.
• Assist in the educational training of medical students and/or residents.
• Participate in continuing medical education, including life support training, etc.
• Maintain immunizations/PPD status to sustain the health necessary to perform their duties.
• Notify CCHS about any problems that occur regarding drugs, felonies, discipline, loss of license, privileges, or other serious issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Chief Medical Officer or Medical Director.

MD or DO. Residency‑trained. Board‑certified required. Family Medicine‑centric. Clinicians with experience in underserved populations, urban and/or poverty medicine, public health, and global health are strongly preferred. Comfort with affirming a broad statement of faith. No visa candidates at this time.

About Us

Christ Community Health Services is a faith‑based community health center holistically serving the least and the marginalized within Memphis since 1995. We provide high quality healthcare to the underserved in a distinctively Christian context.

CCHS is the largest provider of primary care in Memphis, and the second largest faith‑based FQHC in America. Our providers are comfortable with affirming a broad statement of faith and practicing medicine as did Saint Luke of the New Testament, caring for the whole person, physically and spiritually.

• Link: Christ Community Health Services
• Hospital Affiliations: Baptist Memorial Hospital - Memphis, Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals, and Regional One Health
• Visa Waiver: No