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Family Medicine Physician/Residency Program Instructor

Join our Santa Cruz, CA team! This position offers an exceptional chance to practice academic family medicine in a community setting, with a salary range of $190,000 to $277,000.

Job Description

• Lead, teach, and practice in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA.
• Beginning July 2024, our new Family Medicine Residency will make this clinic the residents' primary continuity site.
• Family physicians will have frequent, hands-on teaching and precepting responsibilities: supervising resident continuity panels, delivering bedside and clinic-based instruction, contributing to didactic curricula, evaluating trainee performance, and partnering on quality-improvement and population-health projects.
• Faculty opportunities also include precepting PA students, mentoring NPs and PAs, and shaping the next generation of community clinicians.
• Providers blend in-person and remote care, with roughly 80% of time devoted to direct patient encounters and 20% reserved for clinical administrative responsibilities.
• Standard visit length is 20 minutes (targeting ten patients per four-hour session), and all documentation, e-prescribing, and quality reporting are completed in the EPIC OCHIN electronic health record.
• This role is ideal for clinicians who want meaningful continuity practice, leadership within a multidisciplinary team, and a powerful teaching role in an emerging community-based residency program.

Requirements

• Board-certified Family Physician, licensed and in good standing in California.
• Experience in community health or public health settings preferred.
• Background in mental health, chronic pain, and chronic disease management is a plus.
• Strong commitment to preventive care, quality improvement, and patient empowerment.
• Collaborative team player within a Care Team model.
• Dedication to the mission of serving Santa Cruz's diverse patient population.
• Availability for at least one evening per week and up to six Saturday clinics annually (no call duties).
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) highly desirable.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance plans.
• 401K.