Community Health Center / FQHC Family Practice (w/o OB) Job in Wheeler, Texas
This Family Practice (w/o OB) position in Wheeler, Texas is offered as a Community Health Center/FQHC opportunity, a federally supported safety-net setting for physicians drawn to community-focused medicine. The role is also available under Single-Specialty Group and Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other structures, giving you options in how the position is arranged.
This is a permanent, employed position structured with an income guarantee under straight employment, with the financial offering listed at $175,000 - $199,999. Loan-repayment assistance is available, which may be a practical consideration alongside the benefits of employed practice.
Coverage details for this role include:
- No internal patient call rotation
- Emergency department call on a 1:4 rotation
The position is open to both Board Certified and Board Eligible physicians, MD or DO trained, including American and foreign medical graduates, and welcomes candidates ranging from recently trained to very experienced. Candidates must hold US citizenship or a Green Card. The community served has a population of less than 10,000.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Family Practice (w/o OB)
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Single-Specialty Group, Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Community Health Center/FQHC
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: 1:4
We are in the process of opening a rural health clinic. One of our physicians is retiring. Wheeler has supported 3 physicians in the past, but with the current retirement and the recent death of another physician, we are down to one. The retiring physician has a fairly large practice. Parkview Hospital has plans for a 2016 renovation and expansion, and the clinic has been newly remodeled.
- Structure of Financial Support: Income Guarantee, Straight Employment
- Financial Offering: $175,000 - $199,999
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Yes
- Practice State: Texas
- Practice City: Wheeler
- Community Size: Less than 10,000
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Clinic
- Number of Providers: 1
- Hospital: parkview hospital
