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Outpatient Primary Care Medicine Physician Needed- Western, NC

UNC Caldwell is the choice for health care in Caldwell County, NC and the Greater Hickory Metro Area. The 137-bed licensed hospital is a member of the UNC Health System. The Emergency Department sees approximately 30,000 visits a year. UNC Health Medical Group provides the majority of primary care and select specialty care to the surrounding market from thirteen medical park locations throughout the county. The Caldwell team is seeking an additional outpatient family medicine or internal medicine physician to join the growing group!

• Position Features:
• Competitive total compensation package; including the following:
• First year compensation guarantee at national benchmarks for your specialty
• Relocation Stipend of $15,000
• Sign-on Bonus of $20,000
• Potential loan repayment 
• Resident Stipend of $1,500 per month for the final 2 years of training
• Productivity, Quality and Advanced Practice Practitioner Supervision bonus dollars increasing overall compensation
• Attractive call rotation with collegial partners
• Staff and administration in our practices who are well-trained, seasoned professionals
• Team-based care infrastructure within each clinic, with key support staff such as RN Care Managers and Licensed Clinical Social Workers
• Location- Westpointe Medical Practice, 2651 Morganton Blvd, Lenoir, NC 28645

About the Area:

• Centrally located to the key cities in Western North Carolina-70 minute travel time each to: Charlotte Douglas International Airport; the eclectic attractions of Asheville; the arts and history of Winston-Salem; and only 20 minutes to the North Carolina High Country and the mountain seasonal resort community of Blowing Rock
• Proximity to higher education opportunities: Appalachian State University in Boone, NC; Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, NC; Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute in Hudson, NC; and an excellent pre-K - 12 public school system that includes an Early College High School

To be considered, please email your CV to jennifer.lebeau@unchealth.unc.edu

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC Health Medical Group

Organization Unit: Family Practice Westpointe Medical Park

Work Type: Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 36.00

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Day Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Lenoir

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

About UNC Health

UNC Health is charting a new course for the organization, one that reflects our aspirations, values and the high expectations customers have in today’s healthcare marketplace. These changes will help the organization adopt business and medical practices that will help us become a more responsive, customer-focused, integrated healthcare system. UNC Health and its 33,000 employees, continue to serve as North Carolina’s Health Care System, caring for patients from all 100 counties and beyond our borders. We continue to leverage the world class research conducted in the UNC School of Medicine, translating that innovation to life-saving and life-changing therapies, procedures, and techniques for the patients who rely on us.

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