Faculty Physician - Family Medicine - Center at Cullowhee, NC

Join MAHEC’s Family Medicine team at our multidisciplinary clinic in beautiful Cullowhee, NC, where you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact through patient care, teaching, and mentorship, and increasing accessibility to rural healthcare. This Faculty Physician role combines a robust outpatient practice and contributes to shaping the next generation of family physicians through resident and student education. Ideal candidates are passionate about evidence-based and academic medicine, with a desire to contribute to scholarship, community health, and the healthcare accessibility across Western North Carolina.

PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITY: 

The Family Medicine physician will provide comprehensive, relationship-based care to patients of all ages in a rural setting. This physician will practice full-spectrum family medicine, including preventive care, chronic disease management, women's health services, pediatric, and obstetrical care. The physician is passionate about serving rural communities, building lasting patient relationships, and delivering high-quality, compassionate care across generations. In addition, the physician will teach and mentor learners in evidence-based care and foster scholarship activity in the ambulatory setting.  

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES: 

CLINICAL 

• Provide direct clinical care to Family Medicine patients for up to eight ½ days weekly, to include all patients in the ambulatory setting.  

• Comply in a timely manner with all institutional policies for professional work, including credentialing, documentation, and billing 

• Work effectively with other members of the extended inter-professional team at the multidisciplinary clinic in Cullowhee.  

• Additional clinical duties as necessary for emergent situations or as arranged otherwise with the employee. 

TEACHING 

• Promote and participate in education programs of the department (continuing education, resident, student), to include didactics in areas of interest.  

• Supervise and teach learners  

RESEARCH 

• Demonstrate commitment to community-based health sciences and research. 

• Pursue scholarly activity and foster scholarly activity in the ambulatory setting.  

ADMINISTRATIVE 

• Work with departmental staff and administration to attain the strategic objectives of MAHEC, including patient safety, patient and other customer satisfaction, maintenance and enhancement of public perception, and fiscal health 

• Participate, based on experience/skills, on committees and work groups as appropriate within the department and within MAHEC. 

This role description is a general description of the essential job functions.  It is not intended to describe all the duties of a Family Medicine Physician. Adjustment of responsibilities and performance reviews will be discussed with and determined by the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine. 

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:  

Completion of a Family Medicine Residency Program.  Teaching experience preferred. 

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:  

• Licensure to practice medicine in North Carolina. 
• Certification by the American Board of Family Physicians 
• Appointment in good standing to the medical staff of Mission Health System. 

COMPUTER SKILLS: 

Experience using Electronic Medical Records preferred. 

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:  

Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one situations to patients required.   

Ability to effectively present information in group situations and respond to questions from individuals and groups required. 

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, legal documents, or governmental regulations required.   

Ability to document medical information into patient records/charts required 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS:  

Spanish speaking skills preferred and eligible for compensation add-on.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIP:

Reports to the Chair, Department of Family Medicine. 

SCHEDULE: 

Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours are Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and/or the Division); 40 hours per workweek; weekend, holiday, or evening coverage is occasionally required. Work hours will need to be flexible in order to respond to special work assignments, or evening activities, as requested by the team leader. 

At MAHEC, we strive to equip all team members with Total Rewards (pay + benefits) to honor their service, support their health, manage their financial security, build their career, and thrive.

MAHEC is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.

If you are interested in this role, and you have related experience and qualifications, we encourage you to apply or reach out to [email protected] for support in your job search process. You could be the talent we are seeking for this or other opportunities

All MAHEC employees and learners will be required to receive the Flu vaccine or have an approved exemption.

MAHEC does not provide employment-based US visa sponsorship, now or in the future. All new employees must provide valid, original I-9 documents on their first day of work.

MAHEC Talent Management is located at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC 28803. Equal Opportunity Employer.