Make a Difference, Health the Underserved as a Family Practitioner

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 celebrate 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. 
• Patient encounter expectations are approximately 20 patients per day
• 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.
• Sustain the health necessary to perform their duties and maintain current Immunizations/PPD Status.
• 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. BC 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 under-served 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