Assistant, Associate, or Professor in Family & Community Medicine

Job Summary

The University of Kentucky Department of Family & Community Medicine (DFCM) is seeking a qualified family physician to join our new clinic in the Richmond, KY area. Faculty physicians will practice primary care, non-surgical obstetrics, and facilitate a rotation site for third- and fourth-year medical students. DFCM has additional primary care practices in Lexington, Georgetown, Hazard, and Hindman, KY. With several clinics in the state, we serve as leaders at UK HealthCare, a $4 billion health system, in its primary care delivery strategy by implementing value-based clinical redesign and population medicine programs. We have aligned our clinical approach to enhance value-based quality measures through pre-visit planning, comprehensive nurse assessment, and a UK HealthCare Population Health team involving social workers, community health workers, and RN care managers. We are a national leader in transitional care management and its impact on unnecessary hospital readmissions. Our department’s clinical volume includes over 100,000 annual visits and over 2,500 hospital discharges across our 5 current clinics and 2 hospital services. We offer competitive compensation based on rank and experience and an excellent benefits package that includes health, dental and life insurance; disability and malpractice insurance; a generous retirement plan; continuing education; paid time off and more.

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities

• Primary care practice
• Non-surgical obstetrics
• Facilitating medical student rotations
• Implementing value-based clinical redesign and population medicine programs
• Enhancing value-based quality measures through pre-visit planning, comprehensive nurse assessment, and a UK HealthCare Population Health team
• National leadership in transitional care management

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree
• Completion of residency program and board certification
• Unrestricted Kentucky Medical License

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and life insurance
• Disability and malpractice insurance
• A generous retirement plan
• Continuing education
• Paid time off