Assistant or Associate Professor in Family & Community Medicine

About the role

The University of Kentucky Department of Family & Community Medicine (DFCM) seeks a qualified family physician to join our Lexington-based residency program. DFCM also has additional primary care practices in Georgetown, Hazard, and Hindman, Kentucky, and an independent rural residency program in Hazard, Kentucky.

Responsibilities

• Teach residents in outpatient and inpatient settings and participate in all four years of medical student education, including a required clerkship in Family Medicine.
• Practice non-surgical obstetrics and oversee prenatal care and deliveries of residents’ continuity patients at Albert Chandler Hospital, UK Health Care.
• Participate in clinical activities that enhance value-based quality measures through pre-visit planning, comprehensive nurse assessment, and UK HealthCare Population Health team involving social workers, community health workers, and RN care managers.
• Engage in practice-based research network and academic programs to participate in innovative programs.

Requirements

• Completion of residency program and board certification.
• Unrestricted Kentucky Medical License.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree.

Skills

• Ability to teach and mentor medical students and residents.
• Experience in non-surgical obstetrics and prenatal care.
• Knowledge of value-based clinical redesign and population medicine programs.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on rank and experience.
• Adequate benefits package including health, dental and life insurance; disability and malpractice insurance; a generous retirement plan; continuing education; paid time off and more.

Pay

Compensation is competitive and based on rank and experience.

Schedule

The schedule is flexible and can accommodate the needs of the individual and the department.

Benefits

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