Family Medicine Physician​/Residency Program Instructor

Overview

Family Medicine Residency Director – Lead, Teach, and Practice in Beautiful Santa Cruz, CA | $190k - $277k

Beginning July 2024, our new Family Medicine Residency will make this clinic the residents’ primary continuity site—an exceptional chance to practice academic family medicine in a community setting.

Family physicians will have frequent, hands-on teaching and precepting responsibilities: supervising resident continuity panels, delivering bedside and clinic-based instruction, contributing to didactic curricula, evaluating trainee performance, and partnering on quality-improvement and population-health projects. Faculty opportunities also include precepting PA students, mentoring NPs and PAs, and shaping the next generation of community clinicians, offering academic engagement without leaving the community clinic environment.

Providers blend in-person and remote care, with roughly 80% of time devoted to direct patient encounters and 20% reserved for clinical administrative responsibilities. Standard visit length is 20 minutes (targeting ten patients per four-hour session), and all documentation, e-prescribing, and quality reporting are completed in the EPIC OCHIN electronic health record. This role is ideal for clinicians who want meaningful continuity practice, leadership within a multidisciplinary team, and a powerful teaching role in an emerging community-based residency program.

• Supervise resident continuity panels and provide bedside and clinic-based instruction
• Contribute to didactic curricula and evaluate trainee performance
• Partner on quality-improvement and population-health projects
• Precept PA students, mentor NPs and PAs, and shape the next generation of community clinicians
• Balance direct patient care (about 80%) with clinical administrative duties (about 20%)
• Documentation, e-prescribing, and quality reporting in EPIC OCHIN

• Board-Certified Family Physician, licensed and in good standing in California
• Experience in community health or public health settings preferred
• Background in mental health, chronic pain, and chronic disease management is a plus
• Strong commitment to preventive care, quality improvement, and patient empowerment
• Collaborative team player within a Care Team model
• Dedication to serving Santa Cruz’s diverse patient population
• Availability for at least one evening per week and up to six Saturday clinics annually (no call duties)
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) highly desirable

• Base pay range: $/yr - $/yr
• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance Plans
• 401K
• Pet Insurance and Supplemental Coverage
• PTO and Paid Holidays

Santa Cruz is a prominent city on the coast of California and has everything you would expect from the “golden state.” Santa Cruz is located on Monterey Bay, about an hour and a half from San Francisco. You can enjoy the Pacific Ocean, year-round mild weather, and abundant recreational activities including boating, surfing, and hiking.

We are a non-profit provider delivering comprehensive health services to patients regardless of ability to pay, with a mission to improve health and advocate for health care as a human right. We operate three clinic sites and participate in local, state, and national advocacy to empower patients and communities.