Core Faculty at Methodist Family Medicine Residency

Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, a member of Covenant Health, is looking for a founding core faculty member to help build our new family medicine residency program.

Methodist Family Medicine Residency will be introduced in conjunction with a new teaching clinic, Methodist Family Medicine Clinic, located in Oak Ridge to attract the next generation of primary care providers to East Tennessee.

The 8-8-8 program is looking for visionary leaders to:

• Build faculty practice and honing curriculum and individual faculty skills
• Care for patients
• Precept and teach family medicine
• Coach and mentor residents
• Explore fundamental clinical and quality issues

We have a myriad of clinical settings at Methodist Medical Center and Covenant Health for our residents to further develop their skill. Telehealth will be a foundational activity within our clinic and all areas of teaching will be open to faculty with diverse interests. Our Chief Medical Officer will lead QI research and teaching on health systems.

You will enjoy a work-life balance in this beautiful city and have a chance to help build up the new program. The initial class entered on July 1, 2024, allowing time to coalesce as a faculty team.

Outstanding Benefits and More:

• Highly competitive salary with excellent sign-on, and relocation eligible
• Robust benefits options including 401k, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Exceptional paid time off and sick time
• Generous comprehensive CME allowance (CME time and CME professional allowance) reflects an institutional commitment to lifelong learning and clinical excellence
• Employer-paid malpractice coverage
• Expert clinical operations in a provider-centric and supportive system

Requirements:

• Board certified family medicine physician with preferred 2 years of core faculty experience or related academic leadership experience
• Federal DEA ability to obtain TN medical license
• POCUS competence (clinical and teaching)
• Outpatient Procedures
• Medical informatics knowledge and preferred medical application of AI