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Part-Time Outpatient Precepting Faculty – Family Medicine Residency - St. Cloud

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$75k-$86k

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Job Description

Family Medicine Residency Program Family Health Clinic

Part-Time Outpatient Precepting Faculty – Family Medicine Residency

Shape the Next Generation of Physicians as a Flexible Outpatient Faculty Member

The University of Minnesota/CentraCare St. Cloud Family Medicine Residency program is seeking a Part-Time Outpatient Precepting Faculty Physician who enjoys teaching residents in a collaborative, ambulatory care environment. This flexible opportunity allows you to combine outpatient precepting with your own clinical practice while making a meaningful impact on the next generation of family physicians.

Position Overview

  • Ambulatory Focus: Supervise and teach residents in our outpatient family medicine clinic.
  • Precepting Residents: Engage in teaching and guiding residents during their clinic sessions, helping them develop strong skills in continuity care and primary care management.
  • Flexible Clinical Practice: Maintain your own clinical practice elsewhere or join CentraCare clinics.
  • Optional Opportunities: May include inpatient and/or maternity call, if desired.

If you are passionate about outpatient family medicine and resident education, we would love to discuss how this position can be tailored to fit your interests and schedule.

This single opening can be structured in multiple ways to fit your interests — whether as a Core Faculty, an Inpatient Faculty, or an Outpatient Precepting Faculty — and we welcome a conversation about tailoring the role to your strengths and schedule.

About Our Program

  • Fully accredited community-based residency program since 1996
  • 18 residents (6-6-6)
  • Emphasis on full-spectrum family medicine, including inpatient, outpatient, maternity care, and more
  • Collaboration with Willmar Rural Training Program
  • Supportive environment with a well-rounded faculty
  • State-of-the-art hospital and outpatient clinic
  • Call is about 1:8
  • DOs highly encouraged to apply

Pay and Benefits

  • Starting pay begins at $75,000 per year; exact wage determined by years of related experience
  • Salary range: $75,000 - $86,250 per year
  • Salary and salary range are based on a 0.25 FTE, reduced FTE will result in a prorated offer rate
  • Full-time benefits: medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more!

CentraCare

CentraCare is committed to the patients and families we serve in the communities we call home throughout Central, West Central and Southwestern Minnesota. We listen then serve, we guide and heal—because health means everything.

  • Has grown to be one of the largest health systems in Minnesota
  • Leading provider of rural health in the state
  • Recent investment in system-wide employee culture
  • Innovative population health and wellness initiatives
  • Collaborative physician and administration leadership model
  • Access to more than 40 medical and surgical specialties
  • Work for an organization that offers nationally recognized care. View our most recent awards by clicking here. centracare.com

CentraCare – St. Cloud Hospital

  • Access to a regional referral center of 489 beds and Level II trauma center
  • Highly skilled, specialized support staff and nursing – Magnet designated since 2004
  • Offers a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient services, from primary care to specialty care
  • Single hospital community

St. Cloud, Minnesota

St. Cloud is a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family. Enjoy easy access to Minneapolis/St. Paul but live in a low stress and relaxing community.

  • 60 minutes from Minneapolis
  • Mini-metro area in the heart of lake country
  • Four season recreation
  • Theatre and arts
  • Excellent education options
  • Family friendly
  • Four colleges

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CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer

Key Responsibilities

Supervise and teach residents in an outpatient family medicine clinic to develop their skills in primary care and continuity of care. Maintain a clinical practice while providing guidance and education to the next generation of physicians.

Requirements

Candidates must be physicians with an interest in outpatient family medicine and resident education. DOs are highly encouraged to apply for this faculty role.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Outpatient careClinical preceptingMentorshipInpatient care

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Minnesota, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$318k (101 salary observations; 239 listings), vs ~$263k nationally (1,880 salary observations; 6,427 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$81k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $82k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 52% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Centra Care ranks #1 of 24 employers hiring Family Medicine on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Part-Time Outpatient Precepting Faculty – Family Medicine Residency - St. Cloud at Centra Care a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,570 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.9
Better work-life than 70% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,570 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in St. Cloud

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$252k≈ 3.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,244/mo≈ 20% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.