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Sentara Health
Chesapeake, Virginia

Family Medicine Physician- Riverwalk

Family Medicine Above average in Family MedicineNo callPart-Time

Listed compensation

$257k-$354k

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Employment & setting
Part-Time
Call expectations
No call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1h ago · Verified live

Job Description

City/State

Chesapeake, VA

Work Shift

  • First (Days)
  • Provider Specialty
  • Primary Care

Overview

Sentara Medical Group has a part time Family Medicine opening in Chesapeake, VA at our Family Internal Medicine Riverwalk clinic. Join Sentara's established practice working full-time with flexible hours.

Call is minimal, phone only and triaged first 24/7 by an RN.

Highlights Include

  • Permanent Guaranteed Base Salary
  • Annual Quality Performance Incentive
  • Productivity Bonus opportunity
  • Sign on Bonus
  • Starting Bonus
  • Residency Stipend option
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Loan Repayment eligible (Sentara is a 501(c)3 non-profit)
  • Retirement Package with Matching Contribution
  • 3% Additional Company Contribution to Retirement Plan
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package including Health, Vision, Dental, Disability and more
  • Physician Time Off
  • Malpractice and Tail coverage
  • CME expense reimbursement
  • Fully integrated EMR (Epic)
  • PSLF eligible, Non-Profit
  • DAX Medical Scribe

Our collegial and innovative team treats a diverse population in our well-supported clinic with 1:1 staff support. Sentara Medical Group has seamless access to specialists and other healthcare services available throughout the greater Sentara network of care.

Sentara Health is an award-winning, nationally recognized, innovative nonprofit healthcare system. Our physician-led organization is a top-tier, high-performing multi-specialty group that brings together over 2,000 providers to deliver quality and compassionate care to our communities.

Life in coastal Virginia provides rich and diverse recreational and cultural offerings in addition to our fabulous historic sites. Our communities are consistently ranked among the top places to live in the US with great public and private school options and superb outdoor recreation. Bike, swim, sail, kayak, fish, or just relax on our miles and miles of sandy beaches or catch a bite to eat and listen to music at Norfolk’s Waterside District.

To learn more about Sentara and the communities we serve, please visit Sentara Health and America's First Region.

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $256,505.60 - $353,808.00 annually.

Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call pay, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.

Note: If an annual salary is posted, it is based on a full-time colleague working 2,080 hours annually.

Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

  • Medical, Dental, Vision plans
  • Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
  • Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
  • Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
  • Emergency Backup Care
  • Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
  • Life Insurance
  • 401k/403B with Employer Match
  • Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
  • Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
  • Pet Insurance
  • Legal Resources Plan
  • Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met

Providers at Sentara are eligible for special benefits such as Annual CME Allowance and 100% malpractice and tail coverage.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

  • In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
  • For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs providers in the following states:
  • North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Key Responsibilities

Provide high-quality primary care services to a diverse patient population within the Sentara Medical Group network. Collaborate with a collegial team of providers and specialists to ensure compassionate and effective patient outcomes.

Requirements

Candidates must be qualified Family Medicine Physicians eligible to practice in Virginia. The role requires proficiency in clinical documentation and the ability to work effectively within an integrated healthcare system.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient careEpic EMRMedical scribingTriageHealth assessmentPreventive medicineChronic disease managementDiagnostic skillsInterdisciplinary collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine Physician- Riverwalk at Sentara Health 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 2,395 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

Sentara Health ranks #9 of 21 employers hiring Family Medicine on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

In Virginia, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$257k (38 salary observations; 167 listings), vs ~$262k nationally (1,222 salary observations; 6,170 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 60% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

For production-based offers, this specialty runs a typical 8,530 wRVUs per year (derived from CMS CPT-frequency data), and WeekdayDoc listings compensate a median of about $50 per wRVU — implying roughly $427k in production-based pay. For reference, the 2026 CMS Medicare conversion factor is $33.40 per RVU.

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Annual compensation range

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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
45%
Loan repayment
39% this job

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Work-life snapshot

6.9/ 10
Listing-based score

Above average in Family Medicine

  • No call

Living in Chesapeake

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$349k
Typical market rent
$2,092/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Sentara Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Virginia Beach, Virginia
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Guaranteed Base Salary
Annual Quality Performance Incentive
Productivity Bonus
Sign On Bonus
Starting Bonus
Residency Stipend Option
Flexible Schedules
Loan Repayment Eligible