Physician Family Medicine - Chesapeake Square
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Job Description
City/State Chesapeake, VA Work Shift First (Days) Provider Specialty Primary Care Overview: Sentara Medical Group has a Family Medicine opening in Chesapeake, VA at our Chesapeake Square 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. Contact me at zcsipe@sentara.com to hear more about this position and how it could be the career you've been looking for!. 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
- Annual CME Allowance
- Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- 100% Malpractice and Tail Coverage
- 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. Sentara Health is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering hundreds of sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE, home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan. The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara “Employer of Choice” for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years. Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!
Key Responsibilities
The physician will join an established Family Medicine practice in Chesapeake, VA, working full-time with flexible hours to treat a diverse patient population. The role involves minimal, phone-only call that is triaged by an RN.
Requirements
This position requires a Physician specializing in Family Medicine to work full-time in an established clinic setting. Eligibility for loan repayment and PSLF is available as Sentara is a non-profit organization.
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
In Virginia, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$255k (46 salary observations; 192 listings), vs ~$266k nationally (1,276 salary observations; 6,193 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; 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, 56% have no call, 54% require no weekends.
Sentara Health ranks #5 of 18 employers hiring Family Medicine on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.
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.
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Family Medicine - Chesapeake Square at Sentara Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 21,305 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc.
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