Family Medicine Physician

Family MedicineNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

Base Salary: $190K–$220K

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Job Description

Family Medicine Physician

Are you passionate about helping those who struggle to access care or feel unwelcome in other healthcare spaces?

Western North Carolina Community Health Services (WNCCHS) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving underserved communities in Western North Carolina.

WNCCHS is seeking a mission-minded family medicine physician to provide full-scope patient-centered, integrated team-based, and trauma-informed care for vulnerable populations across the lifespan.

Family Medicine Physicians collaborate with behavioral health, pharmacy, dental, and care management teams to provide whole-person, integrated care to individuals and families, regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Qualifications

  • MD/DO from accredited school of medicine and completion of accredited residency program required
  • Current, unrestricted North Carolina MD or DO licensure, DEA and BLS required
  • Must be Medicaid and Medicare eligible
  • Board Certification is preferred
  • Experience in community health or outpatient care preferred
  • Bilingual in English and Spanish and/or Russian is a plus
  • HIV care experience a plus

Compensation

  • Base Salary: $190,000 to $220,000 (based on 40 hours/week)
  • Incentive Plan

Work/Life/Financial Benefits

  • Competitive health plans including medical, dental, and vision, available for 30+ hour employees
  • Free telehealth service for you and your household
  • 403b Retirement Savings with Match
  • Up to Two (2) Floating Holidays
  • Up to Eleven (11) Paid Holidays
  • Accrued PTO based on 40 hr/work wk (total of 156 hours in 1st year)
  • Flexible schedule design available
  • No weekends, or holiday work required
  • Dictation and AI charting available
  • Employer-paid Life Insurance
  • Eligibility for Federal and State programs offering bonus incentives or loan repayment for working at WNCCHS a High Needs Service Area.
  • Federal Loan Forgiveness through HRSA National Health Service Corps
  • Eligibility for NC Loan Repayment Program + the NC High Needs Service Bonus not contingent on loan repayment
  • Continued Medical Education (CME) time and financial support

Western North Carolina Community Health Services is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, services, programs, or activities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

Provide full-scope, patient-centered, and trauma-informed medical care to vulnerable populations across the lifespan. Collaborate with behavioral health, pharmacy, dental, and care management teams to deliver integrated, whole-person health services.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Patient-centered careIntegrated team-based careClinical documentationBilingual communication

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine Physician at Western North Carolina Community Health Services a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,413 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 54% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$205k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $217k in an average-cost state. 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks48 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
90% this job
CME allowance
75% this job
Sign-on bonus
63% this job
Relocation assistance
48%
Loan repayment
40% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 7.9
Better work-life than 90% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,413 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Asheville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$455k≈ 2.4× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,704/mo≈ 11% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.5
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Asheville, NC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Western North Carolina Community Health Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Asheville, North Carolina
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental
Vision
Telehealth Service
403b Retirement Savings with Match
Floating Holidays
Paid Holidays
PTO