Family Medicine Physician
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
Key Skills
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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