Physician - Primary Care for SNFs

Primary CareIncludes callNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$300K - $350K

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about time off.

Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Community Health Centers of America is hiring for an MD/DO to work in contracted skilled nursing facilities in the greater Chico CA area. Must be willing to supervise NP/PAs. You will be responsible for diagnosing and treating patients in the SNF setting. Internal Medicine - Family Practice

Community Health Centers of America is a premier multi-specialty group focused on improving the health of the community through excellence in clinical care. Our goal is to provide better care to the patient with a collaborative, supportive, respectful, and productive work environment for its healthcare professionals.

Job Description

  • Helps patients by evaluating medical conditions.
  • Develops and implements treatment plans, including prescriptions.
  • Monitors and evaluates treatment results.
  • Evaluates patients by interviewing patient, family, and other persons; conducting physical examinations; observing behaviors; reviewing medical history and related documents; selecting, administering, and ordering laboratory tests and evaluating results.
  • Develops treatment plans by determining nature and extent of medical conditions.

Maintains interdisciplinary treatment by reviewing treatment plans and progress, and consulting and collaborating with primary care physicians, mental health therapists, nurses, and other health care providers.

Assures quality and safe service for patients and staff by enforcing policies, procedures, standards, rules, Joint Commission for Accreditation of Health Care Organizations requirements, and legal regulations; participating in utilization reviews; and remaining available for emergency consultations.

Maintains historical records by documenting symptoms, medications, and treatment events and writing summaries.

Updates job knowledge by participating in continuing medical educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.

Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

  • Our healthcare professionals enjoy competitive benefits, including:
  • Competitive salaries with benefits, a 401(k) plan, and CME allowance
  • Manageable work schedules, providers are not required to work evenings or weekends
  • Night/Weekend call coverage!
  • Opportunity to work with a diverse range of professionals
  • A professionally challenging environment with a mix of disease acuity
  • A career with administrative freedom - appropriate support staff is supplied

Access to charting system that has been designed for quick and easy billing. Dictation available (including, but not limited to Dragon).

We are looking for skilled, self-motivated, and enthusiastic Providers. If you are interested, please submit your resume.

Salary: $300,000.00 - $350,000.00 per year, depending on experience

FT Benefits

  • Sign-on/retention bonus
  • Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental, vision, life & voluntary
  • Paid time off: vacation, holiday, CME, sick
  • 401(k) w generous match
  • Employee assistance program
  • Loan forgiveness
  • Malpractice insurance
  • Professional development assistance
  • Referral program
  • Work Location: In person

Schedule: Day shift

  • Monday to Friday
  • No nights
  • No weekends

Requirements

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Job Qualifications

  • Must possess a degree in medicine and a valid license from the California Medical Board.
  • Experience: 3-5 years of related experience preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Licenses/Certifications: Appropriate certifications and/or licensures
  • Current BLS/ACLS required
  • Current DEA required
  • In depth knowledge of legal medical guidelines and medicine best practices

Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication
  • Active listening and active learning
  • Flexibility to work with a variety of people, differing in ages, personalities, and backgrounds
  • Time management skills to be able to see a high number of patients
  • Interpersonal skills, compassion, and empathy to build positive relationships with patients and colleagues
  • Critical thinking
  • Social perceptiveness
  • Complex problem solving
  • Respect patient confidentiality

Key Responsibilities

The physician will diagnose and treat patients within skilled nursing facilities while supervising nurse practitioners and physician assistants. They are responsible for developing treatment plans, conducting physical exams, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Treatment planningDiagnostic skillsPatient interviewingInterdisciplinary collaborationMedical documentation

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 40% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$325k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $294k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Community Health Centers of America holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 74/100, 21 active listings.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician - Primary Care for SNFs at Community Health Centers of America a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physician roles — ranked against 21,473 active Physician roles listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

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Salary Distribution50 jobs · 35 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks43 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
88% this job
CME allowance
67% this job
Sign-on bonus
63%
Relocation assistance
49%
Loan repayment
35% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 6.4
Better work-life than 50% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,318 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site
  • Includes call

Living in Chico

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$451k≈ 1.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,544/mo≈ 6% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
18 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.2
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Chico, CA 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 Community Health Centers of America

Hospitals and Health Care
Salida, California
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on/retention bonus
Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental, vision, life & voluntary
Paid time off: vacation, holiday, CME, sick
401(k) w generous match
Employee assistance program
Loan forgiveness
Malpractice insurance
Professional development assistance