Family Medicine – Southwest Health Center – MD/DO
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Job Description
Family Medicine – Southwest Health Center – MD/DO
University of Michigan Health-West is seeking full-time outpatient Family Medicine physicians. High caliber, quality focused, innovative physicians should apply to join our Primary Care team to expand and provide care to local communities in West Michigan. Michigan Medicine and University of Michigan Health systems create an opportunity for program collaboration, and continued professional growth if desired.
Physician will be part of team performing full spectrum outpatient primary care services for patients of all ages. Candidate will need to coordinate and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive experience for all patients, families, and staff.
MISSION, VISION, VALUES and CUSTOMER PROMISE
MISSION: We are relentlessly advancing health to serve West Michigan.
VISION: Our innovations change care. Our care changes lives.
VALUES: Our values reflect our heritage and the legacy of all we’ve accomplished in the past and will build in the future. Caring, innovation, inclusion, integrity, teamwork
Customer Promise
I will bring compassion and excellence to everything that I do.
Opportunity Details
- Comprehensive; multi-disciplinary primary care service line
- Health system employed medical group model, offering a highly market competitive compensation plan
- Expansive specialty service referral network serving much of the West Michigan region and Lake Michigan shoreline
- Innovative AI technology to enhance the provider experience with EMR utilization
- Available to work extended hours (including some weekends)
- Confident in providing virtual care when appropriate
- Full benefit package
- Malpractice coverage
- CME/Paid Time Off
- Partnering team of specialists
About University of Michigan Health-West
University of Michigan Health-West serves more than 250,000 patients annually from across West Michigan – and beyond.
In addition to a 208-bed hospital, which provides a comprehensive suite of inpatient and outpatient healthcare services, University of Michigan Health-West has a growing number of neighborhood outpatient centers and offices throughout West Michigan.
The University of Michigan Health Partners group aims to provide an innovative culture of inclusion and diversity in the work setting; along with a progressive work-life integration focus to achieve the best possible patient outcomes.
Medical education is a key cornerstone to our continued innovation at UMHW, offering seven different residency programs and one fellowship program to over 80 learners.
With more than 500 physicians on staff, University of Michigan Health-West provides a strategic roadmap of growth in all areas of the integrated healthcare system.
Specifically, continued growth in our Heart and Vascular care, Neurosciences, Cancer Care and Orthopedics; partnered with continued growth of a very strong primary care team has allowed UMHW to become the premier healthcare institution in the region and a regional referral center for care.
UMHP/UMH-West is proud to serve a diverse patient population; with that, the ideal candidate for this position would have experience working with culturally diverse patients and be fluent in any of the following languages: English, Spanish, Vietnamese, Nepali and Bosnian.
Community Features
University of Michigan affiliated hospital system
Located in Beautiful West Michigan
- 15 minutes from Gerald R. Ford International Airport
- Approximately 35 minutes from Lake Michigan
- Affordable housing in both suburban and rural settings
- Supportive and diverse community with highly ranked public and private schools
Key Responsibilities
The physician will provide full-spectrum outpatient primary care services to patients of all ages within a multidisciplinary team. They are expected to coordinate care effectively to ensure a positive experience for patients, families, and staff.
Requirements
Candidates must be MD or DO physicians with a focus on quality and innovation. Experience working with culturally diverse patient populations is highly desired.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Family Medicine — Physician Career Context
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 52% have no call, 58% require no weekends.
Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Family Medicine – Southwest Health Center – MD/DO at Csod a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,542 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc.
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