Family Medicine Faculty Physician

As a Family Medicine Faculty Physician at Trios Health in Kennewick, WA, you will be inspired by the community you serve as a valued member of the Lifepoint Health team. You'll have access to the staff, resources, and technologies needed to make a meaningful impact on patient care while contributing to a positive, collaborative work environment. In this dynamic Core Faculty position, you will encompass a diverse set of responsibilities including direct patient care, precepting, teaching, and administrative duties.

Practice Info

• Outpatient Family Medicine Residency clinic
• Trios Health is a 111-bed hospital located in Kennewick, WA

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care in the Family Medicine (FM) residency clinic and inpatient settings.
• Supervise, precept, teach, and evaluate residents in outpatient and inpatient settings in accordance with program policies and supervision requirements.
• Teach medical students assigned to the FM residency clinic or inpatient Family Medicine service.
• Develop, maintain, and evaluate assigned curriculum, including didactics, simulations, labs, and other educational activities.
• Serve as faculty advisor and mentor to assigned residents, including development and monitoring of individualized learning plans and remediation plans as needed.
• Participate in resident scholarly activities and support the dissemination of scholarly work through presentations, posters/abstracts, and peer-reviewed publications.
• Support resident quality improvement and patient safety initiatives.
• Participate in program evaluation and accreditation activities, including the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC), Program Evaluation Committee (PEC), Annual Program Evaluation, faculty meetings, and other assigned committees.

Shift & Schedule

• ACGME Family Medicine requirements provide that core faculty dedicate an average of at least 16 hours per week (800 hours annually) to teaching residents, exclusive of patient care provided without residents.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited medical or osteopathic school and successful completion of an accredited residency program.
• Board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine.
• Prior outpatient and inpatient teaching experience preferred; new graduates will be considered.
• Current, unrestricted Washington State physician license, or ability to obtain one.
• Current DEA, BLS/BCLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications, as applicable.
• Eligible to participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs without restriction.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required medical staff privileges and health plan credentialing.
• Ability to fulfill the clinical, educational, scholarly, administrative, and accreditation responsibilities of a Family Medicine residency faculty member.