Opportunity: Family Medicine Physician or Internal Medicine Physician - San Juan
 Opportunity Details
Opportunity Type: Permanent - Full Time
Specialty: Family Medicine, without OB
Other Specialties Considered: Internal Medicine, General
Location: San Juan, TX, USA
Region: Southwest , Rural
Job Position Code: 190839  
Practice Environment Outpatient
Openings: 1
Last Updated: 3/25/2019 3:34:08 PM  
J1/H1B Visa? No
Location Overview:

The Rio Grande Valley is an area located in the southernmost tip of South Texas. It lies along the northern bank of the Rio Grande, which separates Mexico from the United States. It is a delta containing many oxbow lakes or resacas formed from pinched-off meanders in earlier courses of the Rio Grande. The Valley encompasses several landmarks that attract tourists, and is primarily known for South Padre Island. Popular destinations include Port Isabel Lighthouse, Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge, and Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park. For more information, visit: http://www.rgvpride.com/index.html

 Offer Details
Income Details:

Salary negotiable, based on experience.
Incentive Pay: Productivity incentive up to $9,600 per year
Student Loan Forgiveness:

NHSC/State LR
Relocation Paid: Up to $7,500 if from out of state; up to $5,000 w/in Texas
Vacation: 20 days vacation first year/10 holidays
CME: 5 days, with $2,500 allowance
Call Coverage: phone call coverage
Other Benefits:

Sick leave, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Dental Insurance, Optical Insurance, Retirement and/or Pension, FTCA malpractice coverage

 Job Description

In San Juan, TX: Texas Association of Community Health Centers is seeking a full-time Family Medicine Physician or Internal Medicine Physician.

Overview:

  • Provide preventative and primary medical care for patients at a federally qualified community health center
  • Treat patients from a diversity of social and ethnic backgrounds
  • Work creatively as a member of a health oriented team composed of health professions from a variety of disciplines for the healing and betterment of the center's patients
  • Physician will supervise midlevel providers as appropriate and participate in organizational performance improvement program

Qualifications: 

  • Graduation from an accredited medical school
  • Completion of approved post-graduate training/residency
  • Board certified or Board eligible (with intent to certify) in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
  • Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Texas
  • Current Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and Department of Public Safety (DPS) registrations for the purpose of writing prescriptions, and current CPR Certification
  • Bilingual (English-Spanish) preferred

For more information or to apply for this position, please contact us at 512-329-5959 or apply directly online

No agencies, please. TACHC does not accept solicitations from outside recruitment agencies.

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 Client Overview
Our facility is a federally qualified health center serving the low income and uninsured families of Hidalgo and Starr Counties in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Our mission is to serve the community in a positive, compassionate manner by providing the highest degree of primary and preventive health care services within every department of the center while excelling at customer service. The primary populations served are the uninsured, medically indigent residents and migrant and seasonal families and their families. We offer a complete set of primary health care services at 10 clinic locations - 8 in Hidalgo County and 2 in Starr County. Health services include family medicine, internal medicine, pediatric care, OBGYN, dental care, behavioral health services, nutritional/health education, case management, social services, outreach services and eligibility assistance. Our center is accredited by the Joint Commission.
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Community Overview
San Juan is part of the McAllen metropolitan area, which encompasses the cities of McAllen, San Juan, Pharr, and Edinburg. McAllen is the twentieth most populous city in Texas as well as largest city in Hidalgo County. Today the area is one of the fastest growing in the United States.

Recreation: Just an hour and fifteen minutes' drive east is beautiful Port Isabel, Texas, which has miles of beautiful beach for you to enjoy. Nearby Mission, TX is home to North American Butterfly Association (NABA) International Butterfly Park. Also close by is the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park, a lush preserve along the banks of the Rio Grande with over six hundred acres set aside to preserve native flora and fauna.

The average high in the McAllen/San Juan/Edinburg area in January is 70 °F and the average low is 50 °F. The average high is 96 °F and the average low is 76 °F in August. The warm season is extremely long and winters here are very mild.

McAllen-Miller International Airport is the Rio Grande Valley's busiest airport and is served by American Airlines with non-stop service to Dallas/Ft. Worth, United with non-stop service to Houston and Allegiant Airlines with non-stop flights to Las Vegas and Orlando-Sanford.
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 Contact Information
Contact: Anita Mitchell, Workforce, Recruitment and Retention Director
Texas Association of Community Health Centers
5900 Southwest Parkway
Building 3
Austin, TX 78735
Email: amitchell@tachc.org
Phone: (512) 329-5959
Fax: (512) 358-2018

 Practice Information
Year Established: 1971
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