Faculty Physician - Primary Care

The Department of Medicine is seeking general internists to serve as clinician/educators in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota. These positions will work in the Primary Care Center in the M Health Clinics and Surgery Center and will be academic track appointments at the rank of Assistant Professor.

As the multi-specialty group practice for the faculty of the University of Minnesota Medical School, University of Minnesota Physicians has more than 950 physicians and 1,600 health professionals, providing clinical care in over 100 specialty and sub-specialty areas. 

Our mission is three-fold: delivering exceptional patient care, advancing medicine through research, and training the next generation of health professionals.

Practice Details:

• Clinical duties will involve day, evening and weekend hours and limited on-call duties.
• Educational responsibilities will include teaching of medical students and residents.
• Opportunities to participate in quality improvement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and other scholarly activities.
• The candidate will have a commitment to clinical/QI/educational scholarship; advancement within the institution will depend on demonstration of clinical and scholarly achievement. The division has a mentoring program for all assistant professors to support them in their clinical, educational and scholarship pursuits.

Income Details:

• Market competitive salary guarantee.
• Comprehensive benefits package, including generous time off, annual CME allowance, malpractice insurance, a retirement plan, and more.

Qualifications:

• MD degree.
• Board eligibility or board certification in Internal Medicine or Internal Medicine/Pediatrics.
• Demonstrated excellence in patient care.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for medical education and strong teaching skills.
• Must have or be able to attain a medical license in the state of MN.
• Must be able to pass credentialing at all applicable sites.
• Applicants must have the ability to receive work authorization in the United States from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and maintain legal status according to the requirements of VISA category while in the United States. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced training in General Internal Medicine
• Practice experience

About the Department:

The Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota was created more than 45 years ago in response to a legislative mandate to train primary care physicians. Since then, we have been leaders in transforming the specialty through education, research, and patient care. We are the academic sponsor of eight family medicine residencies—five in the Twin Cities, three in Greater Minnesota. We are involved in medical student education activities across the Medical School's two campuses: Twin Cities and Duluth. We sponsor four fellowship programs—sports medicine, hospice and palliative medicine, behavioral medicine, and human sexuality— and offer continuing medical education opportunities. We are regularly among the top National Institutes of Health-funded family medicine departments. Our faculty are actively researching health disparities, healthcare delivery, and population health. More at familymedicine.umn.edu.

M Health and Clinical Partnerships:

University of Minnesota Physicians providers practice at affiliated locations under the University of Minnesota Health (M Health) shared care delivery system.  M Health represents a collaboration between University of Minnesota Physicians, University of Minnesota Medical Center and Fairview Health Services to create a nationally renowned academic health system that combines academic and community resources to provide the very best clinical care to patients and communities, while also supporting research and education across the joint healthcare delivery system.

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC):

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (UMTC), is among the largest public research universities in the country, offering undergraduate, graduate, and professional students a multitude of opportunities for study and research. Located at the heart of one of the nation's most vibrant, diverse metropolitan communities, students on the campuses in Minneapolis and St. Paul benefit from extensive partnerships with world-renowned health centers, international corporations, government agencies, and arts, nonprofit, and public service organizations.

Community Information:

University of Minnesota Physicians is based in the beautiful Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, ranked as the #6 best place to live in America by U.S. News & World Report in 2019. 

University of Minnesota Medical Center is the flagship location for University of Minnesota Health, and is comprised of two hospitals and dozens of adult specialty clinics on both the East and West banks of the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis.

This location offers the widest range of hospital and clinical services provided through University of Minnesota Health. Complete services range from primary care, emergency care and the delivery of thousands of babies each year, to care of patients with the most complex conditions.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status.

UMPhysicians offers competitive salary and excellent benefits and provides you with the opportunity to enhance your career in the exciting field of health care through rewarding and challenging assignments and the opportunities for advancement.

For more information, please contact:

Alissa Komensky

Akomensk10@umphysicians.umn.edu

(612) 884-0369