Internal Medicine Physician- Academic Site Based Medical Director – Atrium Health Myers Park Internal Medicine - Charlotte, NC - Atrium Health

We invite Board Eligible/Board Certified Internal Medicine Physicians to discover all that we can do when we bring healing hearts, inquisitive minds and progressive visionaries together in our Atrium Health Myers Park Internal Medicine team. Advocate Aurora Enterprise - Atrium Health is the leading community-focused academic healthcare system serving the Carolinas, Midwest, and beyond.

The total enterprise is the fifth largest health system in the country, comprised of more than 1,000 sites of care and 67 hospitals with more than 21,000 physicians and nearly 42,000 nurses.

We are seeking a Full time Internal Medicine Physician with leadership experience or with the desire to lead for the Site Based Medical Director role at Myers Park Internal Medicine in Charlotte, NC! 

Atrium Health has large ACGME accredited Internal Medicine Residency Programs.  Myers Park Internal Medicine is the primary academic training ground for ambulatory work for residents in our Charlotte-based Internal Medicine Program.  This unique practice provides comprehensive care as a certified patient centered medical home primarily to a vulnerable patient population with both medical and social/economic complexities. Atrium Health?is developing a new medical school affiliated with Wake Forest University School of Medicine with its first class to start in 2025. The medical school will emphasize educating underrepresented students in medicine and caring for those in underserved communities.

Myers Park Internal Medicine is a teaching facility and community clinic.  It is part of a large integrated physician network with access to system level resources across the care continuum. ? Ideal candidates will be passionate about caring for underserved, medically complex patients within a practice that embodies diversity of race, culture, ethnicity and language. A patient centered focus is the heart of the practice; collegiality, professionalism and compassion are values of greatest importance.

Position Highlights: 

• Full Time Faculty Role: Site Based Medical Director
• Join current team of 8 physicians, 2 APPS, and 54 Residents, and Staff 
• Minimum of 70% ambulatory clinical (continuity + precepting), 10% administration, remaining 20% negotiable for academic/research interests
• Monday–Friday 7:45am- 5:00pm 
• APP supervision responsibilities
• Work closely with Clinic leadership team- Practice Manager, Nursing Supervisor and Clerical Manager for excellent patient care provision 
• Clinical responsibilities will include patient care at the Myers Park Internal Medicine practice, along with precepting Internal Medicine residents and medical students 
• Faculty responsibilities will include; Evaluating residents and students, serving as an advisor for residents, and developing relevant curricula.  Research is optional but encouraged. 
• Opportunity to do typical outpatient procedures like, benign lesion removals, joint injections, etc. 
• Opportunity for MAT management 
• Located less than 2 blocks from our main hospital, Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center and Uptown Charlotte
• Access to faculty professional development 
• Access to additional system level care management resources and virtual technology 
• Embedded care team support (RN Care Managers, MSWs, CHWs, Diabetes Educator, PharmD)
• On site x-ray, lab, pharmacy & interpreter services

Ideal Candidate: 

• Provide care to adult patients, required 
• Provide teaching to resident physicians, required 
• Passionate about caring for underserved, medically complex patients within a practice that embodies diversity of race, culture, ethnicity and language.
• Committed to medical education where collegiality and collaboration are a focus.

When you join Atrium Health, you will be welcomed into an inclusive culture that celebrates and respects the contributions a diverse team can make together. Practice where your voice is valued, your passion for advancing medicine is rewarded, and you get the resources and support you need to thrive personally and professionally. In our nationally renowned integrated health system, you can work alongside the most advanced minds in medicine to train service-minded medicine leaders and provide care FOR ALL through excellence in education, research and community engagement.