Physician Family Practice-Without OB - Competitive Salary
Job Description Family Practice opening - Columbus, NE Located 80m to Omaha, 80m to LincolnJ1/H1 Eligible Position Details Full-time, permanent Immediate fill (0-180 days) Open to either new graduates or experienced physicians. Since 2002, Health Group has served as a vital resource for the medically underserved in northeastern Nebraska. Together with their co-located partner, Health Group operates two federally qualified health centers (FQHC), located in the small cities of Columbus and Fremont. While the primary service area of the two clinics encompasses seven counties, in 2021, the two clinics saw a total of 10,399 patients from over 45 zip codes. The current position is for the Columbus location. Clinic is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Extended hours are Wednesdays, when the clinic is open until 7 p.m. Support is one-on-one, and the clinics converted to NextGen in 2022. Many staff members are bilingual in Spanish/English, and a language interpreting system is used for patient/provider translation. Other support services include transportation to and from appointments using two new, handicapped accessible vans; an Outreach and Enrollment department that assists area residents who want to/are eligible to enroll in the healthcare marketplace, Medicaid, Medicare, and other programs for which they may qualify. Telehealth services are also available for patients. This is an area that has expanded during Compensation The salary range for the Physician is $88.62-$102.00/HR Excellent benefit package includes health insurance, sick time, paid vacation, paid CEU, paid holidays, liability coverage. Clinic is eligible for Student Loan repayment program through HRSA About the Group In 2014, Health Group constructed a new building, and began seeing patients there in 2015. The 29,400 square foot, $6.7 million project doubled the size of the previous facility and allowed staff and programs, which had been housed in three different Columbus locations, to be together in one building. The majority of the new building is devoted to patient space. The clinical section of the shared facility has five provider bays, each with three exam rooms, an office, and a computer station. The dental clinic has seven operatories, and four behavioral health offices. The reception desk in the front entrance of the building has five medical office specialists, and there is a large patient waiting area as in the interior area of the building near the clinical space. - In Fall, 2020, Health Group remodeled a large, former storage shelled space, which is now a same-day clinic with two exam rooms and a reception desk. A newly remodeled lab, an x-ray room, and an on-site, contract pharmacy, Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy, round out the clinic facilities. Co-Location Details Co-located with a state- approved district health department serving four surrounding counties with programs including tobacco cessation; Women, Infants and Children (WIC); Early Development Network (EDN), a state program assisting families with children, ages 0-3, who have developmental disabilities; Vaccines for Children; mold and radon abatement; a Public Health Emergency Preparedness program and; the four-county areas infectious disease monitoring program. The co-location of these agencies offers increased opportunities to collaborate in providing needed services to area residents. Patients Served Health Group has experienced growth in patient numbers in almost all of the last five years. 11% growth in patients between 2018 and 2019 (a slight decrease in patient numbers in 2020-2021 can be assumed to be an anomaly, just one effect of the COVID-19 pandemic), and there is potential for growth within the service area. Health Group is providing care to more than half (53%) of the uninsured patients in its seven-county service area, and is reaching 31% of low-income patients, and 12% of Medicaid patients, leaving over 40,000 people as potential patients. While it would not be realistic to suggest that 100% of those patients would choose the Health Group, there is clearly continued opportunity for growth.
