Family Medicine Residency Faculty Physician-Grand Junction
Overview
- Location
- St. Marys Regional Hospital
- Schedule
- Typical week: 2 clinic half-days, 3-4 clinical precepting shifts, 1-2 GME half-days, and administrative time; 40 hours/week · Minimum 1 call shift per week during inpatient weeks; weekend coverage and intermittent call; call from home until needed in hospital; $250/point, capped at $45,000/year
- Employer-listed pay
- $221,000
- Practice
- Academic / Faculty (residency teaching + clinical) · Hospital-affiliated academic clinic and inpatient (not-for-profit, faith-based)
Listed on official posting
Role summary
This is a Family Medicine Faculty Physician role at St. Mary's Hospital and Family Medicine Clinic in Grand Junction, CO, a 346-bed Level II trauma center, involving clinical precepting, GME teaching, and inpatient care including med/peds, OB, and newborn. Compensation includes a $221,000 base salary, up to $20,000 quality incentive, call pay at $250/point (capped at $45,000), a $15,000 sign-on bonus, up to $10,000 relocation assistance, and up to $50,000 in student loan repayment.
What the posting highlights
- Faculty work alongside 11 other faculty physicians; collaborate with nurses, MAs, NP, care coordinators, and integrated behavioral health providers
- Care setting: Outpatient: 2 clinic half-days + 3-4 precepting shifts per week; Inpatient weeks include med/peds admissions, OB, and newborn care
- Patient population: General family medicine population including pediatrics, OB, and newborns; western Colorado and eastern Utah region
- Teaching or an academic practice setting is noted
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $221,000
- Pay context
- Listed on official posting
- Evidence
- continuous growth and development. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package . Compensation: Annual Base Salary: $221,000 Quality Incentive: up to $20,000/year Call: $250 per point, max call cap $45, 000.00 What
- Observed
- 3 mo ago
- Compensation model
- Hybrid
- Signing bonus
- $15,000
- Loan repayment
- $50,000
Pay in context
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Employer
Intermountain Health
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Academic / Faculty (residency teaching + clinical)
- Facility type
- Hospital-affiliated academic clinic and inpatient (not-for-profit, faith-based)
- Beds
- 346
- Trauma level
- Level II
- Patient population
- General family medicine population including pediatrics, OB, and newborns; western Colorado and eastern Utah region
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $221,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- Is the $15,000 signing bonus subject to repayment or clawback, and over what commitment period?
- How is the $50,000 loan repayment structured — forgiven over time, contingent on service years, or paid up front?
- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- Typical week: 2 clinic half-days, 3-4 clinical precepting shifts, 1-2 GME half-days, and administrative time; 40 hours/week
- Call burden
- Minimum 1 call shift per week during inpatient weeks; weekend coverage and intermittent call; call from home until needed in hospital; $250/point, capped at $45,000/year
- Shift type
- Mixed (outpatient half-days, inpatient weeks, GME/admin time)
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Outpatient: 2 clinic half-days + 3-4 precepting shifts per week; Inpatient weeks include med/peds admissions, OB, and newborn care
- Coverage model
- Faculty work alongside 11 other faculty physicians; collaborate with nurses, MAs, NP, care coordinators, and integrated behavioral health providers
- Admin burden
- 1-2 GME half-days per week plus dedicated administrative time
- FTE
- 1
- Teaching
- Yes
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
- Visa sponsorship
- no
- J-1 waiver
- No
- H-1B
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- Salary label
- Listed on official posting
- First seen
- 3 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 82%
Full description
Job Description:
When you join us, you’ll become a part of a nationally recognized health system dedicated to our mission of “helping people live the healthiest lives possible.” You’ll practice big-city medicine with a small-city feel.
About this role:
As a Faculty Physician in Family Medicine, you will work with 11 other well-established Faculty Physicians committed to teaching and providing quality care and excellent patient experience. In this role you will collaborate with nurses, medical assistants, a nurse practitioner, care coordinators and integrated behavioral health providers.
This position includes a $15,000 sign-on bonus, up to $10,000 in relocation assistance, and $50,000 in student loan repayment when applicable
You will practice at St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Mary’s Family Medicine Clinic in Grand Junction, CO
Our schedule is reasonable and palatable; it has been developed over the years with input from all of our faculty.
A typical week includes 2 clinic half days, 3-4 clinical precepting shifts, 1-2 GME half days, and administrative time.
Inpatient weeks include med/peds admissions as well as OB and newborn care. Minimum of one call shift per week of inpatient.
Weekend coverage and intermittent call are part of the call responsibilities.
Call is from home until needed in hospital.
How we'll support you:
We care about your well-being, which is why we provide our caregivers with a generous benefits package. In addition, we offer paid time off, license reimbursement, malpractice insurance coverage, and an annual CME allowance to support your continuous growth and development. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package .
Compensation:
Annual Base Salary: $221,000
Quality Incentive: up to $20,000/year
Call: $250 per point, max call cap $45, 000.00
What you’ll bring:
MD or DO degree from a fully accredited medical or osteopathic school of medicine
ABMS board certification or eligibility in Family Medicine with/without OB
Active, unobstructed Colorado medical license, or the ability to obtain one
BLS certification and DEA
Ability to successfully complete Intermountain Health’s credentialing process
We are not able to accept candidates requiring Visa sponsorship at this time
About us: Intermountain Health is a model health system providing extraordinary care and superior service at an affordable cost. We are an integrated not-for-profit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics, and a medical group with more than 5,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers across seven states in the mountain west.
Our value statements are core to our culture. They reflect the behavior and attitudes that are important to us, are an agreement for how we treat each other, help us make decisions on how to act, and are a promise of what people can expect from us. Learn more about our Mission, Vision, and Values at: About Intermountain!
What does it mean to be a part of Intermountain Health?
It means joining the Power of We, building an environment where providers and caregivers can deliver the best in healthcare. Realizing each caregiver and volunteer is vital to providing care to our patients, because WE can only achieve the extraordinary together. Committed to the best in research and most advanced technology, the results are better clinical patient outcomes.
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