Overview
- Location
- Vista, California
- Practice
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) / Community Health Center · Private, non-profit, multi-specialty outpatient clinic network (14 clinics)
Role summary
Vista Community Clinic is seeking a primary care physician for outpatient care across its network of 14 FQHCs spanning San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties, serving over 70,000 patients annually. The role involves direct patient care, quality assurance participation, staff supervision, and protocol development, with a stated salary range of $290,000–$300,000 depending on experience.
What the posting highlights
- Care setting: Outpatient only
- Patient population: Underserved community patients across San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties; 70,000+ patients annually across network
- Teaching or an academic practice setting is noted
- APP collaboration or supervision is noted
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Compensation
Employer
Vista Community Clinic
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) / Community Health Center
- Facility type
- Private, non-profit, multi-specialty outpatient clinic network (14 clinics)
- Patient population
- Underserved community patients across San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties; 70,000+ patients annually across network
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $290,000–$300,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- What is the call schedule, and is call compensated separately or built into the base?
- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Outpatient only
- Admin burden
- Participation in QA, QI, utilization review, peer review, protocol development, and internal/external meetings
- Teaching
- Yes
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- First seen
- 3 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 62%
Full description
At Vista Community Clinic (VCC), we believe healthcare is more than medicine, it’s about hope, community, and impact. For over 50 years, we’ve been a leader in the community clinic movement, growing from a small volunteer-driven effort in Vista to a nationally recognized network of state-of-the-art clinics across San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties. Today VCC has 14 clinics serving over 70,000 patients annually, we continue our mission of delivering exceptional, patient-centered care where it’s needed most.
As a private, non-profit, multi-specialty outpatient clinic, VCC provides more than healthcare, we provide opportunity. Here your skills are celebrated, your growth is supported and your work makes a difference. We know that our success is a direct result of the exceptional talents and dedication of our employees.
✨For eligible employees, benefits include:✅ Competitive compensation & benefits ✅ Medical, dental, vision✅ Company-paid life insurance ✅ Flexible spending accounts ✅ 403(b) retirement plan
Why VCC?
• 🏅 Winner of the 2025 HRSA Gold Medal for Outstanding Care, placing VCC among the top 10% of Federally Qualified Health Centers in the U.S.
• Recognized by HRSA as a National Quality Leader in Behavioral Health and Diabetes and for excellence in Preventive Health and Health IT.
• A robust training & development culture to help you grow and advance your career.
• A workplace built on respect, collaboration and passion for care.
Responsibilities- Direct and provide outpatient care to clinic patients and ensure quality assurance. Provide primary care to clinic outpatients including physical examinations, making diagnoses, determining course of treatment, providing and supervising appropriate treatment, prescribing medications and documenting patient files. Participate in and support quality assurance programs; supervise patient care professionals, technicians and other staff.
- Participate in quality assurance, quality improvement and utilization review
- Provide in-service training to clinic staff to increase staff awareness and to facilitate better patient care
- Participate in the development of clinic protocols and procedures to ensure quality medical care
- Participate in utilization and peer review programs which evaluates the quality of the medical staff and medical services being performed at the clinics
- Provide consultation services to practitioners by telephone accessibility as necessary
- Attend and actively participate in internal and external meetings to expand and to improve patient services
- Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature review, in-service meetings and workshops
Minimum
- Current Medical License in state of California; board eligible or certified
- Current CPR certification
- DEA license
Preferred
- Bilingual English/Spanish
Required Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Knowledge of community health centers, and public assistance programs, state and federal regulations and managed care systems
- Experience/familiarity with computers, Microsoft Office products (Word/Excel), business e-mail communication systems and internet search capabilities
Preferred Skills/Knowledge/Abilities
- Experience/familiarity with Practice Management and Electronic Medical Records systems, NextGen preferred
Salary
- $290,000 - $300,000 Depending On Experience