Internal Medicine Hospital Based job located in California
Job Description
Better Health for All
Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH), a large public teaching healthcare system, affiliated with Stanford University School of Medicine, is seeking a full-time Co-Medical Director in Custody Health who is BC in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine to lead our dynamic practice in the County’s Correctional Facilities.
We offer the unparalleled opportunity to gain the long-term personal and professional satisfaction of serving our patients and our diverse community, while participating in the education of the next generation of health care providers, in one of the best places to live in the United States.
About Our Organization
SCVMC hosts four residency programs and one fellowship training program, and partners with Stanford University SOM and Stanford Healthcare for the clinical training of medical students, residents, and fellows. SCVMC is an ACS-verified Level 1 Trauma Center, a Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center, an ABA-verified Burn Center, a Primary Stroke Center, a Level 4 NICU, and a nationally recognized CARF-accredited Rehabilitation Center. Owing to its geographic location and specialty offerings, SCVMC not only serves the County, but also the larger region.
Providers in our health system also have the opportunity to use our integrated electronic health record (Epic), which brings together systemwide patient information. The Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) recognized SCVMC for achieving its highest level of success (Stage 7), based on our continuous innovation and optimization of our inpatient and outpatient EHR.
About the Community
About the Adult Custody Health Services (ACHS)
Our adult custody system includes the Main Jail in San Jose, Elmwood Men’s Facility and Correctional Center for Women in Milpitas. The Custody Health Services team provides comprehensive primary, preventive health and urgent care services to our patients. As an integrated part of our large health system, our custody physicians have access to full range of specialty services.
About the Position
We are seeking physicians for a leadership role as the Co-Medical Director in Adult Custody Health with an interest in health equity, correctional medicine, and service to vulnerable and underserved populations. As the Co-Medical Director, in a 40-hours work week, there will be seven half days of clinical assignments and one-half day of patient care coordination time, and two half days of administrative time.
Physicians will join a dynamic Medical Staff and a dedicated team of adult custody primary care physicians.
We offer competitive compensation; a generous comprehensive benefit package (including 54 days of leave per year; 5 CME days; comprehensive, medical, dental, and vision coverage; long term disability insurance; AD&D insurance; life insurance; and retirement plans); paid malpractice (with tail coverage); and possible relocation reimbursement (pre-approval required).
SCVH employees may be eligible for federal loan repayment assistance. For information regarding the National Health Service Corp (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program and other related programs, please visit (Login for Information) and (Login for Information).
If you are interested in joining a practice with unparalleled personal and professional advantages, then please submit your letter of interest and CV to Roya Rousta at (Login for Information).