The University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine seeks qualified and dynamic Family Medicine Physicians who are interested in joining its faculty and are passionate about service, education and leadership. Candidates hired for this position will provide patient care in an outpatient setting and will support departmental education and scholarship efforts.

This position will include outpatient care at the UNM Lobo Care Clinic, with educational duties including teaching UNM medical students, physician assistant students, and UNM Family Medicine residents and fellows.

The UNM Lobo Care Clinic provides episodic same day and next day access to outpatient appointments for UNM, UNMH and UNMMG employees, their dependents, and some retirees, as well as primary care to resident and fellow physicians, and their adult dependents.

Services at the Lobo Care Clinic include urgent care type visits such as management of acute orthopedic, respiratory, psychiatric, and genitourinary problems; STI screening; wellness visits; acute child and adolescent care, ages 6 and up, including pre-participation sports physicals; and short-term management of chronic health conditions such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, family planning, depression, allergies, and asthma.

What We Are Known For

• Passionate about supporting and defining diversity, equity and inclusion towards improving the health of all human beings
• Providing care to underserved and vulnerable populations
• Ranked #1 for US medical schools having the highest percentage of students entering family medicine (30.3% in 2016-2017)
• Consistently ranked within the top 10 in NIH research funding among Family Medicine departments nationally and currently ranks 6th
• #11 US News and World Report national ranking of top family medicine program (2023-2024)
• #2 US News and World Report for Most Graduates Practicing in Medically Underserved Areas (2023-2024)
• Approximately half of the Health Sciences Center leadership are family Physicians (most of whom are graduates of the UNM Family Medicine Residency Program)

Innovative Education
We are nationally and internationally known for educational innovation. Areas of departmental educational expertise include social determinants of health, community health and engagement, culturally effective care, addiction medicine and point of care ultrasound. Our faculty are major contributors to the education of medical students and PA students at UNM and our residency program provides opportunities for rotations in both rural and underserved settings as well as UNM rotations.

• We have several Fellowships including Maternal Child Health, Sports Medicine and
  Addiction Medicine.
• We boast a large number of residents practicing in New Mexico
• We host a 3rd year Family Medicine clerkship for all medical students
• We are the departmental home of the UNM Physician Assistant Program

About Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM is a beautiful city with Sandia Mountains to the east and mesa to the west. At more than a mile-high elevation, this high desert environment provides beautiful sunny days but also the variety of all four seasons. It is ideal for outdoor activities and sports all year-round including running, hiking, biking and skiing. Albuquerque is 1 hour from Santa Fe, NM and 2.5 hours from Taos, NM, both world famous for their art and culture. The State of New Mexico is multicultural and diverse with 19 indigenous native pueblos, Navajo reservation and three Apache tribal lands. We have excellent local cuisine, breathtaking sunsets, numerous cultural and historic sites, lakes, rivers, deserts and mountains.

Salary: salary and rank commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MD or DO;
• Board eligible/certified in Family Medicine by the ABFM or AOA or in General Internal Medicine by date of hire;
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S.
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience providing efficient general medical care including prevention, wellness and life style medicine for ages 6 and up;
• Experience teaching residents and medical students;
• Interest in caring for underserved populations;
  
• Experience in developing outpatient quality projects;
  
• A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities

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The University of New Mexico is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.