Reimagining Healthcare and Healing Clinician Fellowship - MD/DO, NP, or PA

Casa de Salud Fellowship in Reimagining Primary Care

Our work at Casa de Salud is truly unique. Every day, we deliver care that is rooted in dignity, trust, creativity, cultural humility, and mutual respect. We see healthcare from a lens that understands the histories of inequalities, oppressions, and structural forces that affect our community. We also see the strengths of our community members, as well as the cultural richness that exists around us. It is with this historical analysis and appreciation for the power within our community that we build towards collective wellness and liberation.

We are a nonprofit organization (and not a federally qualified health center), providing critical primary care, integrative healing, harm reduction/syringe exchange, and addiction treatment services to our communities — including the South Valley, the International District, and other parts of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County. Most of our patients are from marginalized communities — the majority are uninsured or have Medicaid, many are Spanish speaking, many are immigrants. Other patients are queer, transgender, and/or gender nonconforming, and have experienced discrimination elsewhere. Many others are struggling with addictions or are returning citizens after periods of incarceration. We provide community-responsive, culturally humble, anti-racist, healthcare; provide intensive case management and medical debt navigation services; train up the next generation of healthcare leaders, mostly young people of color, through our health apprentice program; and develop leadership among patients, apprentices, and clinicians.

Fellowship:

Casa de Salud is launching a one year fellowship for family medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician assistants interested in culturally humble, anti-racist healthcare, new systems of care, quality improvement, community organizing/advocacy, business development, and provision of high quality primary care, integrative healing, and addictions treatment.

Candidates encouraged to apply are recent family medicine residency program graduates, as well as physicians, NPs and PAs with clinical and non-clinical work experience. Spanish proficiency is strongly preferred.

The ideal candidate will be an excellent clinician, excited to work in a transdisciplinary team, interested in systems change and creative approaches to health and healing, and will be a natural leader.

Fellows will work in a rewarding team-based environment, providing care of predominantly marginalized patients in the South Valley and beyond. Care will include primary care, walk-in acute care, care of monolingual Spanish speaking patients, treatment of opioid addictions and other addictions, and care of queer/transgender patients.

Fellow(s) will benefit from:

• Mentorship by the Executive Director/Medical Director, the Director of Operations, and other identified mentors over the course of the fellowship year.
• Monthly Executive Coaching with a professional coach for leadership development and personal development
• Leadership in program development for aligned areas of interest with the organization
• Involvement in organizational growth and business model development
• Participation and leadership in clinical operations and staff meetings
• Dedicated time for quality improvement projects, advocacy, and organizational or business development interests

Fellow(s) will work in the following clinical capacity:

• Work in a rewarding team-based environment, with transdisciplinary healers & clinicians
• Provide high-quality medical care in areas of primary care, walk-in acute care, addictions care, and care of queer and transgender patients
• Provide care in Spanish and in English
• Support and teach health apprentice fellows – the future healthcare workforce of NM

This position is an employed position. Benefits include health insurance, dental/vision insurance, paid time off, paid holidays, leadership development opportunities, professional development support, flexibility in schedule, a positive and exciting team culture, and support for advocacy/community projects.

Casa de Salud has also been recognized as a site for the competitive New Mexico Health Professional Loan Repayment Program (NMHPLRP), which pays off up to $25,000 a year of student loan debt for clinicians who practice in areas with shortages of clinicians. The process is competitive, and Casa is proud to be recognized by the state as a site that cares for underserved populations.

Casa de Salud is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a core value around our staff reflecting the communities we serve. Clinicians of color, underrepresented minorities in medicine, LGBTQ clinicians, immigrants and differently abled clinicians are strongly encouraged to apply.

If interested please send your resume, cover letter and three professional references, with the subject line “Casa de Salud Primary Care Fellowship -- [your name]” – to info@casadsaludnm.org. One to two fellows will be selected on a rolling basis, so applying early is encouraged. Please note that only those candidates under consideration will be contacted to schedule interviews.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25,000