Family Medicine APP (FT), Rural Family Medicine Residency Program

Full-time Advance Practice Provider Opportunities – Developing Family Medicine Residency Program

Keene, New Hampshire

The Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth Health Family Medicine Residency is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Providers to join our growing team. The successful candidate will have a passion for comprehensive family medicine and team-based care with an interest in working in an educational environment.

In this non-paneled role, you will work closely with a small team of physicians and residents to collaboratively care for a patient panel and provide enhanced continuity. While under the general direction of the residency program director, you will practice autonomously and work closely with both faculty and resident physicians to provide high-quality team-based care for our patient population. For the ideal candidate, this is a unique opportunity to help shape our residency program and clinic that opened in October 2023 and welcomed our first class of six residents in June 2024. The practice strives to meet community needs, including care for marginalized individuals, and will have a special focus on care for LGBTQ populations. The position includes opportunities for a faculty role, leadership, quality improvement, teaching, professional growth and development, and a strong connection to community. Teaching experience, and experience with gender affirming care and substance use disorder treatment is preferred, but not required.

This program is especially interested in candidates who will contribute to the diversity and excellence of the community (through their teaching, scholarship and/or service). Cheshire Medical Center, Dartmouth Health and the Geisel School of Medicine are committed to a richly diverse workforce.

The Community Practice Environment

Cheshire Medical Center/Dartmouth Health Family Medicine Residency is a three-year Family Medicine residency program based at Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, NH and affiliated with the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Family & Community Care is the residency ambulatory Family Medicine practice, which is staffed by attending Family Medicine physicians, advanced practice providers and Family Medicine residents and provides primary care services for patients in the Monadnock Region. The program areas of focus include 1) comprehensive care for rural populations, 2) care for rural LGBTQ populations, 3) substance use disorder treatment, 4) population health and community medicine. Our mission is to train family physicians to serve the needs of patients, families and communities with compassionate, comprehensive, evidence-based, and patient-centered care, anchored in values of excellence, collaboration, growth, respect, diversity, and equity.

Cheshire Medical Center (Cheshire) is a 169-bed, Level III community hospital that has served the Monadnock Region of southwestern New Hampshire for over 125 years. It is only the 14th hospital ever to be named an American Hospital Association “Living the Vision” awardee. Associated is a 240 physician and associate provider multi-specialty community practice, an affiliate of Dartmouth Health. This diverse group of professionals is committed to quality and patient safety, continuous process improvement and clinical measurement. Cheshire is a nationally recognized leader in population health and patient-centered medical home. It is innovative and collaborative in its use of integrative medicine, value-based care, accountable-care models and electronic medical records. It is the largest community practice in the 650 physician Dartmouth Health system which boasts Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, a leading academic medical center including the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.

The City of Keene (population 24,000) is a college town with a classic New England downtown with varied opportunities for shopping, dining, and an active arts community. The city has excellent public and private schools and extracurricular activities, along with a variety of housing options in the city of Keene and the small towns surrounding the city. Outdoor recreation opportunities abound, with mountains, lakes, forests, and ski resorts nearby, and Boston and New Hampshire’s Seacoast just a two-hour drive away.

Contact information:

Kaitlin Romeo

Provider Recruiter

Kaitlin.m.Romeo@hitchcock.org

• Graduate of an accredited APRN or PA program.

Required Licensure/Certifications

Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.