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Board certification in Family Medicine and eligibility for Tennessee medical licensure and DEA registration required to be considered for this position.

About Christ Community Health Services

Since 1995, Christ Community Health Services (CCHS) has provided high-quality healthcare to the underserved in the context of distinctively Christian service. As a faith-based Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), we serve the medically underserved of Memphis, TN, offering primary care, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy, and specialty services to the communities that need them most.

About the Role

The Core Faculty member plays a pivotal role in CCHS's ACGME-accredited Family Medicine Residency Program at our Frayser Health Center. This full-time position combines direct clinical teaching and mentorship with service as a Resident Advisor, including active participation in designing and implementing residents' Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) and the residency's didactic education.

Residency Mission: To educate and train generations of family physician leaders specializing in underserved care, in the context of distinctively Christian service. Trainees will be equipped to address health system disparities by providing integrated, radically compassionate, cross-cultural, high-quality care in Jesus's name.

Our Core Values — and What They Look Like in This Role

As a faith-based Federally Qualified Health Center, CCHS expects every team member to embody our core values in daily practice. These values are explicit, measurable performance expectations — how the work is done matters as much as what is done. Here is what they mean for a Core Faculty member:

• Intentional Love — Extending compassionate, whole-person care to every patient, family member, and colleague. In this role it means treating every resident encounter as a chance to model the compassionate care they'll carry into their own careers.
• Devoted Service — Approaching every responsibility with humility, reliability, and a servant's heart. In this role it means being present and reliable for residents during rotations, evaluations, and mentorship — not only in the clinic.
• Humble Excellence — Pursuing the highest standard of clinical and professional quality while remaining teachable and Christ-centered. In this role it means teaching with precision, staying current on medical practice, and welcoming feedback to keep improving as an educator.

Employees in this role are expected to model these values in patient interactions, team collaboration, and community engagement, in support of CCHS's healing ministry.

What You'll Do

• Provide direct clinical supervision and teaching to residents during their rotations in family medicine, in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Participate in professional development courses and workshops.
• Foster an environment conducive to learning, assisting residents in meeting all program requirements and milestones.
• Conduct regular, timely evaluations of residents' clinical skills, knowledge, and professionalism.
• Perform, supervise, and teach required medical procedures to residents.
• Collaborate with the Program Director and other faculty members to develop, review, and update the residency curriculum.
• Incorporate evidence-based medicine, current guidelines, and best practices into the educational curriculum.
• Organize and lead didactic sessions, workshops, case-based discussions, M&M, and journal club sessions for residents.
• Act as a mentor and advisor to residents, providing guidance on career development, academic pursuits, and personal growth.
• Assess residents' progress toward the six core competencies, and meet quarterly with residents to design and refine their Individual Learning Plans (ILPs).
• Participate in scholarly activity — clinical research, quality improvement projects, case reports/journal articles, or conference presentations — and support resident involvement in the same.
• Work collaboratively with faculty, medical staff, and administrators, and serve on the Program Evaluation Committee and/or Clinical Competency Committee.
• Complete the Annual ACGME Faculty Survey.

What You'll Bring

• Medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited institution.
• Board certification in Family Medicine.
• Eligibility for medical licensure in the State of Tennessee, and DEA registration.
• Experience in independent, full-spectrum family medicine practice preferred.
• Previous experience teaching and/or mentoring medical students or residents preferred.
• Comfortable providing care and teaching residents/staff in both inpatient and outpatient settings, and in a Christian clinic context upholding CCHS's values.
• Strong clinical and communication skills, and a commitment to medical education and patient care for the underserved.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuing medical education.
• Protected academic time for administrative tasks, teaching, and precepting.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Mission-driven culture and the opportunity to shape the next generation of family physicians.