Family Medicine Physician

Location: Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Facility Name: Ascension Sacred Heart Primary Care - The Market Shops

Schedule: Full-Time

Productivity incentives: RVU

Sign-on bonus and relocation assistance available

CME allowance

Malpractice coverage with Tail

This job location is currently located in a Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and/or Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/P) Shortage Designation Type.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a motivated physician to join an employed position within a busy, well-respected practice, supported by a strong referral base and the full resources of a robust health system network.

• Join an established team of 4 attending physicians
• Practice setting: outpatient
• Call structure: rotating call outpatient only
• Access to Support staff
• Employed position within a nonprofit health system
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine MD/DO
• Eligible for Florida state medical licensure and DEA registration
• 0.6 FTE Supervising residents/students, teaching, mentoring, developing curriculum, and performing scholarship
• 0.2 FTE Seeing a panel of patients at the Walton Community Health Center
• 0.2 FTE Seeing a panel of patients at an Ascension Medical Group Clinic 

About the Facility

• Sacred Heart Emerald Coast opened in 2003, to further the Sacred Heart mission in the Destin community: to provide excellent health care to all people, with special attention to the poor and vulnerable.
• 80 bed community hospital (Part of a robust clinical network with our sister facilities in Pensacola, Panama City, and Port St. Joe, FL)
• Serving a population of approximately 14,000
• Integrated referral network (largest employed primary care network in NW FL)
• Part of Ascension, a national nonprofit Catholic health system

About the Community

• Destin is home to pristine white beaches and the iconic emerald waters of the Gulf Coast (consistently voted one of the top beaches in the country)
• Destin boasts North America’s largest charter fishing fleet with the quickest and best access to deep water fishing on the Gulf Coast.
• No state income tax
• Schools in the top 15% in the nation
• Rapidly growing community

Why Physicians Choose Ascension

• Physician-led, collaborative culture
• Long-term practice stability
• National network with local autonomy
• Mission-centered care rooted in service

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

• Licensed Physician MD/DO credentialed from the Florida Board of Medicine obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required. Board eligibility/certification in medical specialty required.
• Advanced Life Support preferred. American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted.

Education:

• Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) required.

No additional preferences