Acute Care, Coaching, Compensation and Benefits, Disease Prevention and Control, Documentation, Electronic Medical Records, Embedded Systems, English Language, Family Medicine, Healthcare Quality, Internal Medicine, Leadership, Medicine, Multilingual, Negative Testing, Pharmacy, Primary Care, Quality Management, Spanish Language, United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
Job Description Summary
Practice medicine in Chula Vista, one of Southern California's fastest-growing and most diverse communities.
If you became a family medicine physician to build real relationships and actually practice medicine — not to sprint through 25 patients before noon — this is what you've been waiting for.
How will you make an impact & Requirements
What your day actually looks like
- See 10–15 patients with appointments ranging from 20 to 60 minutes — time to actually listen, think, and treat.
- Work alongside a dedicated Whole Health Coach embedded in your care center, addressing behavioral, lifestyle, and psychosocial factors in-house.
- Onsite lab and pharmacy — no referral friction, no waiting on outside results to make a clinical decision.
- Measured on outcomes and population health — not procedure volume or RVUs.
- Provide prevention, chronic care, acute care, and disease management within a true medical home model.
- Participate in clinical leadership: quality improvement, care model development, and peer community.
“Having the support to really focus on preventive care is one of the main reasons I love working at Vera. We’re the first place people go when they need care, so we have an amazing opportunity to make a big impact on their health.”
— Jackie Riddick, MD, Lead Physician, Vera Whole Health
Compensation & benefits
- Competitive base salary and yearly bonus opportunity
- 2 weeks paid CME leave + $2,500 annual CME stipend
- Premium medical, dental, vision coverage with HSA pre-tax savings option
- Matching 401(k) retirement program
- Generous PTO, paid holidays, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
About San Diego
- Build your career where others vacation and practice in one of Southern California’s fastest growing and most diverse communities.
- Located minutes from downtown San Diego with easy access to the beach, an average of 260+ sunny days per year and more than 60 miles of parks, trail and golf courses to support an active healthy lifestyle.
- As the second largest city in San Diego County, Chula Vista continues to expand with new residential, educational and commercial developments while maintaining a strong sense of community.
What you bring
- MD or DO degree; Family Medicine or Internal Medicine residency — FM preferred
- Current Board Certification — ABFM, ABIM, or AOA
- Spanish/English bi-lingual proficiency is an essential job function
- 3+ years of primary care experience
- Current, unrestricted state medical license and valid DEA number
- Team-based care experience; EMR proficiency (athenahealth preferred)
- Negative TB test documentation within 12 months of start date
Compensation:
$232,506.00
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$348,758.00
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Vera Whole Health Provider Leasing