Family Medicine Opening in Columbus, NE

**Family Medicine Opening in Columbus, NE** Located 80 miles from both Omaha and Lincoln **Position Details** - Full-time, permanent - Seeking to fill as soon as available (30-120 days) - J1/H1 eligible - New grads and experienced candidates welcome to apply - Clinic is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Extended hours are Wednesdays, when the clinic is open until 7 p.m. - Support is one-on-one, and the clinics will be converting to NextGen in 2022. - Many staff members are bilingual in Spanish/English, and a language interpreting system is also used for patient/provider translation. - Other support services include: transportation to and from appointments using two new, handicapped accessible vans; an Outreach and Enrollment department that assists area residents who want to/are eligible to enroll in the healthcare marketplace, - Medicaid, Medicare, and other programs for which they may qualify. - Telehealth services are also available for patients. *This is an area that has expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic* **Compensation** - Salary range: 88.62 - 102.00 per hour. - Excellent benefit package includes health insurance, sick time, paid vacation, paid CEU, paid holidays, liability coverage. - Clinic is eligible for Student Loan repayment program through HRSA *This is an area that has expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic* **About the Group** - Open since 2002 - Two federally qualified health centers (FQHC), located in the small cities of Columbus and Fremont. - Primary service area of the two clinics encompasses seven counties, in 2020, the two clinics saw a total of 10,399 patients from over 45 zip codes. - 2014 constructed a new building, and began seeing patients there in 2015. - 29,400 square foot, $6.7 million project doubled the size of the previous facility and allowed staff and programs, which had been housed in three different Columbus locations, to be together in one building. - The majority of the new building is devoted to patient space. The clinical section of the shared facility has five provider bays, each with three exam rooms, an office, and a computer station. - The dental clinic has seven operatories, and four behavioral health offices. - The reception desk in the front entrance of the building has five medical office specialists, and there is a large patient waiting area as in the interior area of the building near the clinical space. - In Fall, 2020, the Group remodeled a large, former storage shelled space which is now a same-day clinic with two exam rooms and a reception desk. - A newly remodeled lab, an x-ray room, and an on-site, contract pharmacy, Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy, round out the clinic facilities. **About Columbus, Nebraska:** - Columbus is one of Nebraskas most progressive and dynamic communities. It offers a fair tax structure, strong educational systems, excellent childcare, several golf courses, a variety of rich cultural events and exciting recreational opportunities. - Population: 23,000 - The City of Columbus: [Register to View] - Columbus Chamber of Commerce: [Register to View] - Transportation: Omaha Eppley Airport (lots of connection options): 1.5 hours outside Columbus but with new four-lane highway this should take the drive to a simple 45 minutes in 2023. - Education: * Columbus Public Schools: [Register to View] * Private and Religion focused school systems available: [Register to View]