Family Medicine Residency Program Director
Name: Christ Community Health Services
STate: TN
City: Memphis
Area: Urban
Number of Locations: 11
Model: FQHC
Year Founded: 1995
Overview
Christ Community Health Services (CCHS) provides high quality healthcare to the underserved in the context of distinctively Christian service. We recognize that Jesus Christ is the true healer of individuals and their communities and the source of our ability to serve.
CCHS offers physical, mental, and spiritual healing, compassionate care and the desire to meet the needs of the medically underserved of our community. In Shelby County we have 6 Health Centers, 1 Free Standing and 4 co-located dental centers, 5 Pharmacies, 1 free standing center and 1 mobile van for the homeless and 2 School-Based health centers. In Madison County we have 1 Health Center in East Jackson. The residency clinic is located in our Frayser community.
CCHS is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC)which is a reimbursement designation from the Bureau of Primary Health Care and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. An FQHC is a community-based organization that provides comprehensive primary care and preventive care, including health, oral, and mental health/substance abuse services to persons of all ages, regardless of their ability to pay or health insurance status.
Mission & Passions
Christ Community Health providers and preceptors seek to provide high quality healthcare experiences to the uniquely medically underserved in a distinctively Christian manner manner to create salvation opportunities through service to others through meeting the most basic of needs. While doing so, providers provide educational experiential moments for the next generation to inspire fellows, residents, students, and trainees through a mission focused mindset with curriculum structured approaches to Godly healthcare. Any learner moving through CCHS is inspired by the spirit filled nature of the mission field that is here in Memphis and how this area can be ripe for service unto others as Jesus commanded within the great commission in making disciples in the name of the father, the son, and the spirit.
Job Info
Job Title: family medicine residency program director
Job Description
Christ Community Health Services recently became accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education as a Family Medical Residency Program. Our residency staff have a mission to educate and train generations of clinician leaders specializing in underserved care within the context of distinctly Christian service.
Opportunity to lead a newly accredited family medicine residency in a teaching health center that has been embedded in our Memphis community for over 30 years and is recruiting residents to its first residency class matriculating in July 2026.
Duties
The Family Medicine Residency Program Director (PD) supports the residency program in the development of educational strategic goals and research activities.
The PD helps coordinate curriculum development and evaluation, resident evaluation and remediation processes, residency recruitment, grant development, resident scholarly activities, and residency budget and policy development.
Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to
Residency Education Administration including general oversight of all curricular areas of the program
Develops and coordinates resident curricula including leading the Program Evaluation Committee
Oversees policies and procedures for the residency and collaborates with the residency program manager to ensure compliance with Christ Community Health Services, ACGME, ABFM and ABOFP requirements
Oversees ACGME resident evaluation processes such as the Clinical Competency Committee, and designs strategies for helping residents who are experiencing difficulties and when appropriate, develops remediation plans
Identifies and collaborates with program leadership on grant proposals appropriate to the maintenance and improvement of the residency program. Provide administrative oversight to residency educational grants including budget management, grant evaluation, and progress reporting
In concert with the program manager, plans, oversees, participates, and assists with the residency application and recruitment process
Assists the DIO and administrative leadership in developing the residency program operating budget and monitoring the financial operations of the residency
Provides direction to the faculty and residents on program priorities, areas for improvement, strategic planning, and growth
Coordinates, oversees, and develops the FM faculty development program
Participates in the education and training of residents including clinical supervision and didactic training
General oversight of scholarly and quality improvement projects of the residents.
Participates in educational research and QI projects within the FMRP
Provides direct clinical care as a board-certified family physician in the context of team-based primary care
Qualifications, Skills, Education
Qualifications
Ability to work in the United States
Active TN unrestricted license or ability to obtain
Active DEA license or ability to obtain
Prior Program Directorship is strongly preferred but not required
Assistant PD or faculty experience required
Strong communication skills
Education
Graduate of ACGME program
Board certified in Family Medicine
Benefits
Compensation
Competitive compensation package inclusive of a base salary, sign-on bonus, relocation reimbursement, and CME paid time and stipend
Comprehensive benefit package inclusive of medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, retirement savings plan, PTO (4 weeks/year)
Support
Seasoned clinic leadership dedicated to supporting the residency program
Seasoned support staff and well tenured administrative team
Clinical support of integrated behavioral health consultants, spiritual health consultants, social work, MAT case managers, HIV case managers, clinical pharmacists and dieticians.
Great work life balance/quality of life with paid administrative time for completing charting and other paperwork.
Dedicated and loyal patient population
