Position Overview

Understanding the Role

San Luis Valley Health is recruiting a Family Medicine physician to join its primary care group across southern Colorado. This is an outpatient role with flexible scheduling, a manageable patient load, and a collegial group that prioritizes patient care over production pressure. The organization is motivated to hire quickly and is prioritizing 2026 graduates and experienced physicians.

The strongest current need is in Monte Vista, a rural health clinic serving an older patient base, with additional primary care coverage needed in Alamosa. The role is open to both Family Medicine and Internal Medicine physicians, with Family Medicine preferred for the Monte Vista site.

Practice Snapshot

Why This Position Exists

San Luis Valley Health is the primary source of care for a wide rural service area, and primary care is the foundation of the system. Demand for primary care providers is high across the Valley, with Monte Vista as the most pressing need following a provider departure.

• Monte Vista's current physician is departing, with locum coverage bridging the gap
• Alamosa needs additional physician coverage alongside its existing team and APP support
• Leadership is actively building out primary care as the hub that feeds the system's specialty clinics

Patient Population and Community Need

The Valley relies on its primary care clinics for care that patients are often reluctant to seek elsewhere, even short distances away. Physicians here practice cradle-to-grave medicine for a loyal, appreciative population.

• Monte Vista serves a largely geriatric population with multiple chronic conditions
• Patients value local access and often prefer to have care handled in clinic rather than referred
• A predominantly public-payer population, roughly 80% Medicaid and Medicare

Practice Setting

This is a primary care system spanning Alamosa and several rural clinics, including Monte Vista, La Jara, and Antonito. Clinics operate with a team-based model and strong support staff, and physicians have latitude to shape their own panels and procedure mix.

• Outpatient focus, with the option to pick up limited inpatient shifts if desired
• Procedure-friendly clinics; the mix is tailored to provider preference and may include skin biopsies, joint injections, laceration repair, and casting
• Integrated behavioral health and visiting specialty support on site at several clinics

Qualifications

• Board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine
• Comfortable practicing independently in a rural setting
• Comfortable with a broad, all-ages primary care scope, including chronic disease management
• Colorado medical license, or eligibility to obtain one

Schedule and Structure

• Clinic hours 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
• Four-day work week available (4x10s, with built-in administrative time)
• No nights and no routine weekend clinic obligations
• Light shared call taken from home, screened through nurse triage
• Very low call volume with minimal weekend interruptions
• No nursing home call responsibilities

Compensation Highlights

• Base salary range of approximately $270,000 to $300,000, depending on specialty and experience
• wRVU productivity incentives under a model implemented in 2026
• $50,000 signing bonus
• $20,000 per year in student loan repayment for up to five years

Leadership and Autonomy

Primary care leadership is hands-on and accessible, and the system gives physicians room to build and own their practice. The medical director of primary care is closely involved with each clinic and available to providers directly, which supports both autonomy and mentorship.