Family Medicine - La Grange, KY - Lucrative Income Potential, Student Loan Repayment and Residency/Fellowship Stipend

BC/BE family medicine physician opening in KY

The city of La Grange is one of only a few communities in the United States with an active rail track running through the heart of the city’s business and historic district. The historic district is home to numerous small business such as shops, restaurants, coffee shops and art galleries. LaGrange hosts a weekly farmers and artisan market, where locally made items are sold on Saturdays from mid-May through late October, situated on the county’s beautiful courthouse lawn. 

In addition, this lawn hosts a yearly art show that attracts artists and merchants from across the country!Located in Oldham County, LaGrange offers a top tier public school system. More specifically, it is ranked in the top 4% of districts throughout Kentucky with a preschool, ten elementary, four middle, three high, an alternative school, a career center and a center for the arts and community education. 

Oldham County is a perfect place to grow a family and be part of a growing, loving, caring and safe community.Baptist Health Medical Group physician offices are conveniently located on campus and at Baptist Health Crestwood, an outpatient facility that offers easy access to physical therapy, diagnostic imaging and a physician office.

The hospital also manages Oldham County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which is a service owned by the Oldham County Ambulance Taxing District. Oldham County EMS is operated by Baptist Health, in partnership with the Oldham County Ambulance Taxing District and Fiscal Court.

Baptist Health La Grange is part of Baptist Health’s Kentuckiana region, which also includes Baptist Health Louisville and Baptist Health Floyd. About our health system Baptist Health is the largest, not-for-profit, faith-based health system in Kentucky, and we have recently expanded our reach to include a significant presence in southern Indiana. With approximately 92,000 inpatient discharges across the state each year, the Baptist Health family includes eight acute-care hospitals and one managed hospital, representing 2,719 licensed beds.

• Competitive compensation and benefits package - Up to $200,000 in recruiting incentives including starting bonus, student loan repayment, residency/fellowship stipend, relocation/moving allowance, CMEallowance and malpractice insurance/tail coverage provided
• Two-year income guarantee with opportunity for additional productivity and quality bonuses
• Generous time off  (7+ weeks per year for full time physicians)
• Complimentary Professional Student Loan Debt Repayment Advising
• PSLF Eligible Employer
• Physician Mentorship Pathway for growth and development
• EPIC (Gold Star 9 level)- electronic health record system integrated throughout all hospital and practice locations
• Advanced Technology capabilities including DAX
• Immigration support by experienced Immigration attorney, if needed

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of nine hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 400 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics.

Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky in a joint venture with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana.

Top 10% in the country for quality clinical outcomes.

Baptist Health employs more than 23,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has nearly 1,500 providers, including more than 750 physicians and more than 740 advanced practice clinicians.

Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians. Strength in research Our clinicians are engaged in more than 200 clinical studies throughout our network of hospitals, working to advance treatments in oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, neuroscience, epidemiology, diabetes and other areas. Learn more here. Community partnerships As the largest not-for-profit health system in Kentucky.

Baptist Health has made a commitment to the communities we serve to provide care and service that go beyond the expected, to include charitable contributions, educational support, community involvement and local and regional partnerships. A collaboration between Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville and the University of Louisville offers a family medicine residency program that helps to bring new physicians to rural communities and was recently recognized as the rural program producing the second highest percentage of medical school graduates in rural practice.

Baptist Health has long been Kentuckians’ preferred healthcare provider, but we continually strive to earn the trust of the people we serve. With more than 90 years of compassionate, skilled caregiving under our belts, we now turn our attention to the future, developing a 10-year vision plan leading up to our centennial in 2024. This plan will determine how the Baptist Health family will respond to ongoing changes within the healthcare industry and will serve as a vision for how the system will evolve. The vision will plant seeds for a stronger health system that brings out the very best of our staff, our physicians our services and our partnerships to forge a healthier Kentucky. 

The Baptist Health culture is one that fosters teamwork, innovation and opportunities for growth. If this sounds like the kind of place you might want to work, visit our careers page and learn more.

Baptist Health ranks in 150 top places to work in healthcare, according to Becker's Hospital Review

EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES
Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.