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LGBTQ+ Primary Care Physician

Anchor Health CT
Full-time
On-site
Hamden, Connecticut, United States
LGBTQ+

 

Anchor Health is Connecticut’s leading health center for the LGBTQ+ community. We deliver high-quality, gender-affirming, trauma-informed medical, mental health, pharmacy, and supportive services to thousands of patients across the state and beyond. Our work advances LGBTQ+ health equity through care delivery, advocacy, education, research, and community partnership.

The Role

You will deliver evidence-based, patient-centered primary care to a diverse and cross-sectional patient population, including transgender and gender-diverse patients and people living with or at risk for HIV. This role is well-suited for a clinically strong provider who values efficiency, collaboration, and culturally responsive care—and who is deeply committed to serving LGBTQ+ communities.

What You’ll Do

  • Provide excellent, science-based, trauma-informed primary care, gender-affirming care, HIV prevention/treatment, sexual health and urgent care to a diverse patient population through routine follow-up visits, annual physical exams, urgent/sick visits, pre-operative clearance visits, pelvic exams, office-based procedures and telehealth visits. 
  • Screens and address preventive health and behavioral health needs, including substance use, social determinants of health, and sexual health. 
  • Manage patient care, including ordering diagnostic testing, medications, referrals, InBasket messages and other interventions. 
  • Provide education to patients and their care partners. 
  • Participate in regular staff meetings, clinician meetings, and community outreach events. 
  • Participate in panel- and population-level health outcomes tracking and clinical QI. 
  • Provides supervision, consultation, and clinical support to APPs, RNs, and other clinical staff and trainees as needed. 
  • Participate in peer review, case conferences, and quality improvement initiatives. 

What You’ll Bring

  • Strong primary care foundation with interest or experience in LGBTQ+ health and HIV care

  • Commitment to evidence-based, trauma-informed, and equity-driven practice

  • Ability to work efficiently in a collaborative, team-based care model

  • Comfort caring for patients with complex medical and social needs

Why Anchor Health

  • Statewide reputation for excellence in LGBTQ+ and HIV care

  • Truly interdisciplinary, on-site care teams including pharmacy, behavioral health, and case management

  • Dedicated prior authorization and administrative support

  • Robust resources for patients facing health and social inequities, including sliding-scale programs and in-house food and toiletry support

  • Regular, protected provider education and clinical development

Benefits 

  • Competitive salary 
  • Generous PTO  
  • Five dedicated CME days per year 
  • Annual CME budget of $5000/year 
  • Retirement 403 (b) plan with 4% employer match that is vested right away 
  • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility 
  • License and board certification fee reimbursement 

 

Minimum Requirements 

  • MD or DO licensure in Connecticut 
  • Board certification in MedPeds, family medicine, internal medicine, emergency medicine and/or OB/Gyn 
  • BLS certification 
  • Experience working with and awareness of needs specific to the LGBTQ community. 
  • Ability to maintain work effectively and respectfully with colleagues, patients, vendors and community partners regardless of their ***enter non-discrimination here 
  • Ability to maintain a trauma-informed space. 

 

Preferred Requirements 

  • Spanish language fluency 
  • One year experience providing gender-affirming medical care -OR- 1-year experience providing STI treatment and HIV prevention/treatment services 
  • Experience treating substance use disorders 
  • AAHIVS Certification 
  • WPATH Certification 
  • Experience with Testopel, Nexplanon and/or Supprelin insertion and removal 
  • Basic procedural skills including I&D, suturing and trauma-informed pelvic exams 
  • IUD insertion experience +++ 
  • POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) experience 
  • One year of experience using Epic (electronic health record)