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)