Entry Level Family Practitioner Jobs
New grad family practitioner jobs welcome recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where strong clinical rotations or residency work can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are on-site roles across Healthcare & Medical Services, Staffing & Recruiting, and Education, with employers like Jobot, Cone Health, and GENERATIONS FAMILY HEALTH CENTER hiring at this level now.
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LH Careers -Lexington Health Family Practice
Full Time
AM Shift
7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.
Job Summary
Assesses the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examination and diagnostic tests. Interprets the data, develops and implements a plan of treatment, follows through on a continuum of patient care across the health-illness continuum and lifespan within protocols set forth and approved by both the nurse practitioner and practice physicians.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: None
Minimum Years of Experience: None
Substitutable Education & Experience: None
Required Certifications/Licensure: Current licensure as RN in the State of South Carolina;
Certification by appropriate credentialing organization recognized by South Carolina as Nurse Practitioner;
CPR, BLS.
Required Training: None
Essential Functions
- Documents all situations, both internally and externally, that may arise out of the ordinary or are necessary to maintain accurate patient charts/records.
- Provides diagnosis and treatment of common acute illnesses; prevention and maintenance health care to patients with stable chronic illnesses; and performs interim physical examinations for healthy patients within prescribed guidelines:
- Elicits appropriate present and past medical history and review of systems.
- Performs appropriate physical examination and orders appropriate diagnostic studies.
- Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings in history and physical.
- Establishes appropriate differential diagnosis.
- Assesses stability of chronic illness and compliance with present therapy; monitors for complications of disease or therapy.
- Establishes appropriate treatment plan. Assesses need for hospitalization or physician intervention.
- Determines timing for follow-up and orders appropriate referrals.
- Counsels regarding health maintenance and disease prevention, and provides anticipatory guidance as appropriate.
- Provides health education to patients about ways to improve, promote, and maintain their health status, including but not limited to providing educational information on disease/disease processes, self-care practices, and positive lifestyle choices (i.e. diabetes, safe sex, weight loss, smoking cessation, etc.).
- Maintains accurate records, medication lists, and documentation of care and follow-up for administrative purposes and reimbursement of services. Adheres to agreed-upon format/protocol for documentation or records.
- Reviews and updates problem list at least on annual visit/episodic visit by patient and initiates problem and medication lists on new patients seen.
- Documents telephone calls with patients and specialists.
- Maintains competence in clinical practice. Identifies the knowledge and skills needed through self-assessment, peer review, and supervisory review.
- Participates in a variety of educational activities in order to maintain and increase competency.
- Uses continuing education opportunities as a basis for expanding medical knowledge and improving clinical skills, and incorporates these into the daily practice of medicine.
- Participates in developing, implementing, and interpreting quality assurance/risk management programs.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Supervises and intervenes with clinical issues and supports/directs triage by clinical staff when necessary. Implements clinical education and training or clinical staff when necessary.
- Is available for feedback on call-back and triage issues as needed.
- Identifies barriers to patient care flow or delivery, and assists at formulating corrective action.
- Adheres to the drug formulary developed by the practice. Prescribes within the practice agreement set forth by supervising physicians 100% of the time. Ensures updated and accurate practice agreement every 2 years as set forth in rules and regulations for prescribing authority.
- Maintains confidentiality of patient and of patient/practice information with no infractions as noted by supervision.
- Maintains current signed protocols reviewed and revised annually and as needed
- Regularly maintains a neat appearance and adheres to department/corporation dress, including the wearing of appropriate identification.
- Demonstrates responsibility for individual performance and efficient utilization of products, supplies, equipment, and time to ensure the timely completion of duties and to promote financial viability through provision of services at a reasonable cost.
- Employee follows established safety precautions and procedures in the performance of all duties in order to ensure a safe environment.
- Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal. Initial RCRA training is received within 6 months of the hire date and continuing with annual RCRA training.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.
LH Careers -Lexington Health Family Practice
Full Time
AM Shift
7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.
Job Summary
Assesses the physical and psychosocial status of patients by means of interview, health history, physical examination and diagnostic tests. Interprets the data, develops and implements a plan of treatment, follows through on a continuum of patient care across the health-illness continuum and lifespan within protocols set forth and approved by both the nurse practitioner and practice physicians.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: None
Minimum Years of Experience: None
Substitutable Education & Experience: None
Required Certifications/Licensure: Current licensure as RN in the State of South Carolina;
Certification by appropriate credentialing organization recognized by South Carolina as Nurse Practitioner;
CPR, BLS.
Required Training: None
Essential Functions
- Documents all situations, both internally and externally, that may arise out of the ordinary or are necessary to maintain accurate patient charts/records.
- Provides diagnosis and treatment of common acute illnesses; prevention and maintenance health care to patients with stable chronic illnesses; and performs interim physical examinations for healthy patients within prescribed guidelines:
- Elicits appropriate present and past medical history and review of systems.
- Performs appropriate physical examination and orders appropriate diagnostic studies.
- Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings in history and physical.
- Establishes appropriate differential diagnosis.
- Assesses stability of chronic illness and compliance with present therapy; monitors for complications of disease or therapy.
- Establishes appropriate treatment plan. Assesses need for hospitalization or physician intervention.
- Determines timing for follow-up and orders appropriate referrals.
- Counsels regarding health maintenance and disease prevention, and provides anticipatory guidance as appropriate.
- Provides health education to patients about ways to improve, promote, and maintain their health status, including but not limited to providing educational information on disease/disease processes, self-care practices, and positive lifestyle choices (i.e. diabetes, safe sex, weight loss, smoking cessation, etc.).
- Maintains accurate records, medication lists, and documentation of care and follow-up for administrative purposes and reimbursement of services. Adheres to agreed-upon format/protocol for documentation or records.
- Reviews and updates problem list at least on annual visit/episodic visit by patient and initiates problem and medication lists on new patients seen.
- Documents telephone calls with patients and specialists.
- Maintains competence in clinical practice. Identifies the knowledge and skills needed through self-assessment, peer review, and supervisory review.
- Participates in a variety of educational activities in order to maintain and increase competency.
- Uses continuing education opportunities as a basis for expanding medical knowledge and improving clinical skills, and incorporates these into the daily practice of medicine.
- Participates in developing, implementing, and interpreting quality assurance/risk management programs.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Supervises and intervenes with clinical issues and supports/directs triage by clinical staff when necessary. Implements clinical education and training or clinical staff when necessary.
- Is available for feedback on call-back and triage issues as needed.
- Identifies barriers to patient care flow or delivery, and assists at formulating corrective action.
- Adheres to the drug formulary developed by the practice. Prescribes within the practice agreement set forth by supervising physicians 100% of the time. Ensures updated and accurate practice agreement every 2 years as set forth in rules and regulations for prescribing authority.
- Maintains confidentiality of patient and of patient/practice information with no infractions as noted by supervision.
- Maintains current signed protocols reviewed and revised annually and as needed
- Regularly maintains a neat appearance and adheres to department/corporation dress, including the wearing of appropriate identification.
- Demonstrates responsibility for individual performance and efficient utilization of products, supplies, equipment, and time to ensure the timely completion of duties and to promote financial viability through provision of services at a reasonable cost.
- Employee follows established safety precautions and procedures in the performance of all duties in order to ensure a safe environment.
- Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal. Initial RCRA training is received within 6 months of the hire date and continuing with annual RCRA training.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our employees and their families:
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.
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Entry Level Family Practitioner Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level family practitioner job?
Entry level family practitioner positions typically look for candidates who have completed a residency program, hold a valid medical license, and can demonstrate hands-on patient care experience from clinical training. Tailoring your application to highlight specific rotations, patient volumes, and any board certifications gives you a clear edge over candidates who only list credentials without clinical context.
Which companies hire entry level family practitioners?
Companies hiring entry level family practitioners right now include Jobot, Cone Health, and GENERATIONS FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this experience level, hiring tends to come from community health centers, regional hospital systems, and multi-specialty group practices that structure onboarding programs around new graduates.
Are there remote entry level family practitioner jobs?
Yes, though most family practitioner roles involve direct patient care and require an on-site presence. About 0% of entry level family practitioner openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with telehealth platforms and virtual urgent care providers accounting for the majority of those flexible arrangements at this experience level.
Are these new grad family practitioner jobs?
Yes, the listings here include new grad, recent graduate, and junior roles. A posting is considered new-grad friendly when it welcomes zero to two years of post-residency experience, accepts clinical training or internship work in place of independent practice history, or explicitly states that a strong residency record is sufficient for consideration.
Which industries hire the most entry level family practitioners?
Entry Level family practitioner roles concentrate in Healthcare & Medical Services, Staffing & Recruiting, and Education, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Those sectors drive the most hiring at this level because they operate high patient volumes, run structured new-physician onboarding programs, and face consistent demand for primary care providers in communities across the country.