Join The GREAT ESCAPEWe are seeking to employ a Family Physician who:
(1) desires a significantly better medical practice environment
(2) wants to achieve a better work/life balance with a 4 day work week schedule
(3) longs to rekindle the joy of being a physician again through more personal medical care
(4) will have more control over their schedule w/ less admin overhead, lowering stress
(5) WILL HAVE GREATER earnings potential than health insurance dependent medical practices
(6) enjoy fun, sun, boating, kayaking, and a large number of area events
(7) may be contemplating a future retirement location
We seek independent minded physicians with a creative streak, various skill sets, different experience bases, and sense of adventure. WellCraft Health is a supportive home for those who have become frustrated with what the medical system has become. Direct pay family medical practices are the wave of the future. Over 1,000 medical practices in the US are now direct pay medical practices who have rejected the health insurance driven model of medical care.
Special Notes:
Mid Career Physicians: The nature of primary care has changed. Advanced practitioners, being plentiful and less expensive, are replacing family physicians within most medical systems. Family physicians and pediatricians are at the bottom in compensation. Almost 50% in several national surveys have become disenchanted with their chosen profession and the direction of medicine.
WellCraft Health is a GREAT opportunity to get off the gerbil wheel and LOVE being a doctor again, with easier hours and BETTER compensation. The future of family medicine is direct primary care.
New Graduates: Dr Carol Rupe is a former USAF and USUHS FP residency instructor, a mentor, and a national expert in family medicine, women's health, and senior health. We plan to implement a four day work week WITHOUT twelve hour days. There is no place better to build your career and future earnings than at WellCraft Health. It is definitely worth a phone call or email inquiry.
Senior physicians: Lake Gaston is an excellent area to retire in. Extend your career with an easier schedule, fewer hours, and a more supportive medical environment. Part time employment options will be available. We need a full time physician first because we have more demand than we can fill.
Physicans seeking part time employment: Please keep our contact info. Drop us a note. We plan to add this capability in the future.
Welcome Home to WellCraft HealthIf YOU enjoy getting to know your patients as individual people and desire to deliver BETTER medical care to your patients - without the hassles of excessive overhead - then you will LOVE WellCraft Health. Our patients LOVE the custom, well crafted medical care they receive from WellCraft Health - AND our more responsive service.
We are building a truly patient centric practice model that family physicians AND our patients LOVE ! We partner with our patients and actively work with them to diagnose and help solve their medical and emotional difficulties. We help them navigate the ever more complicated medical system, advocate for, and follow up with their specialty care and hospitalization - and achieve better outcomes.
WellCraft Health offers our community a personal, country doctor style of medical care - privately. WellCraft Health patients receive MORE professional time and attention, BETTER medical care, and MORE responsive service. More importantly, we have patient relationships that are personal and long term. As a result, WellCraft Health has established itself with a well-deserved reputation for EXTRA high quality medical care.
The Few, the Proud, and Health Insurance Network FreeAsk yourself these questions: What motivates you to come into work every day? Do you still love your career choice? Are you feeling stressed and burned out every day? Are you looking for a better opportunity, or a totally different location? Do you want a better work / life balance?
Dr Carol Rupe, a veteran family physican, has never been happier in her profession, and she has the love, respect, and support of her patients. WellCraft Health chose to NOT participate in any health insurance network, allowing Dr Rupe the freedom to practice "old school" medicine, centered on the health and welbeing of her patients. She now loves her medical career, has minimal administrative duties, supports less overhead, and now earns more than she ever could achieve as an employee doctor.
WellCraft Health is radically different, and YOU will LOVE it !We are seeking ONE or TWO physician partners to actively help plan, and build the next stage of WellCraft Health's evolution. We have more demand than Dr Carol can handle by herself. Do you have the vision, initiative, experience, and perspective we seek?
This is not a typical "job listing". We are seeking prospective partners to actively work together and help build a patient centered, physician led, medical care delivery model that physicians will love and want to be part of. We are seeking physicians who have a longer term vision of building a larger medical practice, with greater equity value for all partners.
WellCraft Health is located near beautiful Lake Gaston on the NC / VA border off I-95. Our area has an abundance of natural beauty of lakes, deep woods, and the Roanoke River, and can easily plan for weekend getaways to Raleigh, Richmond, Norfolk, the Atlantic beaches, Charlotte, the NC mountains and all points in between.
Our website is
wellcrafthealth.com ( usable by mobile, but best viewed with computer)
We look forward to speaking with you,
Carl and Carol Rupe, MD
Job Responsibilities: Physicians at WellCraft Health put the welfare of our patients first. We partner with our patients, actively work the medical system for their benefit, and helping them achieve their best outcomes. They reward us with their confidence and trust.
Qualifications: MD or DO degrees with experience in clincal, long term care, and/or hospital setting with family medicine is required. Obtaining a NC medical license will be required. Board certification is preferred. We are receptive to physicians at all stages in their career.
Those family physian prospects with medical director, military, or business background may find additional avenues for their interests and expertise. Professional and life experience in other areas may prove to be advantageous.
Working Hours: Our operating hours are Monday thru Friday, from 8am to 5pm. We try to close on Fridays by 4pm. WellCraft Health is family friendly and our 2025 goal is to implement a 4 day work week schedule for our physician(s).
Skills: Experienced physicians have developed a wide range of skills and experiences. Rather than itemizing a default list of skills, this section will be devoted to why WellCraft Health is different and how YOU can benefit from joining WellCraft Health.
Our patients are every day working people - nurses, teachers, police officers, farmers, small business owners, restaurant workers, factory and lumber mill workers, office staff, and managers.
We are seeking medical professionals who desire to provide BETTER medical care to their patients and whose time and skill sets can be leveraged to create greater earnings for our physicians than can be realized via regular employment within health system networks. The larger our business base grows, the greater the earnings for YOU as a future equity physician partner.