We’re Hiring
Full Time Associate Acupuncturist
Chico Community Acupuncture is seeking a dynamic team player who is looking for a
warm and professional work home.
Who are you?
You are passionate about Chinese Medicine and helping people feel better, meeting
them where they are in their health journey. You’re into collaborative healing with
patients, and good communication with a team. You want to be supported while you flow
in your zone of genius: providing excellent care to patients. You are an emotionally
mature professional who sees the value of working with a team rather than running your
own show and all the details that entails.
In short, you are an effective professional. You love Chinese Medicine. You enjoy
connecting with people and don’t find it “draining.” You aren’t interested in having or
starting your own practice now, or in five to ten years. You like having someone else run
the business side of things! You genuinely enjoy this work.
You are a licensed acupuncturist (or able to be) in the State of California. You are fluent
in English and are able to be insured.
Who are we?
We are a busy community, cash-based practice in beautiful Chico, CA. Founded in
2010, Chico Community Acupuncture is a 501(c) 3 non profit. We’ve got excellent
community standing due to our deep commitment to patient care, accessibility, and
results. We know how to speak to the patients that need our services, remove barriers
to those services, and are able to easefully fill Associates’ schedules. Our team
practices specific skills together to keep the healthy qi flowing so that working together
is a reflection of the good qi we cultivate with patients. (Don’t worry, they are easy to
learn and implement and we will teach them to you!). We have amazing systems in
place that hold the flow so we are able to help a lot of patients in a way that is
sustainable and regenerative. Seeing 70-100 patients per week will have you leaving
work energized, not drained.
Position Details
to join our team.
We are looking for a part time or full time (for the right person) Associate Acupuncturist
One weekend day and 2 week nights are required (finished by 8pm at the latest). Hours
range from about 17 hours for part time to 27-35 hours / week for full time.
We are a general clinic, and we treat everything from pain, to women’s health, to
digestion, autoimmune, allergies and asthma. We treat some children, but our primary
focus is on adults of all ages.We would love someone who gets great results for a wide range of pain patterns, using
distal points. And we’re happy to teach the right person. You may also have an interest
in women’s health, reproductive health and fertility, digestion, and mental emotional
health. We treat using TCM and channel theory, some Tung and Tan, as well as local
ashi type needling when needed. We emphasize shifting patterns..start with a personal
scute symptoms that brought them in, and help shift those symptoms while also getting
at the root cause of the disharmony or dysfunction. After filling your schedule you are
welcome to add cupping, guasha, back treatments in a private room, and more
modalities if you can maintain your schedule while providing those additional services…
and we have systems to make it possible an you’ll be trained on all of it. We also
prescribe herbs, and carry a full onsite pharmacy as well as a pharmacy online. If you
are a herb nerd, all the better! We use gentle needling, it doesn’t have to hurt to work,
and shouldn’t, good communication and a collaborative approach with our patients.
Compensation Full Time:
Working four, five hour needling shifts per week. Base pay is $45 per hour, plus $15 per
patient over 4 per hour in a two week pay period. We schedule 6 patients per hour. If
you worked 27 hours per week (20 needling hours, plus time for opening and closing
duties), 48 weeks per year, plus two weeks of PTO, you can expect to make
approximately $60,750—$90,750.
Additional percentage of income from sales on products you sell. Full time employees
are eligible for additional PTO, health insurance, retirement account, License renewal
fees, CEU stipend, and Malpractice insurance, with additional time with the
organization. Full time employment can apply for student loan forgiveness under the
PSLF program.
Pacing and Team Culture
Our flow is intentional and focused. We see six people per hour, and train you on
systems so that you can give great treatments and NOT go home drained. We want you
to make a GREAT living with us, doing what you love. If seeing six people per hour
sounds overwhelming or exhausting to you, this is probably not a good fit. If you are a
person who likes to flow at that pace and enjoys it, while giving great care, this would be
a good fit for you.
This position does require some meeting times (about 30 min per week), and the
willingness to be coached in specific areas. We are looking for someone who
understands that this is a really great opportunity and is willing to show up and do the
work in exchange for
1. A healthy qi team dynamic
2. Great compensation
3. Human-centered leadership
4. Systems and support for your success
Location
Chico California is a small city (population a little over 100,000) full of trees and creeks,
agriculture, and the arts. Chico has a lower cost of living compared to the rest of
California.
We have Chico State University which brings lots of performances and speakers.
Bidwell Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the country, has miles of hiking trails,
wild flowers, gorgeous creeks, and deep cool swimming holes for summer time fun. And
world class mountain biking.
We are at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills, and have a commanding view up and
down the idyllic Sacramento Valley: The Coastal range, Mount Shasta and Mount
Lassen. You can be to San Francisco in less than two hours driving, or be into the
wilderness or skiing in less than two hours driving.
Getting around town is easy, low commute times, most often no traffic. Relatively flat
routes through town makes biking a breeze. Sierra Nevada Brewery brings world class
eating and entertainment and is always a fun stop for guests visiting from out of town.
Often moving to Chico is an offer of a slower pace, and lots of soil to plant the garden
you’ve been dreaming of.
Timing
We are looking for someone to start this position as soon as August, when school gets
back in session and all of our Chico families start their routines back up (including their
regular acupuncture treatments). If you’re the right fit, and your timing puts your start
date out further, we can work with you.
Snap Shot
*Job Types: Full-time
Pay range: $45-67 per hour
Benefits:
● simple IRA
● Paid time off
● Health Insurance
● License renewal fees, malpractice insurance, CEU stipend
● Percentage of product sales.
Medical specialties:
● Holistic Medicine
Schedule:
● 6.5 hour shift, 4 days per week
Supplemental pay types:
● Commission payAbility to commute/relocate:
●Chico, CA. Must be able to relocate to Chico, or reasonably and reliably commute to
Chico.
To Apply Send Resume and letter of intent to Olivia. Olivia@chicocommunityacupuncture.com