Primary Care Physician Associate opening for clinic just west of Salem, OR on the coast

Seeking Family Medicine Physician Associate to join rural health clinic in coastal OR town, an hour west of Salem, that has been providing care to the community for almost 50 years.

Details :

• 1 other MD on staff
• Must be interested in seeing children and womens health cases, in addition to family med
• Outpatient only; there is a small hospital in town that has an ER, surgeon, radiology, etc. that patients are referred to.
• EMR : PracticeFusion
• Currently seeing 8-15 patients per day, per week but always have more people wanting to be seen so you have plenty of opportunities for a higher level, if desired.
• Mostly adult / geriatric population, but do see children as well. There is no nursing home in town so someone that has a desire to help the geriatric population is highly desired.
• Dermatology and Hematology Oncology providers rent space to provide care 1-2 times per month
• Clinic is affiliated with area mental health providers, along with a social worker and therapist are available a couple days a week as well on-site
• Area does have a high population of Spanish speaking individuals, so if you speak Spanish you will have a high number of new patients in that population as well

Compensation & Benefits :

• This is a pay for service model. Salary is a very wide range depends on how much work you want to do the more patients you see the more you make.
• Clinic gets RHC rate for Medicare, certified PCPCH, takes major medical insurance
• Very high number of CDLs, so a practitioner certified or wanting to be certified in that will have more income opportunities
• Part of the OR student loan assistance program

The Community :

This beautiful city is an artsy enclave on the Coast with world-class kite festivals draw thousands in the summer. Local glass blowers create distinctive and colorful glass floats, then clandestine float fairies shrewdly hide them along the shoreline for beachcombers.

In the midst of beautiful Oregon coastal forests, several nearby hikes are also a thing to behold. Drift Creek Falls features a surprising scene in the middle of the woods : a -foot high suspension bridge over a 75-foot waterfall with Drift Creek below.

On the edge of the Pacific, the wide-open trails at Cascade Head lead to panoramic views of Lincoln Citys coast, as well as Devils Lake and Cape Foulweather further out.

Devils Lake and Siletz Bay provide large swaths of sheltered, open water for fishing, water sports, and swimming disregarding old folk tales about a sea monster in the lake, of course.

The local public school district serves about 5, students from Kindergarten through 12th grade in 11 regular schools and 3 public charter schools, with a total of approximately employees.

Higher education is just a short drive away 1 hour to Salem and 2 hours to Portland. Other nearby cities include : Depoe Bay 12 Miles, Pacific City 22 Miles, Newport 25 Miles, Tillamook 43, Dallas 48 Miles, and Corvallis 75 Miles.