Family Medicine Physician

Department Overview

OHSU Family Medicine is part of OHSU School of Medicine. OHSU Family Medicine is focused on family health. We provide preventive, primary and specialty care for you, your children, your spouse, your parents and your grandparents. We provide all that family medicine has to offer - from maternity care through geriatrics.

Our clinics are home to more than 120,000 patients every year, but despite the large number, our physicians, nurses and other clinic staff know their patients - and their families - by name.

Our patient care is among the nation's best, ranked #1 among the nation's medical school family medicine departments by U.S. News and World Report 2019, 2020 and 2021.

The appointee shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service.

This position is employed by OHSU with a clinical location of South Hillsboro. South Hillsboro is a Hillsboro Medical Center (HMC) owned and operated clinic with HMC oversight of staff, policies and procedures. This position will partner with both OHSU and HMC.

Function/Duties of Position

Provide full spectrum family medicine care, (including obstetrical (OB) care strongly preferred, but not required).

Work collaboratively with full and part time faculty to maintain an active practice.

The Appointee shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service.

The faculty member will be expected to have a strong commitment to developing the practice into a vibrant clinical and academic operation, which is successful from both a professional and business point of view.

The faculty member will be expected to participate in continuing education, professional and faculty development and scholarship. Previous work experience in primary care is required.

The Appointee will directly see patients in their clinic eight half days per week and have two half day’s available for administrative duties/scholarship duties. Expectations for number of patients seen per half day will be commensurate with that of other faculty and with minimum target numbers of 8-10 visits per half day depending on complexity of the patient population.

The Appointee will be expected to document using the electronic health record and maintain complete and timely patient care documentation consistent with OHSU and Family Medicine policies and procedures.

Be available for teaching activities including but not limited to resident precepting, student precepting, didactics and more.

By mutual agreement between the Department and the physician, this position may include Inpatient Care (HMC and OHSU) with call duties being shared with the faculty inpatient call group.

The Appointee will be expected to participate in seeing patients during expanded access hours in the clinic, including their share of evenings and weekends, and call coverage. The Appointee will be expected to have a strong commitment to developing the practice into a vibrant clinical and academic operation, which is successful from both a professional and business perspective.

Required Qualifications

Required: Board Certified or Board Eligible. (Licensed in Oregon)

M.D./D.O. as well as successful completion of a graduate medical education in an ACGME accredited Family Medicine Residency.

• Capable of providing comprehensive health services
• Certified to prescribe all classes of DEA approved medications

Approved staff privileges at OHSU University Hospital, OHSU Hillsboro Medical Center Hospital and other specific community hospitals as partnerships expand.

Strongly preferred, but not required: obstetrical and maternity training including uncomplicated and high risk OB management, surgical obstetrics, Dilatation & Curettage, OB and pelvic ultrasound, colposcopy, and family planning. Performing vasectomies.

Multilingual (Not Required)

Why Apply to OHSU?

We are Oregon's only public academic health center. In addition to caring for patients, we lead groundbreaking research. We also train the next generation of health care professionals.

As Portland's largest employer, we give you opportunities to learn and advance in a system of hospitals and clinics across Oregon and Southwest Washington. All are welcome. OHSU welcomes people of all ages, ethnicities, genders, national origins, religions and sexual orientations.

We are striving to build an anti-racist, multicultural institution and encourage people with diverse backgrounds to apply. To request reasonable accommodation, contact askhr@ohsu.edu