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Central Point, Oregon

Physician- MD/DO Direct Primary Care

Primary CareFull-Time

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Job Description

Southern Oregon Wellness is seeking a compassionate, patient-centered MD or DO to join our growing direct primary care practice in Southern Oregon.

This is an opportunity for a physician who wants to step away from the traditional high-volume, insurance-driven model and return to the heart of primary care: time with patients, meaningful relationships, prevention, and personalized medicine.

  • Title: Family Medicine / Primary Care Physician — MD or DO
  • Employment: Full-time or part-time
  • Location: Southern Oregon
  • Practice Model: Direct Primary Care

Responsibilities

  • Provide comprehensive primary care for patients across the lifespan
  • Diagnose and treat acute and chronic medical conditions
  • Provide preventive care, annual wellness visits, and health-risk assessments
  • Develop individualized treatment and wellness plans
  • Build long-term relationships with patients and families
  • Provide patient education and lifestyle counseling
  • Order and interpret laboratory and diagnostic studies
  • Manage chronic disease using evidence-based approaches
  • Coordinate specialty care when appropriate
  • Participate in practice development and quality improvement
  • Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to provide whole-person care
  • Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation
  • Ideal Candidate

We Are Looking for a Physician Who

  • Holds an MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school
  • Is board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, or another appropriate primary care specialty
  • Holds or is eligible for an Oregon medical license
  • Has excellent clinical judgment and communication skills
  • Values preventive medicine and patient education
  • Enjoys developing long-term relationships with patients
  • Is comfortable practicing with a high degree of professional autonomy
  • Is interested in innovative approaches to primary care
  • Brings compassion, curiosity, and a genuine desire to improve patients' health and quality of life
  • Experienced physicians and physicians early in their careers are encouraged to apply.

Why Direct Primary Care?

At Southern Oregon Wellness, we believe physicians should have the time to actually practice medicine.

Our Direct Primary Care Model Allows For

  • Longer visits
  • Smaller patient panels
  • Greater accessibility for patients
  • More meaningful physician-patient relationships
  • Greater focus on prevention and wellness
  • Reduced dependence on insurance-driven visit volume
  • More flexibility in how care is delivered
  • The opportunity to practice medicine in a way that puts the patient relationship first

What We Offer

  • Competitive compensation
  • Flexible scheduling
  • Full-time or part-time opportunities
  • Manageable patient panel
  • Longer appointment times
  • Supportive, collaborative practice environment
  • Professional autonomy

Join Us

If you're an MD or DO looking for an opportunity to practice relationship-based primary care with the time and freedom to truly know your patients, we would love to hear from you.

Requirements

Must hold an MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school and be board certified or eligible in a primary care specialty. Candidates must hold or be eligible for an Oregon medical license and possess excellent clinical judgment.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Chronic disease management

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 16% are remote, 52% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Primary Care Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 35 employers

14
<$325k
14
$325k-350k
12
$350k-375k
5
$375k-400k
5
$400k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks44 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
84%
Sign-on bonus
70%
CME allowance
59%
Relocation assistance
52%
Loan repayment
36%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$370k-$425k
#2

Physician, Family Medicine – Telemedicine Opportunity – DrHouse

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$100-$200/hr
#3

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#4

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+ 48 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 4.8
Better work-life than 30% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,241 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Central Point

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$412k
Typical market rent
$2,015/mo
Residents’ average commute
16 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.4
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Medford, OR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Flexible Scheduling
Manageable Patient Panel
Longer Appointment Times
Professional Autonomy