Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Family Medicine Opportunity

Location: Baker Family Medicine

Status:  Full Time

Schedule:  Traditional clinic work week, M-F, 8-5 pm; 36 hours of scheduled patient contact time.

Call:  No call requirement.  May be contacted after hours about labs or critical findings. 

Salary and Benefits:

• Relocation
• PTO & CME Allocation
• Malpractice Insurance (Incl. Tail)
• Health/Dental/Vision
• Retirement (403b)

Practice Highlights:  Saint Alphonsus Medical Group (SAMG) is a 500+ provider multispecialty group practice that seeks an APP to work full-time at its Baker City location. SAMG Baker Clinic is dedicated to providing services for a full spectrum of family medicine patients, including those with pulmonary, diabetic and arthritic/autoimmune conditions. The provider must demonstrate a commitment to a multi-disciplinary team approach to patient care and work cooperatively with associates, providers and other team members.

Requirements:

• Obtain unrestricted Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner Oregon medical licensure to practice medicine in all its phases; valid controlled substance registration with Oregon Board of Pharmacy & DEA.
• A strong medical background and a desire to provide care to a growing multi-specialty medical group. 

Support: Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City offers a 24/7 Emergency Department, daily anesthesia support, and full ancillary departments (MRI, X-ray, CT, Echo and Laboratory) with a newly remodeled clinic located inside the medical center building.  The Family Medicine practice is currently made up of a Family Medicine physician and three Advanced Practice Providers.  Also full-time on the medical staff is one General Surgeon, an Orthopedist .  Other specialties routinely available are Podiatry, Dermatology, Nephrology, Pulmonary, Cardiology, GYN/ONC and ENT. 

Saint Alphonsus Medical Center – Baker City (SAMC – Baker City) is a critical access hospital in eastern Oregon with a Level IV Emergency Department (roughly 7,500 visits per year) and private patient rooms. In 2021, for the fifth year in a row, SAMC - Baker City has received recognition as one of the Top 100 Critical Care Access Hospitals in the United States by IVantage Health Analytics and the Chartis Group Center for Rural Health. There are over 1300 critical care access hospitals in the US, and Baker City continues to perform in the top 7% of similar hospitals throughout the country. As a not-for-profit medical center, Saint Alphonsus Baker City reinvests profits back into the community and works to improve the health and well-being of those we serve by emphasizing care that is patient-centered, innovative and community based, while focusing on providing services in a spiritual, healing environment. 

The medical center is part of Saint Alphonsus Health System, a growing four-hospital, 714-bed integrated healthcare system serving the full range of the health and wellness needs of the people in southwestern Idaho, eastern Oregon and northern Nevada.  Saint Alphonsus Health System is a member of Trinity Health, the second largest Catholic Health System in the nation.  

To learn more about Saint Alphonsus, visit www.saintalphonsus.org.

Baker City, Oregon (pop. 10,000) is situated in the valley between the rugged Elkhorn and Eagle Cap Mountains. From the Elkhorn Range of the Blue Mountains to the waters of the Snake River, Baker County (pop. 18,000) is an outdoor recreation enthusiast's playground with fishing, hunting, rafting, biking, skiing and other outdoor pursuits. Majestic mountain ranges tower over blue ribbon streams and rivers. Rich forests are punctuated by clear, high-mountain lakes. Interstate 84 easily connects Baker City to several major metropolitan areas, including Boise (125 miles east), Portland and Seattle. An area rich in cultural heritage and scenic beauty, Baker is wide open for discovery! For more information on Baker City, Oregon, please visit www.bakercity.com. 

Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation. We serve people and communities in 22 states from coast to coast with more than 90 hospitals and 100 continuing care facilities – including home care, hospice, PACE and senior living facilities and programs that provide nearly two and a half million visits annually. Trinity Health employs more than 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians. 

Our mission: We, Trinity Health, serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. We support this mission by living our core values of Reverence, Commitment to Those Who are Poor, Justice, Stewardship, and Integrity. Committed to recruiting talented physicians, we are looking for physicians who share our values and want to help us fulfill the health care needs of the communities we serve.

At Trinity Health, we value the physician relationship and focus on partnering with our physicians. Whether you are a practicing physician looking to relocate or a medical resident, we offer opportunities with the flexibility to fit your individual needs. If you would like to be part of Trinity Health, we encourage you to explore this opportunity at www.trinity-health.org.

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to submit your CV, please email docopps@trinity-health.org or call Trinity Health Physician Recruitment at (734) 343-2300.