Primary Care Provider

Department Overview

Are you looking to practice primary care in an environment where providers thrive and get to work with a truly wonderful community of patients? Do you love medicine but want a different way to practice where there’s time to talk with your patients and contribute to a larger mission? At Oregon Health & Science University’s Student Health and Wellness Center, we provide the rare opportunity to practice the highest quality medical care without many of the barriers that exist in traditional primary care settings, and an opportunity to work towards the shared vision of student success.

The mission of SHW is to support Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) students and postdoctoral fellows in personal health and well-being during their academic careers at OHSU. We work to provide exceptional and confidential primary and behavioral health care in our integrated clinic, located on the primary OHSU campus on Marquam Hill in Portland, Oregon. The clinic provides behavioral health care, primary care, massage therapy and outreach programming to OHSU students, postdoctoral fellows, and their adult dependents.

Come work with a group of exceptional providers in an integrated health center that truly honors work life balance and prioritizes patient care. We have been widely recognized for our highly functional teamwork, patient satisfaction scores, and focus on multi-culturally competent care. This position comes with excellent paid time off, continuing medical education (CME), and retirement benefits. There is no weekend work and no after-hours patient call.

Function/Duties of Position

The OHSU Student Health and Wellness Center is committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in our work and with each other. Individuals from underrepresented groups (e.g. underrepresented races, genders, sexual orientations and abilities) as well as those that promote diversity, equity and inclusion are encouraged to apply.

When you join our primary care team, we will work together to provide excellent care for patients, strategize how to improve access for patients, partner with the behavioral health, integrative medicine and wellness teams to provide continuity of care for shared patients and promote all clinical and wellness services that SHW has to offer. You can expect to work independently while also providing consultation to other SHW primary care and behavioral health colleagues when necessary. We are committed to a work culture that promotes a work/life balance; therefore, there are occasional days when only one provider staffs the clinic. Additionally, all of our providers are credentialed through OHSU’s Department of Family Medicine.

The duties of this position include:

• Provide culturally affirming direct patient care within the OHSU Student Health and Wellness Center; interpreting history, physical and clinical data to develop treatment plans and referrals as needed; reproductive health care; minor dermatologic and sports medicine procedures; initial evaluation and treatment of behavioral health diagnoses; traveler’s health care; eating disorder evaluation and treatment; evaluating and treating acute and chronic illness; ordering labs and imaging studies as appropriate; and managing blood and body fluid exposures.
• Includes availability for on-call and coverage duties in rotation with other SHW practitioners throughout the year.
• Independently manage a diverse panel of patients while maintaining timely and accurate documentation in the electronic health record. Clinicians are expected to complete medical record documentation, orders, inbox management, and care coordination tasks within organizational standards.
• Attend and participate in clinic meetings and quality improvement efforts, manage and complete CME requirements, report on courses and updates for other staff, maintain academic standing in department, and follow all OHSU, departmental and clinical policies and procedures

Required Qualifications

• Experience providing comprehensive ambulatory primary care across a broad range of acute, chronic, and preventive healthcare needs.
• Physician Associate, Nurse Practitioner, or MD/DO with completed residency training in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine.
• Two or more years of relevant clinical experience (post-residency for MD/DO)
• Current licensure as required by specific provider governing board(s) and eligible for Oregon State license.
• Experience providing affirming and equitable care to individuals from a wide range of racial, ethnic, cultural, socioeconomic, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and educational backgrounds.
• Experience utilizing an electronic health record in outpatient clinical practice.
• Demonstrated ability to satisfy standards of performance delineated by law and associated professional practice standards, the latter set forth as an addendum to the position description.
• Demonstrated proficiency using electronic health record and organizational communication systems to manage documentation, orders, diagnostic results, refill requests, patient messages, care coordination, and other clinical responsibilities in a timely manner consistent with clinic and organizational standards.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize clinical, documentation, and administrative responsibilities while maintaining quality, accuracy, and timeliness.
• Ability to function effectively as an independent clinician in a collaborative practice environment while managing multiple priorities and competing demands.
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both verbally and in writing, with patients, staff, and interdisciplinary colleagues.
• Regular and consistent attendance at work- and work-related meetings.
• Able to perform essential tasks with or without accommodations

Preferred Qualifications

• More than 5 years clinical experience
• Experience working in a Student Health Center at an academic medical center or institution of higher education
• Interest or experience in one or more of the following areas: sports medicine, colposcopy, dermatologic procedures, reproductive health procedures
• Experience managing clinical workflows within Epic or a comparable electronic health record system, including documentation, inbox management, order entry, and patient communication.
• Experience evaluating and managing common mental health conditions within the scope of primary care practice and facilitating appropriate referral, consultation, and co-management for patients requiring specialized behavioral health services.
• Experience collaborating and coordinating care with interprofessional teams using electronic communication and shared care management workflows.
• Interest in participating in outreach presentations, wellness programming, and student engagement activities, particularly those supporting historically marginalized student populations.

Additional Details

If the position is filled by an MD/DO, the position will be an unclassified faculty position. If the position is filled by a Nurse Practitioner, it will be a Clinical Associate that follows the Advanced Practice Union (APU) contract. The finalist will be required to gain faculty appointment in the Department of Family Medicine at OHSU, no matter their degree.

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