Internal Medicine Physician

Provider Type MD/DO or APC MD/DO Specialty Family Medicine Primary Care We are looking for pediatric support - assessing newborns (if on call) in the hospital immediately after birth. There will not be any obstetric focused medical or surgical care before, during, or after pregnancy. Care/assessment would only be provided to newborns (not the mother) in the hospital and/or clinic setting. FTE needed- 1.0
Daily Shift Standard (8hr or 12hr) - 8hr
Expected duration of assignment - 12 months
Reason for opening - Gap in coverage
Type of privileges (clinic/hospital/both) - Clinic and Hospital
Setting: Inpatient & Outpatient
If Inpatient, # of beds: 21
Call requirement - Yes- Schedule pending - most likely one week per month covering call to include weekends, will be sharing pediatrics and post-delivery call (Peds call no longer required as of 8/31/26)
Rounding, admissions, or none? - Both
Patient demographics - Newborns to Geriatrics
Average patients per day - 20 in clinic
Required Procedures - Circumcision (no longer required as of 8/31/26)
Required clinical activity in the last 24 months (case logs)- Applicant must provide documentation of provision of family medicine services representative of the scope and complexity of the privileges requested during the previous 24 months (applicants who have completed family medicine training during the previous year must provide a training log).
Will provider work solo? Yes, can work solo

Licensed Candidate: Yes/No - Yes, must hold active license at time of present - Must have OR license not willing to license
Note: will not accept candidates that do not have an active license in Oregon but will consider applicants that have a license pending depending on what the expected license issue date is.
Required certifications (Must be from American Heart Association or American Red Cross as applicable) - BLS, NRP
EMR - 1 year EPIC essential
How many newborn deliveries/month? 3-7 newborns per month
Average Inpatient peds census and peds admissions? None
For non-newborn peds admits does provider need to come in, or can ED physician place holding orders? Currently, only surgeons admit for pediatrics (trauma and appendectomy). It has been our practice to only admit pediatric patients 8 years and older. Pediatric patients under 8 years will be transferred to facility.
Are Deliveries performed by OB or FM Phys? OBGYN
Is Anesthesia present for deliveries and what resources are available (MD, CRNA or both)? CRNA on call, response time 20 min
What Newborn resuscitation support is available? All L&D nurses are required to take NPR and STABLE every 2 years. Respiratory Therapy is required to take NRP every 2 years. For every delivery, 2 L&D nurses (one for mom and one for baby) and Respiratory Therapist attend. We have quarterly NRP simulations with L&D nurses and Respiratory who are competent in LMA insertions. Tele doc is readily available for all deliveries with the Neonatologist at facility in Springfield, Oregon.
Where is the closest neonatal transfer center and do transfers go to Eugene? facility in Springfield Oregon, Level III NICU

Schedule Details
Schedule M-F 8hrs 8a-5p may include Weeknight call and weekend call 7a-7a
Expected start date (First day should always be reserved for orientation tasks): ASAP
Note: Client may run Fast PRIVS for right fit