• Physician Associate - Primary Care

    Columbia Memorial Hospital (Astoria, OR)


    Columbia Memorial Hospital (CMH) is seeking an experienced Physician Associate to join the CMH Medical Group as part of our Primary Care Clinics in Seaside on the northern Oregon coast.

     

    We invite you to join CMH, named America's Outstanding Rural Health Organization for 2024 (NRHA), where you will practice medicine in a rural outpatient Primary Care setting. Our clinics offer a supportive work environment where you will be able to provide full spectrum care for patients of all ages alongside primary care physicians and advance practice practitioners.

     

    This is an employed position with a competitive compensation and benefits package. We also offer incentives for achieving productivity and quality targets. The hospital administration supports a good work-life balance and the medical staff values evidence-based practice.

    Knowledge of/Skill/Ability to:

    + Strong oral and written and interpersonal communication skills.

    + Organizational and problem solving skills.

    + Must be able to handle multiple tasks and exercise sound clinical and independent judgments in all age groups served.

    + Demonstrated experience in area of clinic practice is required.

    + Excellent written verbal, computer and communication skills are required.

    Education and/or Experience:

    + Completion of an accredited Physician Associate training program.

    + Preferably two or more years of experience.

    License/Certification:

    + Current Physician Assocoate license for the State of Oregon at the time of hire.

    + State of Oregon Physician Associate Prescriptive privileges.

    + ACLS or BLS required through the American Heart Association.

    + Must be successfully credentialed by the CMH Professional Staff.

     

    This employed position has a competitive salary range of $125,000 - $170,000+, based on experience, with a comprehensive benefits package. We also offer an incentive structure based on productivity and quality metrics.

    ELIGIBLE FOR CMH EMPLOYEE REFERRAL BONUS: PRIORITY RECRUITMENT

    We invite you to explore our full organization and consider an opportunity to join us. When you do, we believe you will fall in love with our family-oriented community, charming downtown and all the great outdoors has offer in Astoria. Please visit www.columbiamemorial.org or contact Frank Betzer [email protected] or 503-338-4592 to see if Columbia Memorial Hospital is a good fit for you.

     

    (National Rural Health Association 2024 Awards)