Family Medicine - OB Job at Kootenai Health in Orofino, ID

Who we are looking for:

Join a team of 8 Family Medicine physicians, 4 APPs and a General Surgeon to deliver full-spectrum rural care.  This can include Obstetrics, Emergency Medicine, Primary Care Outpatient clinic and hospital inpatient care.  Our  facility is a newly remodeled 23-bed Critical Access Hospital that serves as a Level 4 Trauma center.  Emergency room coverage is primarily through our Family Medicine team with 12 hour shifts and an annual volume of 4,000 visits. Inpatient care is supported in a rotating hospitalist model staffed by our FM physicians to offer a sustainable lifestyle. Obstetric care is optional, although preferred.  Four physicians offer surgical obstetric coverage and welcome others with this skill.  This is where we live the dream of the practice of FM and do the work we love to make a difference in the lives of our patients and community.  We offer sign on and retention bonuses and a competitive compensation package with full benefits.  Our leadership is uniquely visionary and supportive of the work we do.

What you can expect:

• Hospital licensed for Acute Care and Skilled Care.
• Satellite clinics primarily staffed with advanced practice professionals. Physicians rotate 1 or 2 days/month to satellite clinics
• Four-bay emergency department with approximately 4,000 visits/year.
• Radiology service: CAT scan on-site with 24 hour availability of service. Ultrasound on site, technician available 5 days /week. ECHO available 2 x /week. Mobile Mammography and MRI. Tele-radiology.
• On-site lab
• Integrated Behavioral Health
• Nurse Case Management
• Community Health Workers
• Diabetic Educators and Dieticians
• Tele-medicine access to Pediatric and Adult Psychiatry, Cardiology, Nephrology, Sleep Medicine and Oncology
• PT services for inpatients and outpatients with new outpatient PT facility.
• OB suite/average 60 deliveries/year.
• Secondary referral hospital in Lewiston, ID, with 45 min transport time by ground; Tertiary hospital for cardiac/trauma in Coeur d’Alene, ID with a 45 min transport time by helicopter.
• Clinic 4 days/week. Average number clinic visits per practitioner, approximately 15-18/day.

Who we are:

Join a supportive, innovative, award-winning rural Family Medicine team where our partners deliver high quality care while living a sustainable lifestyle in the breathtaking beauty of North Central Idaho.  We are a small rural health system with two Critical Access Hospitals and several outreach clinics.  This practice has a strong culture of mutual support and promotes the practice of evidence-based care.  It also is a vibrant teaching center as a Rural Family Medicine Fellowship site.  FM Residents also rotate here about 10 months of the year. We are a rural training site for medical students from the University of Washington and participate in practice based research in Primary care.

Where we live:

Orofino is located in “north central” Idaho in Clearwater County, positioned 5 hour drive south of the Canadian border and 5 hours drive north of Boise, Idaho.  Orofino nestles along the beautiful Clearwater River in a protected river canyon. In 15-20 minutes, the geography changes as one drives up to the surrounding high prairies at 2-3,000 elevation. Beyond the prairies are forested mountains.

Orofino, while very small-town/rural, it is only 45 minutes from a population of 60,000 people in the Lewiston-Clarkston valley (at the Idaho/Washington state border).    This gives easy access to a commercial airport, colleges, diversified shopping and city attractions.  Orofino is 1 ½ hours from university towns of Moscow, ID (U of I) and Pullman, WA (WSU), with a combined population of 50,000. Both offer additional higher education opportunities and a variety of events college towns attract.