Cascades East is located in Klamath Falls, Oregon, providing an incredible rural medicine experience. The clinic is a certified Patient Centered Primary Care Medical Home, with an emphasis on team-based care and innovation. Sky Lakes Medical Center, the hospital at which the Cascades East Family Medicine Center is based, is the only hospital for the Klamath Basin. The combination of a strong medical community and populations with significant health care needs makes Klamath Falls a unique setting to practice primary care. Providers work within a collaborative interprofessional team to practice the full scope of family medicine, often caring for entire families from newborns all the way to grandparents.

 

Family Medicine strongly supports the comprehensive scope to provide the highest level of care for our community. The clinical work includes but is not limited to all ages of life including newborn to end of life, taking care of those are pregnant, and supporting patients with substance use disorder including medication-assisted treatment and gender affirming care. OHSU embraces diversity and welcomes all patients.

 

The appointee shall provide services as assigned by the supervisor in furtherance of the university’s missions and goals of teaching, research, patient care, outreach and public service.

Assistant or Associate Professor (senior faculty)

• Demonstrate and document a pattern of increasing responsibility in two (one if Adjunct) of the following areas that support OHSU’s academic mission:

1. Teaching/precepting and/or mentoring students, residents, fellows, staff and/or peers across all mission areas
2. Scholarly projects
3. Service and/or outreach activities at the department, school, institutional, and/or national level as appropriate to rank and experience.

• Attend to administrative requirements, which include participating in DFM clinic and/or department meetings, responding to email in a timely fashion, completing evaluations, maintaining compliance, maintaining a CV and Educator’s Portfolio in the OHSU format, and participating in trainings as assigned.
• Model professionalism in academic and administrative duties.

General clinical care – Provide family medicine care consistent with privileging and experience; maintain an active, vibrant family medicine practice (may include evenings/weekends and call); participate in continuing education/development activities; serve as a resource for staff, learners and fellow clinicians; use the EHR and maintain patient care documentation in a courteous, respectful and culturally sensitive manner; attend to in-basket messages and close charts in a timely fashion.

Inpatient care – Attend on Family Medicine Inpatient Service (FMIS); be available for teaching activities, including but not limited to resident precepting, student precepting, didactics and more; collaborate with other FMIS faculty and other inpatient faculty with the aim of sharing educational and clinical best practices; share FMIS call duties from the faculty inpatient call group.

 

Secondary research/grant funded role – Conduct externally funded research as a Program Director, Principal Investigator, Co-Investigator, Project Leader, Collaborator or Consultant. Disseminate research results.

 

Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program Director 

Supervisor: Vice Chair of Education; Vice Chair of Clinical Operations  

Role FTE: 0.7

 

Duties: The Cascades East Family Medicine Residency Program Director is responsible for the 9-9-9 residency located in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

 

 Key responsibilities: 

1. Curriculum Development 
2. Program Administration 
3. Maintaining a program which conforms to accreditation guidelines as outlined by the American Board of Family Medicine, the Review Committee for Family Medicine of the ACGME and the OHSU office of GME. 
4. Mentorship of Associate Residency Directors 
5. Facilitating the active involvement of other faculty in the program, including the focused faculty 
6. Representing the needs of the residency program with the department, hospital, institution and region
7. Collaboration with other OHSU residency directors
8. Providing direct patient care, including inpatient and outpatient care at the Hospital and at other approved clinical practice sites.

 

Clinical duties of this position include:

Supervisor: Vice Chair of Education; Vice Chair of Clinical Operations  

Role FTE: 0.3

 

Duties: Cascades East Family Medicine (Sky Lakes Medical Center) located in Klamath Falls, Oregon.

 

 Key responsibilities: 

 

1. Work collaboratively with full and part time faculty to maintain an active practice
   
2. The Appointee will directly see patients in their clinic.
   
3. Expectations for number of patients seen per half day will be commensurate with that of other faculty and with minimum target numbers of 8-10 visits per half day depending on complexity of the patient population.
   
4. The Appointee will be expected to document using the electronic health record and maintain complete and timely patient care documentation consistent with OHSU and Cascade East Family Medicine Center and Sky Lakes Medical Center policies and procedures.
   
5. The Appointee will be expected to participate in seeing patients during expanded access hours in the clinic, including their share of evenings and weekends, and call coverage. The Appointee will be expected to have a strong commitment to developing the practice into a vibrant clinical and academic operation, which is successful from both a professional and business perspective.
   
6. Be available for teaching activities.

OHSU Core Competencies – As a condition of employment, faculty are expected to work in accordance with the following core competencies:

• Inclusion, Collaboration and Teamwork: Every person matters. We benefit from the rich variety of ideas, skills and perspectives that emerge when we work together. Our collaboration fuels innovation, better solutions to complex problems, and a sense of community. Cultivating a climate of inclusion and respect enables us to partner with those who can help OHSU achieve its vision.
• Organizational Perspective: We are all connected. Whether our role is caring for patients, inspiring students, advancing scientific knowledge, or supporting those endeavors, each person’s work impacts another’s. When we understand how our actions and decisions affect the whole, we can better align the needs of our workgroup with the best interests of OHSU. We have a common purpose that guides what we do and why.
• Performance Results: We work hard to make great things happen. We hold ourselves and our colleagues to high standards of performance that are focused on results. We pursue excellence by giving and receiving feedback openly and directly. We continually seek to improve ourselves and our work by setting goals, measuring outcomes and developing our knowledge and skills. We exceed expectations in pursuit of our vision.  
• Personal Effectiveness: We are strong in character. As individuals, we value integrity and inspire trust. We meet obstacles with calm resolve, and can adapt quickly to change. We continue to move forward, even when the way is unclear. Each of us aspires to be our best self, accountable for the work we do and dedicated to the purpose of OHSU.

Compliance – As a condition of employment, faculty are expected to:

• Comply with the OHSU Code of Conduct
• Comply with all applicable policies, procedures and agreements
• Complete all assigned administrative trainings and programs
• Maintain licensure (if applicable)

Professorial Series Academic Expectations – As a condition of employment, will work in accordance with the following academic expectations:

• Assistant Professors – contribute in one or more Satisfactory academic pursuits as defined by the School of Medicine promotion guidelines.
• Associate Professors – contribute in one or more Substantial to Outstanding academic pursuits as defined by the School of Medicine promotion guidelines
• Professors – maintain one or more Outstanding academic pursuits as defined by the School of Medicine promotion guidelines.

Clinician Qualifications

• D./ D.O. faculty
• D. or D.O. degree and completion of a graduate medical education in an ACGME accredited Family Medicine Residency
• Board Certified or Board Eligible; current Oregon license and DEA certification
• Approved staff privileges at OHSU Health hospitals
• Capable of providing comprehensive health services as assigned
• Clinicians in the professorial series – previous work experience in clinical care required.

Clinician Scope

• D./ D.O. faculty – DFM strongly supports the comprehensive scope to provide the highest level of care for our community. The clinical work includes but is not limited to all ages of life including newborn to end of life, taking care of those are pregnant, and supporting patients with substance use disorder including medication-assisted treatment and gender affirming care. OHSU embraces diversity and welcomes all patients.

Researcher qualifications

• Degree, training and skills as required by faculty role
• Excellent communication skills; strong publication record
• Capable of collaborating with colleagues and supervising/mentoring staff, trainees, etc.

Compensation for the position will be commensurate with experience and other rural practice sites. Compensation for the position will include a base academic salary and a clinical salary.  By mutual agreement between the Department and the physician, this position may include Inpatient Care with call duties being shared with the faculty inpatient call group.

Oregon Health & Science University values a diverse and culturally competent workforce. We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization that does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of any protected class status, including disability status and protected veteran status. Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. To request reasonable accommodation contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Department at 503-494-5148 or aaeo@ohsu.edu.