Hospitalist

About the role

Build the practice you want—while living where mountain views, rivers, forests, and the Oregon Coast are all within reach. Santiam Hospital & Clinics is looking for a Hospitalist ready to care for a close-knit community and enjoy everything the Pacific Northwest has to offer. Santiam Hospital & Clinics is a progressive, patient-centered acute-care system serving more than 40,000 individuals annually across multiple clinic locations. Here, you will practice medicine the way it should feel—personal, connected, and supported—just minutes from the outdoor recreation that defines life in the Northwest. At Santiam Hospital, you will join a physician-led culture dedicated to clinical excellence and professional autonomy. You will be an essential member of our medical staff and work alongside an on-site specialty team that includes a General Cardiologist, Pulmonary Critical Care Physicians, Podiatrist, OBGYN’s, Orthopedic and General Surgeons ensuring comprehensive medical support for your patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, patient-centered care
• Serve the community’s growing needs, strengthening access to preventive care and long-term chronic disease management
• Work in an open 4‑bed ICU with pulmonologist support and virtual ICU backup
• Manage a day census of 12‑20 patients split between MD and APP (independent provider)
• Handle a night census averaging 2‑4 admissions
• Perform procedures (preferred but not required) with assistance available from CRNA, Surgery, and ED teams
• Utilize integrated EPIC EMR for seamless patient care management

Qualifications

• Completion of an ACGME‑ or AOA‑accredited family medicine or internal medicine residency
• Board certification or eligibility for certification by the American Board of Family Medicine, American Osteopathic Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, or American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine
• Current licensure by the Oregon Medical Board to practice medicine
• Current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Demonstrated competence and adequate experience to provide medical care at professionally acceptable quality and efficiency standards
• Approachable team player with strong communication skills

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision, malpractice, and retirement benefits
• Full coverage of licenses, professional dues, and board certification fees (separate from CME)
• $3,000 annual CME allowance
• Relocation assistance
• Signing bonus available

Pay

• Competitive guaranteed base salary
• Extra shifts and holiday coverage compensated at a higher rate

Schedule

• Full‑time position equivalent to 14 shifts per month
• Day census: 12‑20 patients
• Night census: 2‑4 admissions on average