Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician

Location:
Hood River, OR

Hood River offers stunning natural beauty in the Columbia River Gorge with world-class outdoor recreation including windsurfing, hiking, and skiing. This vibrant community provides an exceptional quality of life with a charming downtown, excellent dining, and proximity to both Portland and beautiful Pacific Northwest wilderness areas.

Facility:
This memorial hospital serves the Hood River community with comprehensive women's health services. The facility features a dedicated labor and delivery unit with 4 labor rooms, 4 postpartum rooms, and an operating room within the L&D unit, handling approximately 350 deliveries annually with strong collaboration between OBGYN and Family Medicine physicians.

Opportunity:
Physician - Obstetrics and Gynecology

Job Details:

• Provide OBGYN after-hours clinic call and inpatient OB and GYN emergency department call coverage

• Cover up to 8 call shifts per month, ideally including 2 weekends

• Work 24-hour call shifts with off-site coverage within 15 minutes of facility

• Participate in unassigned OB call and serve as C-section backup for Family Medicine OB physicians

• Handle 16-19 patient encounters per shift

• Manage low and high-risk pregnancies with routine and complicated deliveries

• Perform vaginal deliveries, low forceps deliveries, and C-sections

• Handle breech presentations, multiple births, and abruptions

• Conduct FHR interpretation including NST/CST/FSE

• Perform Level I ultrasounds (screening/viability) with Level II preferred

• Repair 3rd and 4th degree lacerations

• Provide surgical gynecology services including open and laparoscopic procedures

• Respond within 15 minutes for stat C-sections

• Must maintain active Oregon medical license and DEA registration

• Board Certified OBGYN required with NRP and BLS certification

• Hospital does not offer VBACs or planned deliveries under 35 weeks

• No NICU on-site

• Credentialing timeframe approximately 90 days

Compensation:
Competitive hourly rates with weekly pay and malpractice included.