Family Medicine Physician - Neighborhood Health Center
Location: Milwaukie, OR
Position Type: Full-Time | On-Site
Join Neighborhood Health Center (NHC) at our Milwaukie Medical Clinic - a local nonprofit community health center where you get to practice meaningful, relationship-centered primary care as part of an integrated care team. NHC provides primary care, behavioral health, pharmacy services, and access to dental care through NHC's Milwaukie dental location with a whole-person approach. We are looking for a family physician who is excited to care for a diverse patient population, build lasting relationships, and contribute to healthier communities.
Why Choose Neighborhood Health Center?
- Mission-driven practice: Make a meaningful difference for patients who may experience barriers to care.
- Integrated, team-based care: Collaborate with medical, nursing, behavioral health, pharmacy, dental, and clinical support colleagues across NHC.
- Relationship-centered medicine: Build trusted, long-term relationships with patients and families.
- Community health focus: Practice in an FQHC environment that values prevention, access, population health, and whole-person care.
- Collaborative culture: Share your expertise through team huddles, quality improvement, and clinical problem-solving.
- Technology-supported care: Use Epic with ai assisted notes tools to support continuity, communication, and efficient documentation.
Compensation And Benefits
- Competitive salary: Starting range of $231,671 to $299,810 annually, depending on experience (DOE).
- Time away: Providers receive 224 hours of PTO annually at 0-4 years of service, increasing with tenure, plus nine paid holidays and two wellness days each year.
- Healthcare and wellbeing: Medical, dental, and vision plan options; eligible HSA participants receive NHC contributions. NHC also offers up to $420 annually for eligible wellness expenses and six free EAP sessions each year.
- Retirement and protection: Three-part 401(k) program with employer match up to 2%, an immediately vested 3% Safe Harbor contribution, up to an additional 3% discretionary contribution, and employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage.
- Professional development: $3,000 annual CME allowance, with additional support available for approved professional licensure and certifications.
- Student loan support: NHC providers qualify for the HRSA Student Loan Repayment Program.
- Additional benefits: Relocation reimbursment, tuition reimbursement, sabbatical leave after nine years of service, and potential bilingual/multilingual language differential pay.
Schedule and Work-Life Balance
- For a 1.0 FTE, a 40-hour workweek, would consist of 36 hours of clinical and 4 hours admin. Adjusted accordingly for less than 1.0 FTE options.
- Primarily on-site practice at NHC's Milwaukie Medical Clinic in Milwaukie, with opportunities to support patients and teams at other NHC locations when coverage is needed.
- Generous PTO, paid holidays, wellness days, and long-term sabbatical benefits support time away from work.
Practice Details
- Provide comprehensive outpatient family medicine with an emphasis on prevention, health promotion, and ongoing primary care.
- Care for a broad range of physical and mental health needs through assessment, treatment, medications, diagnostic testing, imaging, and specialty referrals.
- Have opportunities to perform minor procedures within your qualifications and scope of practice.
- Have opportunities to provide outpatient prenatal and postpartum care
- Work alongside an integrated care team and share clinical expertise with support staff involved in patient care.
- Use Epic for documentation and continuity of care, opportunity to use Ai tools to improve efficiency.
- Join daily team huddles and contribute to quality and process improvement work that strengthens the patient experience.
Qualifications
- MD or DO degree, or equivalent, from an accredited school of medicine.
- Completion of a Family Practice Residency; at least two years of related experience and/or training is preferred.
- Active and unrestricted Oregon medical license.
- Active DEA license and current BLS certification.
- Ability to complete documentation needed for Oregon credentialing.
- Experience providing care to diverse and underserved populations in a community health setting is preferred.
- Collaborative communication style and interest in sharing knowledge with the care team.
- Bilingual Spanish skills are preferred.
- Must be authorized to work in the United States and able to provide required employment eligibility documentation. NHC does not sponsor J-1 or other employment-based visas. # Community and Lifestyle - Milwaukie, Oregon
Milwaukie offers a welcoming community along the Willamette River with easy access to Portland and the surrounding metro area. It is a strong fit for providers who value neighborhood connection, riverfront recreation, local character, and the convenience of an inner-ring community.
Community and Lifestyle - Milwaukie, Oregon
- Community connection: Build lasting relationships with patients and families while serving a diverse Clackamas County community.
- Portland metro access: Connect easily to southeast Portland and downtown via the MAX Orange Line, TriMet bus service, and Highway 99E.
- Outdoor lifestyle: Enjoy Milwaukie Bay Park, Spring Park, Elk Rock Island, the Trolley Trail, and nearby river access.
- Local character: Milwaukie combines a growing downtown, local dining and businesses, community events, and scenic Willamette River surroundings.
Working Environment
- Clinical work takes place in an active healthcare environment and includes routine computer/Epic use, standing and walking in the clinic, and occasional lifting or moving of equipment and supplies.
- Clinical duties may involve exposure to bloodborne pathogens, contaminated sharps, or chemicals consistent with a healthcare setting.
Neighborhood Health Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This description is not intended to contain a comprehensive list of every duty or responsibility. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.