OB Hospitalist

Legacy Health•Gresham, OR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This OB/GYN Hospitalist position is part of Legacy Medical Group (LMG) and is shared between Legacy Mount Hood (LMH) Medical Center in Gresham, OR and Randall Children’s (RCH) /Legacy Emanuel Hospital (LEH) in Portland, OR. This shared position offers the unique opportunity to work as an OB/GYN Hospitalist in a collaborative community setting at Legacy Mount Hood AND on a high-risk teaching service at a referral hospital in close collaboration with Maternal Fetal Medicine at Randall Children’s Hospital.

Requirements

Graduate of four-year U.S. Medical School or equivalent with residency completed in OB/GYN
Full OB scope of both low and high-risk pregnancies including NSVD, operative vaginal delivery, cesarean section, management of third stage labor, hemorrhage, level 1 ultrasound, repair of episiotomy and lacerations, VBAC.
Gynecology procedures including D&C, minor and major laparoscopy with adnexal surgery (oophorectomy, cystectomy, salpingectomy, ectopic), tubal ligation (laparoscopic and postpartum).
Board Certified or Board Eligible in OB-GYN.
Unrestricted license to practice medicine in Oregon.
Current BLS from the American Heart Association required.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual a plus!

Responsibilities

At Legacy Mt. Hood, the OB/GYN Hospitalist covers the Family Birth Center including high-risk and unassigned patients.
Works closely with a 24/7 in-house CNM, who manages their own low-risk OB patients and first assists on C-sections.
At Randall Childrens at Legacy Emanuel, the OB/GYN hospitalist supports the inpatient needs of the LMG Maternal Fetal Medicine service and supervises Family Medicine and OB/GYN residents from Oregon Health Sciences University.
Other responsibilities include backup to the employed Certified Nurse Midwifery practice, coverage for unassigned labor/triage patients, and support of our private practice OB/GYN colleagues as needed (i.e. C-section assisting).
The OB/GYN Hospitalist is responsible for Emergency Department and inpatient gynecologic consults and emergencies (miscarriage, ovarian torsion, ectopic pregnancy) at both hospitals.