Position Overview

Understanding the Role

Mercy Medical Center is recruiting a board-certified or board-eligible Gastroenterologist to join Centennial Gastroenterology Associates, an established, hospital-employed practice with strong referral demand and clear capacity to grow. The practice currently runs with three GI physicians, two advanced practice providers, and long-tenured clinical support staff. The incoming gastroenterologist will run a bread-and-butter general GI practice, mixing clinic, procedural, and inpatient time, with shared call across the physician team.

The position is primarily a general GI role with optional ERCP framing available for candidates who want to dabble. Mercy Medical Center does not currently offer advanced ERCP, and the system is open to providing the opportunity for an incoming physician who wants to add it to their procedural mix. There is also flexibility for a candidate who wants to lean more heavily into a hospitalist-style inpatient role, though the default expectation is a balanced general GI practice.

Practice Snapshot

• Setting: Hospital-employed through Centennial Medical Group / CHI Mercy Health (CommonSpirit Health)
• Specialty: General Gastroenterology, with ERCP options available
• Practice Type: Outpatient clinic plus inpatient consults and procedures at Mercy Medical Center
• Schedule: 20% to 40% clinic time, balance in designated procedure and OR time
• Call: Shared with the current GI physician team
• EMR: MEDITECH 6.0 transitioning to Epic in 2026
• APP Support: One PA and one FNP in clinic
• Robotic / Advanced Endoscopy: ERCP available as an option for interested candidates
• Flexibility: Default is a balanced general GI practice; hospitalist-leaning structure also possible
• New vs Replacement: Growth position (adding to a three-physician roster)

Why the Role Exists

Demand for GI services across Douglas County and the Mid-Oregon Coast has outpaced the practice's capacity. New patient appointments currently run six weeks out, screening colonoscopies have been paused because of bandwidth, and the practice routinely turns away same-week referrals. Bringing on an additional gastroenterologist is one of the system's three top growth investments, alongside urology and orthopedics.

Service Area and Patient Demand

• Roseburg metro service area: ~105,000 residents
• Catchment extends to the Oregon Coast (Coos Bay, North Bend, Bandon, Port Orford) where no GI providers practice
• Current new patient wait: ~6 weeks
• Screening colonoscopy backlog currently unaddressed
• Strong inpatient consult volume (2 to 4 consults during the workday is typical)

Practice Model

The practice operates a direct-scheduling model. Primary care referrals come in, the patient sees one of the two APPs, and if a procedure is indicated, the APPs schedule it directly without requiring a separate physician visit. This keeps the GI physician's day focused on procedures, complex clinic patients, and inpatient consults.

The leadership team is explicit about flexibility on the clinic-versus-procedure mix and willing to structure the position around the right candidate's preferences:

Qualifications and Requirements

• MD or DO degree
• Board certification or board eligibility in Gastroenterology
• ABMS-recognized fellowship training completed
• Active or eligible Oregon medical license
• DEA registration
• Eligible for Mercy Medical Center medical staff privileges
• ACLS certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong interest in long-term community placement (not a stepping-stone job)
• Comfort working within a small subspecialty team with significant autonomy and input
• For ERCP-interested candidates: completed advanced or therapeutic endoscopy fellowship or comparable training
• Comfort with a hybrid clinic, procedural, and inpatient practice mix

Reporting and Practice Structure

• Reports to Centennial Medical Group practice leadership
• Chief Medical Officer: Jason Gray, MD
• Hospital CEO: Russell Wooley
• Direct collaboration with hospitalist team, ED, anesthesia, general surgery, oncology, and the Mercy ASC team
• Active voice in shaping practice workflow, schedule structure, and procedural mix
• Partnership track available for additional income