**Rheumatology opportunity in southeastern Washington**
* Located in ***Clarkston, WA*** - 106m from Spokane
* Full-time, permanent opening
* Hospital-employed position (independent options if desired)
* Joining an established practice
* Competitive compensation package based on skills and experience
* Comprehensive benefits package
**Hospital:**
Hospital serves a 10-county region in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. They are a not-for-profit, community owned hospital (since 1955), offering acute care as well as a DNV GL Healthcare accredited critical access facility.
Atypical of a small hospital Although designated as a Critical Access Hospital, they offer a number of services that defy the distinction.
* New all-digital Imaging Center 64 Slice CT, 3 Tesla MRI, Digital Mammography, PACS
* Very successful kidney dialysis program
* Four-room sleep lab staffed by a pulmonologist
* One of the regions only wound healing/hyperbaric medicine programs with three hyperbaric oxygen chambers
* Integrated EMR across hospital clinics
* Well-developed Hospitalist program
* 12 bay Emergency Department with 24/7 physician staffing
* PA staffed Minor Care
* Primary Care (22 Providers) in three locations across Clarkston and Lewiston
* Specialty clinics include: Aesthetics, Behavioral Health, Clinical Nutrition, General Surgery, Interventional Pain, Nephrology, Minor Care, Podiatry, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Urology, and Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Services
* Valley-wide specialty services include: Pediatrics, Otolaryngology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Oncology/Radiation Oncology, Cardiology, Orthopedic, and Neurosurgery
**Area/Community:**
Located in the Southeast corner of Washington along the Idaho border and within 40 miles of the Oregon border, Clarkston is a port city surrounded by the rolling hills, mountains and river canyons that make up this area of Washington known as the Lewis Clark Valley.
The Lewis Clark Valley is home to excellent schools, including two major universities and several colleges. There are plethoras of recreational outdoor activities including ski resorts, white water, fly fishing, hiking, biking, backpacking, and camping. Enjoy the award-winning locally produced wines as well as the international jazz festival. With a strong economy and affordable housing, who wouldnt want to live in the Lewiston and Clarkston Valley?