Family Practice opening details

A private primary care practice of affiliated with a wonderful community hospital in western Maine seeks an additional family practice physician to join their staff. Enjoy working with two doctors and two Midlevels in a friendly atmosphere where everyone works as a team to collaborate on practice goals, outcomes, and CQI initiatives. This is a full time position with a 4 day/week schedule. The call is just 1:6, shared with doctors in two other nearby FP practices. This is an inpatient/outpatient position (no OB).

Candidates for this position will be BC or BE; BE candidates must become certified within 3 years of being hired. A generous benefit package will be offered to the selected candidate, including a base salary with bonus/incentive program, paid malpractice, and a medical school loan assistance program.

Patients will be admitted to Stephens Memorial Hospital (SMH), a 50-bed hospital located in the beautiful community of Norway, Maine, in the foothills of Maine’s western mountains. Although considered rural, this hospital is under 60 minutes from Portland and the international jetport, and just 2-½ hours from Boston. SMH serves 21,000 Maine citizens, providing a wide range of medical services for outpatients as well as in-hospital care. Ambulance, home health, school-based health clinics, cancer treatment, long-term care, and a seasonal clinic located at the Sunday River Ski Resort are all managed by Stephens Memorial Hospital.

Recently, a major expansion was completed that increased the Surgical Services and Emergency Services departments, and added a new Women’s Imaging Center.

You’ll know you have entered Norway when you sense that you have stepped into a Norman Rockwell painting. Norway is one of those classic New England towns that is brimming with history and charm, and decorated with culture! The Matolcsy Art Center, right on Main Street, is where the Western Maine Art Group hosts several art exhibits each year. The Norway Sidewalk Art Festival in July sees nearly 100 artists from northern New England exhibit their work to the public. Year round galleries offer the wares of local artisans and others in historic buildings with indescribable character. Unique downtown shops offer everything from hardware to men’s wear (literally from overalls to formal wear), and furniture to personal care goods.

Maine’s oldest newspaper, the Advertiser-Democrat, is located downtown, as is the Historical Society, which provides fascinating documentation of Norway’s more than 200 year old history—from the shipbuilders’ use of its Norway pines, to the fire that swept through the town at the end of the last century. The local education system is outstanding, with eight different elementary schools scattered across nearby communities, plus a middle school and Oxford Hills High School.

Property in Norway and the surrounding towns is plentiful, and it comes in a variety of forms. Thompson and Norway Lakes are located within town limits, and many other smaller lakes and ponds are just minutes from downtown. There are beautiful neighborhoods with Federal and Colonial style homes. Or perhaps you desire some prime acreage to build the home of your dreams?

Other local features of interest include the Oxford Plains Speedway (where BankNorth sponsors an annual 250 mile race each year), the McLaughlin Garden and Horticultural Center, plus two local theatres and two golf courses. The annual Oxford County Fair in the autumn draws big crowds, and each winter, the SnowFest on Norway Lake is the site of fascinating ice drag races.

Norway sites in the Oxford Hills region, an area of unlimited beauty, with natural resources including pristine lakes, ponds, rivers and mountains. This region is surrounded by the finest Nordic and alpine ski areas, hundreds of miles of groomed snowmobile trails, hiking and biking paths. Superb hunting and fishing abound in the Lakes and Mountains region. These hills harbor many active gemstone quarries, too – so the area is known as “the Gemstone Capital of Maine�. Imagine the fine quality of life you and your family could enjoy residing in these beautiful surroundings, and yet being so very near to all the conveniences of the city!

Contact: Cal Weaver

Email: cweaver@themha.org