FT Physician - Hospitalist: Opportunity in Beautiful Sitka, AK - SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium

FT Physician - Hospitalist - $25K Sign On Bonus

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Locations: AK - Sitka

Time Type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 8 Days Ago

Job Requisition ID: 2023-7430

SEARHC is a non-profit health consortium which serves the health interests of the residents of Southeast Alaska. We see our employees as our strongest assets. It is our priority to further their development and our organization by aiding in their professional advancement.

Working at SEARHC is more than a job; it’s a fulfilling career. We offer generous benefits, including retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance, and long and short-term disability, and more.

Salary: $252,725 - $279,357 hr DOE + Relocation, Sign On Bonus & Loan Repayment Options

Provides comprehensive health care services for inpatients, outpatients, and emergency patients at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital and serves as a community liaison and referral physician for communities and clinics throughout Southeast Alaska.

Requires high-level decision making for patients of all ages, from neonates to laboring patients to adults. Works frequently as the sole provider to ensure that health care delivered throughout the facility is of the highest quality. Covers multiple areas of the facility at the same time, responsible for all patients on the premises.

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job

• Provides appropriate clinical health care services to the emergency room patients of Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital. Care includes evaluations, clinical analysis, and recommendation and delivery of complex therapies and treatments. Includes delivery of health care services to patients of all ages, including newborn, infant, child, adolescent, pregnant, adult, and geriatric patients.
• Practices comprehensive medical care to outpatients and inpatients, including evaluations, clinical analysis, treatment recommendation, and preventive health care. This includes delivery of health services to patients of all ages and may include the practice of obstetrics.
• Serves as consultative liaison to village health care providers and referral physicians throughout Southeast Alaska.
• Participates in all medical staff functions as requested, including quality assurance reviews and meetings. Serves as chief of service as assigned by the medical director, providing clinical leadership to the service and collaborating with other hospital and corporate staff who work within the service.
• Abides by medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, and clinical services policies/procedures.

Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required

• M.D. or D.O. degree, along with satisfactory completion of an accredited Family Practice, Medicine/Pediatrics or Emergency Medicine residency. Certification by the American Board of Family Practice, the American Board of Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, or the American Board of Emergency Medicine is also acceptable.
• Alaska Medical License issued by the Alaska State Medical Board.
• BLS Certification required; PALS, ACLS, and ATLS certification are desired.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to gather and analyze information and use it to make appropriate clinical diagnosis and therapeutic decisions.
• Demonstrate knowledge of allopathic theories and therapies.
• Specialized knowledge applicable to emergency medicine, such as airway and trauma management.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Clinical judgment skills to assess complex situations and make appropriate clinical decisions.
• Skills appropriate for emergencies, such as intubation skills and cardiac resuscitation.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to order diagnostic tests effectively and efficiently.
• Ability to work as the sole provider, with the support of other physicians.

Required Certifications: Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - American Heart Association, Basic Life Support (BLS) - American Heart Association, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!