Physician - Village - Primary Care - Part Time

Provides comprehensive family medicine services within the scope of training and experience to people of all ages and genders with a focus on frontier and low-resourced settings, serving as a collaborator for advanced practice providers in the consortium.

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 insurance, dental, and vision benefits, life insurance and long and short-term disability, and more.

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities

Provides comprehensive primary care including, but not limited to, diagnosis, treatment, minor procedures, coordination of care, referrals, preventative care, prenatal care and health maintenance to patients.

• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of services is accordance with SEARHC policy.
• Provides optimal patient experience using strong listening and communication skills.
• Builds long-term patient care relationships.
• Consults specialists as needed (i.e., AristaMD, ANMC providers, etc.).
• Provides medical services at facilities within the SEARHC care network and other facilities and locations listed in SEARHC’s compact and funding agreement with the Indian Health Services.
• Actively participates in SEARHC quality patient care initiatives and quality assurance programs.
• Actively participates in provider meetings, clinic meetings, and SEARHC medical staff functions.
• Serve as the primary collaborating physician or alternate for Physician Assistants serving in consortium by fulfilling state requirements
• Serve as the Physician of record/sponsoring physician for CHA/Ps and their standing orders.
• Regular travel amongst Village Clinic sites
• Duties as delegated by the Village Lead Clinician

Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required

• State of Alaska Medical License as an MD or DO
• Board-certified in Family Medicine
• Maintains active, unrestricted DEA registration.
• Maintains active SEARHC medical staff privileges
• ACLS
• PALS
• CALS or ATLS
• ALSO or BLSO
• NRP
• Able to be privileged in moderate sedation and POCUS

Experience Required

• Two years of experience as a practicing provider

• Additional clinical experience or training prior to practice as a licensed provider may be considered by the Medical Director of Primary Care Clinics to meet this minimum experience requirement.

Knowledge of

• Primary health care practices and principles
• Emergency care and protocols where appropriate including medical evacuations
• Common disease processes and pharmacology
• Standards of care, EMTALA, HIPAA, health care risk management principles, medical ethics, and medical malpractice principles

Skills in

• Effective communication skills and ability to interact with staff and patients
• Operating essential basic medical equipment
• Making proper assessments based upon history, exam, lab, x-ray, and other data
• Incorporating health promotion and health prevention activities into patient care
• Educating patients and family members about diagnoses, treatment plan alternatives, risks, options, and medications

• Providing high-quality health care services including the performance of medical procedures appropriate to the outpatient and emergency care setting

Ability to

• Promote teamwork and collaboration.
• Resolve conflict.
• Efficiently utilize electronic medical record and other clinically-required technology.
• Carefully listen to patients and family members.
• Clearly express ideas through oral and written communication.
• Efficiently analyze complex situations and solve problems.
• Effectively implement clinical program strategies.

Work Environment:

Half-time, M-F

Required Certifications:

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