Full Time APP (NP-PA) *$25,000 Sign On Bonus* - Rural Alaska

The Full Time Advanced Practice Professional (NP-PA) provides comprehensive family medicine services within the scope of training and experience to people of
all ages and genders.

$132,000 -$162,500 annually DOE + Geographic Pay, Relocation, Incentives & Loan Repayment Options

About Us:

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 developmentand 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.

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job

• Provides comprehensive primary care including, but not limited to, diagnosis, treatment, minor procedures, coordination of care, referral, preventative care, and health maintenance to a dedicated panel of patients.

• Participates fully in shared local urgent/emergent care on-call rotation.

• 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 SEARHC physician as needed for patient care and uses other access to specialists as needed (i.e., AristaMD, ANMC providers, etc.).

• Provides medical services at facilities within thea SEARHC care network and other facilities and locations listed in SEARHC’s compact and funding agreement with the Indian Health Service.

• Actively participates in SEARHC quality patient care initiatives and quality assurance programs.

• Actively participates in provider meetings, clinic meetings, and SEARHC medical staff functions.

Other Functions

• Depending upon the location and needs of the community served, participates in shared after-hours emergency call coverage.

Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required

• State of Alaska Medical License as an NP or PA

• Board-certified in specialty by accrediting body

• Maintains active, unrestricted DEA registration.

• Maintains active SEARHC medical staff privileges.

• BLS for all positions.

• ACLS, PALS, and ATLS certification within 1 year of start date for providers performing after-hours emergency work in remote clinics (e.g., Haines, Hoonah, Gustavus, Angoon, Kake, Klawock).

• ALSO training is preferred for providers performing after-hours emergency work in remote clinics.

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

• Basic emergency care and protocol where appropriate

• 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 skill 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

• Full-time
• Monday through Friday
• Afterhours Call

Situated on the picturesque west coast of Prince of Wales Island, Klawock is a small town of 854 residents. The town is known for being the site of the oldest cannery in Alaska and is also home to Klawock’s Totem Park, featuring 21 authentic totem poles, the largest collection of its kind in Alaska.

SEARHC’s southern sub-regional medical facilities serve the people of Prince of Wales Island. The Alicia Roberts Medical Center services include medical and dental primary care, community wellness, behavioral health, tele-medicine and tele-psychiatry, radiology, women’s health, and many speciality clinics by itinerant specialists. The Prince of Wales Eye Clinic offers comprehensive eye-care services.

This FT APP role has opeinings in Klawock, Hydaburg, Gustavus, Hoonah, Angoon, Haines, and Kake, Alaska