Community Health Center / FQHC Family Practice: Outpatient Only Job in Bethel, Alaska
This role is offered as a straight employment position within a community health center / FQHC setting, an outpatient Family Practice opportunity based in Bethel, Alaska. This type of arrangement is designed for physicians drawn to community-focused medicine within a federally supported safety-net practice, paired with the stability of employed practice.
As listed, the financial offering for this position falls in the $225,000–$249,999 range, and both relocation assistance and a signing bonus are provided. There is no emergency department call associated with this role.
- Open to board-certified and board-eligible physicians
- MD and DO training accepted, including both American and foreign medical graduates
- US citizens and green card holders eligible
- Suitable for recently trained and experienced physicians
- Located in a community of fewer than 10,000 residents
Together, these details describe an employed, outpatient-only family practice opportunity in a small Alaska community, structured under a community health center / FQHC model.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Family Practice: Outpatient Only
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Community Health Center/FQHC
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
Outpatient Clinic Family Medicine Physician
Full time - $230,000 - $280,000 - based on years of exp.
Organization serves 58 federally-recognized Tribes and operates 41 Village Clinics. Five larger communities are served by five Sub-Regional Clinics. All communities served by the 55 bed regional hospital in Bethel.
Job Details:
2 or 3 year contracts, full benefits, relocation, sign-on bonus and retention bonus
- The clinic consists of six main hallways and has three Charge RNs, three Unit Clerks, along with several nurses and providers. Each nurse is paired up with one provider and this team is given three rooms for patient care. Most providers see about 14 to 18 patients per day (or about one patient every 30 minutes).
- Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm. Although typically the last patients of the day are scheduled at 430pm, patient care often lasts beyond 5pm.
- There is travel to Village Clinics. Each clinic provider is assigned to a few villages. Providers will travel out to their villages for two days to a week to care for patients in the village clinic. We send a nurse to assist with patient care. These trips are a great opportunity to experience village life, see a bit of “bush” AK and are usually very rewarding experiences.
- We require Family Medicine applicants be able perform full scope of practice.
Position Qualifications:
· MD/DO from accredited medical school
· Must have completed a residency training program and be Board eligible or Board certified
· Alaska State License and DEA License
- Structure of Financial Support: Straight Employment
- Financial Offering: $225,000 - $249,999
- Relocation Allowance: Yes
- Signing Bonus: Yes
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Alaska
- Practice City: Bethel
- Community Size: Less than 10,000
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Clinic
- Number of Providers:
- Agency: AVA Search Group, LLC
