Permanent Internal Medicine: Outpatient Only Job in Bethel, Alaska

• Position Type: Permanent
• Recruited Specialty: Internal Medicine: 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 Internal Medicine Physician 

Full time; $230,000 - $290,000 based on 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 Internal Medicine applicants be able perform full scope of practice.

* 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

• 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: