The posting
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.
Emergency Medicine Physician (ED/Hospitalist) – SEARHC
Join the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) in Wrangell—a unique rural medicine opportunity offering a blend of emergency medicine and observational/hospitalist care. Wrangell Medical Center is a critical access hospital serving a tight-knit island community, where physicians practice broad-spectrum medicine with meaningful patient relationships and strong team collaboration.
Why Choose SEARHC – Wrangell Medical Center?
- True rural, full-scope practice combining ED, inpatient, and rehab care with high clinical autonomy.
- Low patient volumes allowing for thoughtful, patient-centered care and meaningful clinical interactions.
- Flexible scheduling model with week-long rotations, allowing for travel and extended time off.
- Collaborative, team-based environment in a small, supportive clinical setting.
- Modern facility located in Southeast Alaska’s scenic island community.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Salary Range 0.5 - 0.75 FTE: $194,400 - $302,400 annual salary
- Financial Incentives 0.75 FTE: Geographical differential stipend of $26,500, $26,250 Sign-on bonus and $18,750 relocation assistance available.
- Healthcare benefits: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage with flexible spending options (FSAs).
- Life insurance and wellness: Basic life insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Accident - Critical Illness – Hospital Insurances, Identity & Fraud Protection, Legal Insurance, and Pet Insurance.
- Professional development 0.75 FTE: $4,500 in pre-tax annual CME allowance.
- Retirement planning: 401k plan with up to 5% employer match beginning on your date of hire, Roth and 457b plans.
Schedule and Work-Life Balance:
- Schedule: Flexible shift-based model with one-week blocks, covering days and evenings.
- Shift Obligation: 0.5 FTE: 9 shifts monthly & 0.75 FTE 14 shifts monthly Day shift: 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM Evening shift: 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM including overnight call to 8am.
- Call structure: 7 night calls monthly from 12:00 AM – 8:00 AM (not required to be onsite).
- Call Back Rate: $270 per hour
Practice Details:
- Wrangell Medical Center: Critical Access Hospital with a 4-bed ED and 8-bed inpatient unit
- Variable Patient volume: ED census: ~3 patients/day Inpatient census: ~1 patient/day Rehab census: ~3 patients/day
- Scope of care: Full-spectrum care including emergency, inpatient, and acute rehab patients across all ages
- Telehealth integration: Supports regional urgent care telehealth when not engaged in direct patient care
Clinical Resources & Support:
- Clinic & hospital infrastructure: 2 trauma bays, 2 flex ED rooms, 8 inpatient beds, and adjacent LTC/clinic services
- Support staff: 3 RNs onsite per shift (ED/MS/LTC), on-call lab and imaging 24/7
- Imaging: X-ray and CT available 24/7; additional access to mammography, ultrasound, and DEXA
- Technology: Meditech EHR
- Specialty access: Tele-stroke program and telemedicine consultations; additional services available at SEARHC regional facilities
Qualifications:
- MD or DO with completion of an accredited residency in Family Medicine, Med/Peds, or Emergency Medicine
- Board-certified or board-eligible
- Eligible for Alaska medical licensure
- Required certifications: ACLS, ALSO, ATLS, BLS, NRP, and PALS
What Makes This Opportunity Unique?
- Practice independently with strong support—often as the sole provider, with access to regional consultation.
- Highly flexible scheduling allowing for travel-friendly rotations.
- Low volume, a high quality care model emphasizing patient relationships and provider satisfaction.
- Opportunity to serve Alaska Native and rural populations, making a meaningful impact in underserved communities.
- Located within the Tongass National Forest, offering unmatched natural beauty and outdoor lifestyle.
What Our Physicians Say:
“SEARHC shares in our vision of creating a medical practice that treats every patient with dignity and optimum care. We are eager to combine the strengths of our respective organizations and further enhance the services we can offer the Juneau community and greater southeast region. Our shared commitment to recruiting and retaining highly trained and compassionate medical professionals, while bringing increasingly advanced technologies and innovations to Juneau, helps us deliver on that vision.”
- Catherine Peimann, M.D.
Community and Lifestyle:
- Location: Wrangell Island is a community of approximately 1,800 residents with a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere. Surrounded by world-class outdoor recreation, including fishing, hiking, boating, and wildlife viewing.
- Education: Wrangell is served by a small, community-centered public school system with three schools (elementary, middle, and high school) educating roughly 260–270 students, offering small class sizes and strong access to individualized learning, extracurriculars, and early college credit opportunities.
- Transportation: Accessible by daily commercial flights and ferry system.
Working at SEARHC is more than a job—it’s the opportunity to build a fulfilling and rewarding career and to learn more please reach out to Senior Provider Recruiter, Lyndse Clark: [email protected] or (907)463-7531.
Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job
- Provides appropriate clinical health care services to the emergency room patients of Wrangell Medical Center. 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.
- Participate in all medical staff functions as requested, to include quality assurance reviews and meetings. Serve 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.
- Abide by medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, and clinical services policies/procedures.
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:
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