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SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) · 2 weeks ago

Physician - Internal Medicine - Outpatient

Sitka, AK

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) is a non-profit health consortium serving the health interests of residents in Southeast Alaska. The role involves providing comprehensive specialized internal medicine care to adults and the elderly, while also guiding and consulting with other medical staff and participating in quality improvement programs.

Health CareNon Profit

Responsibilities

Provides the highest quality evidence-based comprehensive medical care to SEARHC patients with special emphasis toward chronic illness in adult and elderly populations

Provides guidance, consultation, and advice to other SEARHC medical staff including Advanced Practice Clinicians throughout the health system, and, when necessary, provides supervision and practice plan oversight

Actively leads and manages a panel of internal medicine patients commensurate to the Physicians FTE status and in coordination with the integrated care team

Documents all patient services in the medical record per medical staff rules and regulations

Participates in SEARHC quality and performance improvement programs

Provides medical education and teaching to visiting medical students and resident physicians

Participates in ongoing medical education to maintain licensure and board certification

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 Service

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Internal MedicineDoctor of Medicine (MD)Board CertifiedElectronic Medical RecordSurgical SkillsCultural SensitivityCommunication SkillsTeamwork

Required

Medical School completion plus completion of accredited internal medicine residency

Active, current, unrestricted (and previously unrestricted) Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) license issued by a US State licensing body. Permanent, direct hire physicians of SEARHC are required to submit a completed application to State of Alaska medical body within six months of the start date

Unrestricted DEA

BLS Required

Board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), or attainment of certification pending completion of the certification exam, if recently finished internal medicine residency

Well versed in the principles and practices of internal medicine

Exhibits caring and respectful behavior while interacting with patients, families, staff, and colleagues

Supports SEARHC standards of care, The Joint Commission, EMTALA, HIPAA, health care risk management principles, and medical ethics

Provides high quality health care services including the performance of medical procedures appropriate to the setting

Provides clinical leadership, promotes teamwork and collaboration, provides clinical guidance as requested for Advanced Practice Clinicians, and resolves conflict

Ability to efficiently utilize the electronic medical record and other clinically required technology

Express ideas clearly through oral and written communication skills, analyze complex situations efficiently and problem solve, and effectively implement clinical program strategies

Communicates in an open, respectful, helpful, supportive, and collaborative manner with staff and patients

Is sensitive and responsive to culture, race, age, gender, and disabilities of patients and staff

Exhibits caring and respectful behavior while interacting with patients, families, staff, and colleagues

Minor and major surgical skills that the physician has received adequate training in and remained proficient at that skill