Family Medicine Physician with OB

Why Choose SEARHC?

Workweek: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with telemedicine included and four hours of administrative time.

Call

Schedule: Bi-weekly for 3.5 days at a time, consisting of half-day clinic sessions, newborn delivery attendance, newborn care, and pediatric admissions rounding at Bartlett Regional Hospital, and at‑home call.

Generous

Time

Off: 33 days (264 hours) annually, including holidays, and 10 additional days of CME.

Clinic facilities: 16 exam spaces with two procedure rooms. One medical assistant per physician, dedicated OB/Primary Care nurse case manager, nurse triage, and nutritionist. Ancillary services include Mammogram, CT, DEXA, Ultrasound including ECHO, X‑ray, laboratory services, and MRI.

Patient

Volume: 12-17 patients per day in clinic, plus 4 hours of administrative time weekly. EMR and tools include Meditech, Dragon Dictation, and DAX AI assisted documentation.

Procedure opportunities: Women’s health, prenatal, vasectomies, colposcopies, circumcisions, wound care, draining abscesses, and cyst removal.

Hospital

Capabilities: Nearby Bartlett Regional Hospital has 57 inpatient beds with 7 OB rooms, 2 C-Section rooms, and a special care nursery.

Location: Scenic Juneau, AK offers stunning natural beauty with mountains, ocean, and glaciers right outside your door. With unmatched outdoor recreation year‑round: hiking, kayaking, fishing, skiing, and wildlife viewing.

Strong sense of community with a small town feel and a safe, supportive, family friendly environment with a mild coastal climate compared to much of Alaska, with temperate summers and winters.

Affordability: Alaska has no state income tax — residents keep more of their paycheck compared to most other states.

Education: Juneau’s education system is diverse, well-funded locally, and performs above the Alaska average in many academic areas.

The district is the fifth largest in Alaska and operates 14 public schools serving grades PreK–12, including six elementary schools, one middle school, one high school, an alternative high school, a PreK–8 Montessori school, and a K–8 charter school.

Transportation: No road connects Juneau it to the rest of Alaska or the continental United States. Every visitor arrives by air through Juneau International Airport (JNU) or by sea via the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry network.

Culture: Affluent cultural amenities and numerous community events featuring arts, music, festivals, and a rich Indigenous heritage.

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job

Provides highest quality evidenced based primary medical care to SEARHC patients; including pediatric and obstetrical care and deliveries. At times the Physician may be directed to provide services outside of the clinic to meet the patient’s needs, e.g., local long-term care center, Pioneer Home, patient’s home, and local schools.

Provides guidance, consultation, and advice to SEARHC Advanced Practice Clinicians and when necessary provides supervision and practice plan oversight.

Actively leads and manages a full panel of patients in coordination with the integrated care team.

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

Participates in shared Obstetrics and Pediatric call rotation

Participates in SEARHC (and as needed BRH) quality and performance improvement programs. Maintains active staff membership at both health care facilities.

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

Participates in shared evening clinic and/or occasional weekend clinic coverage.

Participates in ongoing medical education to maintain licensure and board certification.

May occasionally be called up to be a consultative liaison to rural health care providers (Angoon, Hoonah, Kake) which may include field visits to remote locations.

May occasionally be called upon for general hospitalist duties if need or circumstances arise.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Well versed in the principles and practices of primary care.

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

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

Provides high quality health care services including the performance of medical procedures appropriate to the outpatient and emergency care 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.