Pediatrician

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Provides highest quality evidenced based pediatric medical care to SEARHC patients; including diagnosis, treatment, performance of minor procedures, referral and coordination of care, preventative care, and individualized health maintenance.
• Places the patient and family at the center of care, utilizing strong listening and communication skills, patient education, encouragement, and motivational techniques to build successful ongoing patient care relationships.
• Provides clinical pediatric consultation throughout the health system when needed. Services may be provided face-to-face or through virtual formats. Periodic travel may be required to outlying areas.
• Provides guidance to non-physician providers 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.
• Dates all patient services in the medical record per SEARHC medical staff rules and regulations.
• Participates in SEARHC quality and performance improvement programs and maintains active medical staff membership.
• Provides medical education and teaching to visiting medical students and resident physicians where applicable. Participates in ongoing medical education to maintain licensure and board certification.

Qualifications

• Two years of inpatient pediatrics experience required. Four years preferred.
• MD or DO with active/unrestricted Alaska medical license or ability to obtain license.
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Pediatrics.
• Unrestricted DEA.
• BLS, PALS, NRP.
• Preferred: STABLE.