Advanced Practice Provider

Responsibilities:

• Provides comprehensive primary care including, but not limited to, diagnosis, treatment, minor procedures, coordination of care, referral, preventative care, and health maintenance to a dedicated panel of patients.

• Participates fully in shared local urgent/emergent care on-call rotation.

• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of services is accordance with SEARHC policy.

• Provides optimal patient experience using strong listening and communication skills.

• Builds long-term patient care relationships.

• Consults SEARHC physician as needed for patient care and uses other access to specialists as needed (i.e., AristaMD, ANMC providers, etc.).

• Provides medical services at facilities within the SEARHC care network and other facilities and locations listed in SEARHCs compact and funding agreement with the Indian Health Service.

• Actively participates in SEARHC quality patient care initiatives and quality assurance programs.

• Actively participates in provider meetings, clinic meetings, and SEARHC medical staff functions.

Qualifications:

Education, Certifications, and Licenses Required

• State of Alaska Medical License as an NP or PA

• Board-certified in specialty by accrediting body

• Maintains active, unrestricted DEA registration

• Maintains active SEARHC medical staff privileges

• BLS for all positions

• ACLS, PALS, and ATLS certification within 1 year of start date for providers performing after-hours emergency work in remote clinics (e.g., Haines, Hoonah, Gustavus, Angoon, Kake, Klawock)

• Training is preferred for providers performing after-hours emergency work in remote clinics

Experience Required

• Two years of experience as a practicing provider

Additional clinical experience or training prior to practice as a licensed provider may be considered by the Medical Director of Primary Care Clinics to meet this minimum experience requirement