Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Rural

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.

Join SEARHC in Haines, Alaska—a tight-knit, mission-driven community where providers deliver full-spectrum primary care while building meaningful, lasting relationships with patients and colleagues. This is a rare opportunity to practice with true clinical autonomy, supported by a collaborative team, all while enjoying an outdoor lifestyle and the unique connectivity of one of Southeast Alaska’s most accessible communities.

Why Choose SEARHC?

• As one of the largest Native-run healthcare organizations in the United States, SEARHC is committed to providing quality healthcare that honors the traditions of Alaska Native people and American Indians, while ensuring that advanced medical technologies are made accessible to all.
• The new $300 million Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center opened in Sitka, April 2026 and in 2021 we opened the Wrangell Medical Center. With plans to build a third critical-access hospital in Haines and Klawock. In addition to the dozens of established outpatient and traveling clinics throughout the region.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Compensation salary: $161,793 - $178,103 based on years of experience, with quality incentives.
• Financial incentives: $27,500 Annual Geographic Differential Stipend, $30,000 Sign-On Bonus and $20,000 Relocation Assistance with a three-year commitment.
• 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: $6000 pre-tax annual CME allowance.
• Retirement planning: 401k plan with up to 5% employer match beginning on your date of hire, including Roth and 457b plans.

Schedule and Work-Life Balance:

• Workweek: Monday–Friday schedule, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM with telemedicine included.
• Call Schedule: Up to 5 call nights monthly.

• Generous Time Off: 33 days (264 hours) annually, including holidays, and an additional 10 days (80 hours) of CME.

Practice Details:

• Clinic facilities: 8 exam rooms and 1 treatment room with two beds. One medical assistant or registered nurse per physician, primary care nurse case manager, nurse triage, and radiology technician. Ancillary services include Mammogram, X‑ray, and onsite laboratory services.
• 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. Providers work in a well-equipped rural clinic with a dedicated treatment room managing higher-acuity cases. The community has medevac transports each month, providing a unique blend of primary care, urgent care, and rural emergency medicine experience.
• Procedure opportunities: Routine primary care, skin/endometrial biopsies, joint injections, casting, IUDs, Nexplanon, and suturing.

Additional Care Opportunities:

• Possible rotation at the Klukwan Health Center, 20 miles outside of Haines.
• Occasional long-term care and home visits.
• Optional involvement in rural outreach or consultative support.

Qualifications:

• MD or DO with active/unrestricted Alaska medical license or ability to obtain license.
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Family Medicine.
• Unrestricted DEA.
• Required: ACLS, ATLS, BLS, NRP, PALS, BLSO or CALS.

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:Haines, Alaska, unmatched outdoor recreation year‑round: hiking, kayaking, fishing, skiing, and wildlife viewing. With a strong sense of community with a small-town feel and a safe, supportive, family friendly environment with a cool, coastal-influenced climate with more seasonal swings than most Southeast Alaska communities.

• Affordability: Alaska has no state income tax — residents keep more of their paycheck compared to most other states.
• Education: Offering a small, high-quality school system with excellent teacher access, strong academics, and a close-knit community that’s ideal for raising a family.
• Transportation: Haines offers a unique transportation advantage compared to many Southeast Alaska communities, with access by air, ferry, and road via the Haines Highway connecting through Canada to the Alaska and Lower 48 road systems. This added connectivity makes travel and relocation more flexible while still maintaining the remote, small-community lifestyle.
• Culture: Affluent cultural amenities and numerous community events featuring arts, music, festivals, and a rich Indigenous heritage.

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 Provider Recruiter, Lyndse Clark:

LClark@searhc.org

Key Essential Functions and Accountabilities of the Job

• 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 thea SEARHC care network and other facilities and locations listed in SEARHC’s 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.

  Other Functions

• Depending upon the location and needs of the community served, participates in shared after-hours emergency call coverage.

  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, CALS required. 
• If no CALS, must have ACLS, PALS, ATLS, BLSO or ALSO, NRP.

  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.

  Knowledge of

  • Primary health care practices and principles

  • Basic emergency care and protocols where appropriate

  • Common disease processes and pharmacology

  • Standards of care, EMTALA, HIPAA, health care risk management principles, medical ethics, and medical malpractice principles

  Skills in

  • Effective communication skills and ability to interact with staff and patients

  • Operating essential basic medical equipment

  • Making proper assessments based upon history, exam, lab, x-ray, and other data

  • Incorporating health promotion and health prevention activities into patient care

  • Educating patients and family members about diagnoses, treatment plan alternatives, risks, options, and medications

  • Providing high-quality health care services including the performance of medical procedures appropriate to the outpatient and emergency care setting

  Ability to

  • Promote teamwork and collaboration.

  • Resolve conflict.

  • Efficiently utilize electronic medical record and other clinically-required technology.

  • Carefully listen to patients and family members.

  • Clearly express ideas through oral and written communication.

  • Efficiently analyze complex situations and solve problems.

  • Effectively implement clinical program strategies

  Required Certifications:

  If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!