Family Medicine Physician - 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 Klawock, Alaska, where you'll practice full-spectrum rural family medicine in one of Southeast Alaska's most unique and culturally rich communities. This opportunity offers meaningful work, exceptional support, a collaborative team environment, and the chance to care for a tight-knit patient population while enjoying an unmatched outdoor lifestyle.

Whether you're an experienced physician or a new graduate from a rural track residency program, you'll find autonomy, variety, and purpose in this rewarding rural practice.

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 Klawock and Haines. In addition to the dozens of established outpatient and traveling clinics throughout the region.

Compensation & Benefits

• Compensation salary: $288,274 -$317,527 based on years of experience including wRVU and quality incentives.
• Financial incentives: $100,000 Annual Geographic Differential Stipend, $35,000 Sign-On Bonus and $25,000 Relocation Assistance. Educational Loan Reimbursement programs with IHS, PSLF, and NHSC.
• 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: Four 10-hour shifts weekly and 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: 14 exam spaces and 1 treatment room with two beds. One medical assistant or registered nurse per physician. X-Ray & CT onsite. Monthly services for Mammogram & Ultrasound. Visiting specialists and access to specialty care. Providers work in a well-equipped rural clinic with a dedicated treatment room managing higher-acuity cases. The community averages 15-20 medevac transports per month, providing a unique blend of primary care, urgent care, and rural emergency medicine experience.
• Patient Volume: 15–18 patients per day, plus 4 hours of administrative time weekly. MR and tools include Meditech, Dragon Dictation, and DAX AI assisted documentation.
• Procedure opportunities: Routine primary care, skin/endometrial biopsies, joint injections, casting, IUDs, Nexplanon, and suturing.

Support Team

• Two physicians and four advanced practice providers.
• Two medical assistants and ten registered nurses.
• Collaborative leadership and administrative support.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Family Medicine.
• Eligible for Alaska medical licensure.
• BLS, CALS required. If no CALS, must have ACLS, PALS, ATLS, BLSO or ALSO, NRP.
• New graduates from rural residency programs encouraged to apply.

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 & Lifestyle

• Klawock offers physicians the opportunity to enjoy a slower pace of life, build meaningful connections within the community, and experience some of Alaska's most breathtaking scenery every day. Located on Prince of Wales Island, the community is connected by a scenic road system that links neighboring towns and outdoor destinations. Residents enjoy convenient access to a deepwater port and regional airport, a mild coastal climate with four distinct seasons, and a strong school system that supports a family-friendly lifestyle. With world-class fishing, hunting, boating, hiking, and wildlife viewing.
• Nestled on Prince of Wales Island, Klawock has 750 residents, offering a unique combination of rural medicine, natural beauty, and cultural heritage. Located in the heart of Prince of Wales Island, SEARHC serves 5,000 island residents. Rich Alaska Native and Tlingit cultural traditions.

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 or (907)463-9743

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 in accordance with SEARHC policy.
• Provides optimal patient experience using strong listening and communication skills that build long term patient care relationships.
• Actively participates in SEARHC quality patient care initiatives and quality assurance programs.
• Actively participates in provider and clinic meetings, and SEARHC medical staff functions.
• Maintains patient-facing clinical hours proportional to assigned FTE, with a minimum requirement of 36 patient-facing hours per week for a 1.0 FTE appointment; remaining work hours may be allocated to administrative duties, meetings, training, and other non-face-to-face patient care activities.
• 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

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Well versed in the principles and practices of primary care
• Is aware of standards of care, EMTALA, HIPAA, health care risk management principles, medical ethics, and medical malpractice principles.
• Provide high quality health care services including the performance of medical procedures appropriate to the outpatient and emergency care setting.
• Provide clinical leadership, promotes teamwork and collaboration, provides clinical guidance as requested for midlevel providers, and resolves conflict.
• 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.
• Communicating in an open, respectful, helpful, supportive, and collaborative manner with staff and patients.

Required Certifications

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