Hospital / Clinic Employed Pediatrics: General Job in Bethel, Alaska
This pediatrics position in Bethel, Alaska is structured as a hospital/clinic-employed arrangement, one of the ways this role is offered alongside a multi-specialty group setting. As a W-2 employed physician, you would work within the health system's compensation, benefits, malpractice coverage, and scheduling infrastructure, with the clinical facility, staff, and referral network provided for you — allowing you to focus on patient care rather than practice administration.
Compensation for this role combines an income guarantee with straight employment and a production bonus component, and the financial offering is listed at the national average tier. Relocation assistance and a signing bonus are available to support your transition into the community, which has a population in the 10,000–24,999 range.
- No patient call rotation
- No emergency department call
The position is open to board-certified and board-eligible physicians trained through allopathic or osteopathic pathways, including American and foreign medical graduates, and welcomes candidates ranging from those currently in training to very experienced physicians.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Pediatrics: General
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Multi-Specialty Group, Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
Bethel Alaska Outpatient Pediatrician Full time
2 or 3 year contracts, full benefits, relocation, sign-on bonus and retention bonus
- The clinic consists of six main hallways and has three Charge RNs, three Unit Clerks, along with several nurses and providers. Each nurse is paired up with one provider and this team is given three rooms for patient care. Most providers see about 14 to 18 patients per day (or about one patient every 30 minutes).
- Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm. Although typically the last patients of the day are scheduled at 430pm, patient care often lasts beyond 5pm.
- There is travel to Village Clinics. Each clinic provider is assigned to a few villages. Providers will travel out to their villages for two days to a week to care for patients in the village clinic. We send a nurse to assist with patient care. These trips are a great opportunity to experience village life, see a bit of “bush” AK and are usually very rewarding experiences.
Organization serves 58 federally-recognized Tribes and operates 41 Village Clinics. Five larger communities are served by five Sub-Regional Clinics. All communities served by the 55 bed regional hospital in Bethel.
Requirements – Must be able to perform full scope of practice, MD/DO from accredited Medical School, must have completed a residency training program and be Board Eligible or Boards Certified, Alaska State license and DEA license.
Benefits Include:
Generous PTO – beginning at 4.5 weeks
Ten paid holidays
Comprehensive healthcare coverage
Life and Disability Insurance
Flexible Spending Account
Retirement plans
Employee Wellness Center
- Structure of Financial Support: Income Guarantee, Straight Employment, Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $278,151 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Yes
- Signing Bonus: Yes
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Alaska
- Practice City: Bethel
- Community Size: 10,000 - 24,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: Currently In Training, Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Clinic
- Number of Providers:
- Agency: Oakland Professional Staffing Solutions
