Primary Care Physician

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 Wrangell, Alaska—a close-knit coastal community where providers practice full-spectrum medicine while building meaningful, long-term relationships with their patients. This is an exceptional opportunity for a Primary Care physician seeking autonomy, strong clinical support, and a highly engaged community-based practice.

Why Choose SEARHC – Wrangell?

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

Compensation & Benefits:

• Compensation salary: Family Medicine: $288,764 - $318,071based on years of experience and quality incentives.
• Compensation salary: Internal Medicine: $294,259 - $324,177 based on years of experience and quality incentives.
• Financial incentives: $35,000 Geographic Differential Stipend, $35,000 Sign-On Bonus and $25,000 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:

• Schedule: Monday–Friday schedule, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM with no call responsibilities.
• Generous Time Off: 33 days (264 hours) annually, including holidays, and 80 hours of CME.

Practice Details:

• Clinic facilities: 11 exam spaces with one procedure rooms. One medical assistant per physician, dedicated Primary Care nurse case manager, and nurse triage. Ancillary services include Mammogram, CT, DEXA, Ultrasound including ECHO, X‑ray, laboratory services, and MRI.
• Patient Volume: 12-14 pediatric patients per day in clinic, plus 4 hours of administrative time weekly. EMR and tools include Meditech, Dragon Dictation, and DAX AI assisted documentation.
• Procedure opportunities: Women’s health, prenatal, vasectomies, colposcopies, circumcisions, wound care, draining abscesses, and cyst removal.
• Hospital Capabilities: Attached to Wrangell Medical Center a Critical Access Hospital with a 24/7 emergency department.

Additional Care Opportunities:

• Occasional long-term care and home visits.
• Optional involvement in rural outreach or consultative support.

Qualifications:

• New graduates encouraged to apply.
• MD or DO with an Alaska medical license (or ability to obtain)
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Family Medicine
• Active DEA registration
• BLS certification required

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: Wrangell Island is a community of approximately 1,800 residents with a welcoming, family-friendly atmosphere. Surrounded by world-class outdoor recreation, including fishing, hiking, boating, and wildlife viewing.
• Education: Wrangell is served by a small, community-centered public school system with three schools (elementary, middle, and high school) educating roughly 260–270 students, offering small class sizes and strong access to individualized learning, extracurriculars, and early college credit opportunities.
• Transportation: Accessible by daily commercial flights and ferry system.

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, preventive care, prenatal care, and health maintenance to a dedicated panel of patients.
• 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.
• At times the Physician may be directed to provide services outside of the clinic to meet the patient’s needs, e.g., local long­term care center, Pioneer Home, patient’s home, and local schools

Knowledge of

• 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.

Skills in

• Communicating in an open, respectful, helpful, supportive, and collaborative manner with staff and patients.

Ability to

• 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.

Required Certifications:

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