Family Medicine in Alaska Bush - AK License Not Required

Family Medicine Opening | Bethel, AK

Opportunity Overview:

Position:

• Board Eligible/Certified Family Medicine
• 100% Outpatient Clinic
• No call, No weekends
• Full spectrum Family Medicine
• Village travel 1-2 times per quarter
• Alaska medical license not required to start
• Outpatient clinic has 80 patient care rooms + dedicated procedure rooms for general, GYN, and casting procedures
• Non-profit Regional Hospital with 33 beds and Level IV Trauma

Financials:

• Earn up to $400K+ your first year
• Up to $312,500 salary
• Up to $70,000 sign-on bonus
• Annual retention bonuses up to $28,000
• Up to $50,000 student loan repayment - HPSA site score 20/26
• Up to $20,000 relocation assistance paid before you start
• 30-days of free housing
• 26 days of PTO per year, 11 paid holidays, 10 days of CME
• $10,000 CME per year

Your New Community:

• Bethel, Alaska - the largest borough in Western Alaska
• Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, aka part of the Alaska Bush
• 75,000 square miles roughly the same size of South Dakota
• Accessible only by plane most of the year - two flights per day
• 1-hour flight to Anchorage: shopping, restaurants, outdoors
• Local gym includes an indoor, heated pool with a slide for kids
• 2-screen movie theater featuring the latest movies
• Amazon and Target ship here, but no more guaranteed next-day delivery
• Outdoor activities include fishing, hunting, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, ice fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and boating
• Annual 300-mile dog sled race that begins and ends in town
• No state income tax and no sales tax in Alaska
• Alaska PFD pays permanent Alaska residents a dividend each fall
• Two local grocery stores that also offer general home items
• Home to the largest commercial farm and farmer's market in rural Alaska
• Homes for sale between $300K-$700K with fully furnished options
• Transportation: take a taxi, buy a vehicle, ship a vehicle