Overview

Make your move to Alaska! Experience the midnight sun in the summer, a front-row seat to the northern lights in the winter, and the opportunity to advance your career as you broaden your scope of practice.

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital seeks an inpatient psychiatrist to join our highly experienced team.

The Opportunity:

The recently remodeled inpatient unit at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital is staffed by a collegial multidisciplinary team who are highly committed to providing patient-centered care. As a department, we recognize the importance of extended time spent with patients needed to build trusting relationships and increase patient outcomes. We practice weekly case staffing collaborations with community partners, which allow us to utilize resources in our community to provide the highest level of care.

• Compensation: $390k base salary, $36 additional on-call compensation, $65k sign-on bonus.
• Schedule: 260 8/hr shifts per year, 35 of which can be redeemed for PTO. Limited on-call requirement.
• Patients: 20-bed unit, average of 12 patients per day, adult only with plans in place to expand to include a 4-bed adolescent unit by January 2026.
• Team: The department is well-supported by three full-time psychiatric nurse practitioners, two psychiatrists, case managers, and social workers.
• Partner with the University of Washington & Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences through our established relationship. You will have access to their resource library and will have the opportunity to join their faculty as a preceptor.

Foundation Health Partners:

Foundation Health Partners is a community-owned and operated health system in Fairbanks, Alaska that includes Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, numerous outpatient primary and specialty care clinics, and Denali Center, a skilled nursing facility. As the most advanced medical facility for hundreds of miles, we are highly committed to treating the medical needs of everyone who comes through our doors.

FHP is proud to offer its providers:

• Professional autonomy and clinical work freedom.
• Strong commitment to work-life balance. Not just words, our leadership values your time.
• Comprehensive benefits package and a competitive base salary with scalable income opportunities.
• $5,000 paid CME, licensure/credential reimbursement, and covered malpractice insurance.

• Consult, collaborate, and access Mayo Clinic resources through FHP's partnership with Mayo Clinic Care Network

• Licensure and malpractice insurance.

Submit your CV for confidential consideration to Alex Gustafson at providerrecruiting@foundationhealth.org

Foundation Health Partners is an EEO/AAP employer.

Living in Fairbanks:

As the second largest city in Alaska, Fairbanks offers a unique blend of large-town amenities, breathtaking landscapes, and plenty of wide-open space, making this community one of the most special in the country. With a rich history and plentiful diversity, Fairbanks is proud to be called the Golden Heart City, and only once you visit will you understand the name to be true.

• No state income tax and no sales tax.
• Second largest city in Alaska at 100,000 residents.
• College Town - the University of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF Community & Technical College
• Military Community - Ft. Wainwright Army Post & Eielson Air Force Base.
• 15 Elementary Schools | 4 Middle Schools | 4 High Schools | 10 District "Schools of Choice"| robust youth sports programs

Summer activities: Midnight sun, hiking, fishing, camping, gold panning, kayaking, berry picking, rafting, rock climbing, recreational flying, community-wide festivals, live music, and events.

Winter activities: Northern lights, skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, hockey, curling, ice fishing, dog mushing, ice climbing, hunting, ice art, word class hot springs, community-wide art shows, and festivals etc.