NES Health seeks a Full-Time Emergency Medicine Physician to join our practice at PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center located in Ketchikan, Alaska.

About the Hospital

• 25 Bed Community Hospital
• Owned by PeaceHealth
• EPIC EMR
• Level IV Trauma Center
• 90 minutes from Seattle

Coverage includes: 

• Radiology  
• Pediatrics on-call 
• Anesthesiology on-call 
• Ultrasound 
• OB/GYN
• Hospitalist 
• 6 bed ICU
• Orthopedics

About the Program and Hours

• 8 Bed Emergency Department
• 8,700 Annual Visit ED
• 15% admission rate from the ED
• Both EM and HM physicians respond to in-house codes
• ED sometimes asked to perform procedures
• 12 or 24-hour shifts

Qualifications

• Active Alaska in the state or ability to attain unrestricted state license
• Candidate Must be BE/BC in ABEM/AOBEM
• Active ACLS, ATLS, BLS, and PALS
• Must relocate to Ketchikan, AK
• Successful applicants are comfortable with volume fluctuations and managing patients with available island resources until transfer

About the Community

Ketchikan’s economy is based upon government services, tourism and commercial fishing. Civic boosters have dubbed the community the “Salmon Capital of the World.” The Misty Fiords National Monument is one of the area’s major attractions, and the Tongass National Forest has long been headquartered in Ketchikan, mostly in the city’s historic Federal Building. Ketchikan has the world’s largest collection of standing totem poles, found throughout the city and at four major locations: Saxman Totem Park, Totem Bight State Park, Potlatch Park, and the Totem Heritage Center.