Hospice & Palliative Care, Palliative Medicine Physician

Job Description

Seeking a full-time Hospice and Palliative Medicine physician to join an established and well-supported interdisciplinary team that provide inpatient and outpatient Palliative care services in Anchorage, Alaska. The department serves a strong teaching mission through its Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship, engagement with the WWAMI School of Medicine, the Alaska Addiction Medicine Fellowship, and Alaska Family Medicine Residency. Many opportunities exist to advance your clinical education, as well as your leadership knowledge, skills, and abilities within this department. Experience all that the incredible state of Alaska has to offer from Anchorage, where outdoor recreation opportunities in spectacular scenery abound.

• Full-time position
• At least 1 year of experience required
• Must be board-eligible or board-certified, either a fellowship or experiential track
• Ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to practicing rural medicine

Where Youll Work

Providence Medical Group - Alaska is a multi-specialty group with 70 physicians and advanced-practice clinicians serving greater Anchorage and the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. With this strong network of primary and specialty care, Providence Medical Group - Alaska is focused on serving its community and being the best place in the state to practice medicine and receive care.

Where Youll Live

Anchorage is a modern American city surrounded by spectacular scenery and endless outdoor recreation opportunities. Within city limits are hundreds of miles of trails for hiking, biking and skiing, a ski resort, golf courses, major dogsled race starts, and several peaks of the hugely popular Chugach Mountains. With shopping malls, world-class restaurants, brewpubs, two universities, a sports arena and a performing arts center, Anchorage blends city living with the wilderness of the great outdoors.

Who Youll Work For

Providence is a nationally recognized, comprehensive healthcare organization spanning seven states with a universal mission to provide compassionate care to all who need its services, especially the poor and vulnerable. Its 122,000-plus caregivers/employees (including 34,000 physicians) serve in 51 hospitals, more than 1,000 clinics and a comprehensive range of health and social services. Providence: One name, one family, one extraordinary health system.

Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veteran