Pulmonologist - Intermittent

Overview

Provide rheumatology services to SEARHC patients in Southeast Alaska. May provide specialty consultative services to other SEARHC providers.

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.

• Provides comprehensive pulmonology services on an outpatient basis to all SEARHC patients, including evaluations, clinical analysis, diagnosis, and ongoing therapy recommendation. (80%)
• Evaluates and treats patients with respiratory conditions.
• Completes appropriate testing: appropriately incorporates use of laboratory tests, radiological studies, and diagnostic exams in the clinic setting.
• Supports pulmonary function testing and interpretation of studies as able.
• Collaborates with healthcare team to create discrete service line approaches to specific respiratory conditions and supports development of treatment plans to improve care pathways.
• Participates in quality assessment and quality improvement initiatives, including peer review, where appropriate.
• Provides educational programs to the SEARHC medical staff on at least an annual basis.
• Collaborates with SEARHC leadership, particularly Specialty Leadership, to promote SEARHC pulmonology and build its practice. This may include collaboration with providers in Juneau, Sitka, and other SEARHC communities.
• Performs pulmonology consultations at the request of other care providers and guides primary care providers to initiate care plans for patients. (10%)
• Participates in all medical staff functions as requested, to include quality assurance. (5%)
• Abide by medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations. (5%)
• Provides patient care follow-up, management, coordination and telephone visits and consults

• Evaluates patients for ability to treat conditions locally and refers them to higher level of care when appropriate.

• Assists in developing pulmonology care pathways for respiratory conditions.
• Guides primary care providers in initiating care for rheumatic illnesses.

• Completion of a bachelor’s degree, medical school degree, and pulmonology fellowship.
• Active Alaska medical license
• Board Certified or Eligible

• 2 years working as a pulmonology in a clinical setting.

• Ability to gather information, analyze data, and make advanced clinical determinations.
• Requires advanced knowledge in medicine and in the specialty of pulmonology.
• Requires specialty knowledge in treatment and therapies for pulmonology disorders.
• Requires knowledge of regulatory guidelines and standards of care for rheumatology.

• Oral and written communications skills.
• Clinical judgment skills.
• Appropriate and judicious use of tests (e.g. laboratory and imaging tests).

• Ability to work cooperatively with patients.
• Ability to work cooperatively with other health professionals.
• Ability to work cooperatively with support staff.