Family Nurse Practitioner needed in Alaska

External Use Only

Facility City & State:

Alaska

Facility Type:

Health Clinic

Provider Profession Needed:

Nurse Practitioner

Specialty:

Family Medicine

Start Date:

August 5^th

End Date:

January 31 2025

Length of Assignment:

6month assignment with potential to extend

Credentialing Timeframe:

2 weeks

Work Schedule:

MondayFriday 8hours a day but hours will vary due to travel. Some days the schedule may start at 9 AM other days it may not start until 11 AM so also needing flexibility with working later if the day also starts later etc.

Patient Volume:

1300 students to be served throughout the villages (Well Child examinations) from preschool up to 18 years old mostly

Procedures:

• They will be seeing 1030 students a day (approx. 1300 students) all exams will take place in the school and will not expect any trauma just wellexams and will be staying in the schools as their lodging for each village they are traveling to
  
• Well child exams for student and mainly will be seeing preschool and up
  
• While traveling outside of Bethel provider will be in rural Alaska staying in schools. They will be sleeping on cots and preparing all of their own dry food and will also be traveling by plane to each village
  
• This position will need someone who is flexible okay with all the travel to other villages comfortable doing well child exams and seeing kids up to 18 in schools and with it being very rural
  
• Very hectic travel from Bethel 3 to 5 days a week then charting sleeping on floor/airbags at school gyms etc.
  

EMR:

Paper charting during remote travel

Licensure Needed:

AK license

Certifications Needed:

DEA BLS/ACLS

Relevant Experience/Skill Set Needed:

Comfortable working in RURAL areas especially Alaska and needing to be very comfortable travel to remote villages and flexible with the schedule

Other additional pertinent information:

They will be traveling generally in a 100 mile radius Yukon Village YK Delta Villages Coastal Villages (about 30 remote villages around Southwestern AK)