We have an outstanding team of Primary Care providers and are recruiting 2-3 new providers to replace physicians that are retiring and to address overall growth in the market, as we currently have a 3-4 week wait for new patients to be seen. CPH prides itself on giving its physicians the utmost autonomy. Administration let all providers dictate how many patients they see, they don’t get involved at all, as they want physicians to focus on quality of care and not quantity.
Physicians are able to practice and see any patients that fit into their training and skill set. Family Medicine physicians will see a full spectrum of patients, Pediatrics to Geriatrics, and internists will be seeing patients 16 and above with a lot of Geriatrics. All basic procedures, injections and biopsies can be done if physicians are comfortable with them, but nothing is required. In our clinics we have a full team of nurses and support staff (including schedulers and referral clerks) that will take a lot of the administrative duties so physicians can focus on patient care. In the current clinic, most providers will have 2-3 exam rooms to rotate patients through with nurses taking them in and checking vitals. All the clinics are connected to the hospital via Epic EMR, so communicating with specialists and sending referrals is very seamless.
The hospital has Hospitalists on staff 24/7 and will be responsible for doing all admissions so Primary Care has no inpatient responsibilities at all. CHP has all imaging and labs onsite, so everything can be done very easily and we get results back normally within 24-48 hours.
We have two main facilities, Central Peninsula Internal Medicine in Kenai and Central Peninsula Family Practice & Pediatrics located across the street from the main hospital in Soldotna. The immediate need will be at Central Peninsula Family Practice for both Internal Medicine and Family Medicine. For the right candidate, there is a possibility of being the clinic Medical Director as Dr. Allison Smith will be leaving after 15-years, so we would need an experienced provider to come in and take over.
The basic schedule is going to be 4- or 4.5-day work week (totally up to the provider) but needs to be 36 hours of patient contact. Our current Internal Medicine providers see 10-12 patients per day and out Family Medicine physicians are see 12- 14. There is no need or expectation for physicians to work nights or weekends, we want everyone to really enjoy their quality of life (as they define that).