Clinical Component

Purposeful Medicine in a Supportive Coastal Setting

Comprehensive, Continuity-Based Family Medicine

Your days in Homer will unfold at a rhythm designed to support thoughtful, comprehensive care rather than high-volume turnover. In the outpatient clinic, you’ll work three to four days per week seeing roughly 12–15 patients per day, supported by a dedicated nursing staff and highly capable advanced practice providers. Visits range from routine physicals and chronic disease management to newborn follow-ups and adolescent care. The clinic’s structure prioritizes continuity—you’ll know your patients, their families, and their stories.

  • Outpatient schedule: 3–4 days per week
  • Daily patient census: 12–15, emphasizing quality over quantity
  • EMR: Epic, fully integrated between outpatient, emergency, and inpatient units
  • Strong nursing and administrative support minimize time spent on non-clinical tasks
  • Collaborative, collegial atmosphere—providers regularly cross-cover to ensure patients are always cared for

Pediatric Inpatient Focus with Real Impact

Your pediatric responsibilities bring both purpose and variety without the intensity of full-time hospitalist work. The pediatric inpatient census averages two to three patients per month—typically newborns and well-babies, or infants needing short-term monitoring. You’ll provide resuscitation and stabilization when needed, coordinate with the obstetric and midwife teams during deliveries, and oversee pediatric admissions through the emergency department.

  • 10 days of pediatric call per month, mostly for nursery coverage and routine admissions
  • Manage well-baby checks, newborn care, and mild neonatal complications such as jaundice or hypoglycemia
  • Complex and PICU-level patients transferred to Providence Anchorage via LifeMed transport once stabilized
  • NRP certification and comfort with neonatal intubation or umbilical line placement preferred but not required
  • Circumcision proficiency a plus—currently performed by only one hospital physician

Each delivery brings a sense of shared purpose. Midwives and OB/GYNs handle the majority of births, calling you in for occasional assistance or consults. In 2024, approximately 130 deliveries occurred28 newborns required additional care, and only 12 were transferred to Anchorage. The team’s skill and communication allow you to practice pediatrics confidently, with clear backup systems and telemedicine access for subspecialist input.

Technology and Resources That Empower, Not Overwhelm

You’ll work in a small but well-equipped critical access hospital where every resource feels accessible and every colleague knows your name. Tele-intensivist, telestroke, and telepsych services connect you instantly to subspecialists at Providence Anchorage during overnight or complex cases. The hospital’s electronic record integration and streamlined communication channels make coordination between inpatient, outpatient, and emergency care seamless.

  • 22-bed critical access hospital with 18 licensed inpatient beds and a 9-bed emergency department
  • 2 licensed ICU rooms and 7 monitored beds for short-term stabilization
  • Access to general surgery, orthopedics, OB/GYN, psychiatry, radiology, neurology, and plastic surgery onsite
  • Rotating specialty coverage from Anchorage—including ENT, pulmonology, nephrology, urology, cardiology, and oncology
  • Experienced ER and radiology physicians always available to assist with procedures

Collaboration That Feels Natural

Medicine in Homer is inherently team-based. The environment fosters mutual respect across disciplines—ER physicians assist with airway management, radiologists help with ultrasound-guided line placement, and nurses bring decades of experience in maternal-child health. Everyone works toward one goal: keeping patients safe and local whenever possible.

That spirit of collaboration extends beyond the hospital walls. You’ll often find yourself consulting with midwives or family physicians in the hallway, attending community health events, or teaching residents and students from the University of Alaska’s rural rotations. The balance of autonomy and teamwork allows you to practice with both confidence and support.

Low Volume, Deep Satisfaction

Because the hospital serves a tight-knit population, your relationships with patients extend beyond encounters—you’ll see your pediatric patients grow up, treat their parents, and occasionally care for their grandparents. Without the grind of large-system medicine, your time and expertise go directly where they belong: into patient care.

In Homer, practicing medicine is still personal. You’ll rediscover the satisfaction of making a tangible difference in the lives of patients who know and appreciate you—not as one of many, but as their physician.

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