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Overview

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, a subsidiary of Foundation Health Partners, is actively recruiting a compassionate Nurse Practitioner to join our Palliative Care team. Tackle new challenges as you sort through complex healthcare and provide a full range of patient services to bring comfort and dignity to those suffering from a serious illness.

The Opportunity:

Join a well-established program that provides consultative palliative care services at the hospital, emergency department, and medical-surgical units. As a highly valued position and a vital part of a patient's care team, you will be called where you're needed most. The NP in this position manages the program in collaboration with an RN Director and can expect to partner with a Social Worker. Additionally, this position works in close collaboration with a multidisciplinary hospitalist team to sort through a serious illness or health problem, discuss treatment choices, and foster decision-making. As part of a rural health system, you will have the opportunity to independently manage aspects of care that might not be possible in larger settings, allowing you to round out your skills and expand your breadth of experience.

• Compensation: Competitive pay. Generous benefits. 40k sign-on bonus.
• Schedule:40 hours per week, flexible scheduling M-F with five, 8-hour shifts or four, 10-hour shifts per week. No on-call requirement.
• Patients: Currently focused on inpatient adult medicine but with proper certifications, can expand to pediatric.
• Team: Your immediate partners are the RN Director and MSW. This position is highly supported by a multidisciplinary Hospitalist team who share the same commitment to quality patient care.

Foundation Health Partners:

Foundation Health Partners is a community-owned and operated health system in Fairbanks, Alaska, comprised of 3 facilities, including Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Tanana Valley Clinic, and Denali Center, a long-term care facility. As the most advanced medical facility for hundreds of miles, we are highly committed to treating the medical needs of everyone who comes through our doors.

FHP is proud to offer its providers:

• Professional autonomy and clinical work freedom.
• Strong commitment to work-life balance. Not just words, our leadership values your time.
• Comprehensive benefits package and a competitive base salary with scalable income opportunities.
• $5,000 Paid CME per year, licensure reimbursement, and paid malpractice insurance.
• Opportunity to collaborate with the state's most extensive multidisciplinary health system.
• Consult, collaborate, and access Mayo Clinic resources through FHP's partnership with Mayo Clinic Care Network
• 501(c)(3) non-profit status = eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).

Submit your CV for confidential consideration to Mikki Bateman, Provider Recruiter, at 907-458-2729 or mikki.bateman@foundationhealth.org Visit our website at Physicians of Foundation Health Partners - Foundationhealthpartners Foundation Health Partners is an EEO/AAP employer.

Make your move to Alaska! Experience the midnight sun in the summer, a front-row seat to the northern lights in the winter, and the opportunity to advance your career as you broaden your scope of practice.

Living in Fairbanks:

As the second largest city in Alaska, Fairbanks offers a unique blend of large-town amenities, breathtaking landscapes, and plenty of wide-open space, making this community one of the most special in the country. With a rich history and plentiful diversity, Fairbanks is proud to be called the Golden Heart City, and only once you visit will you understand the name to be true.

• Second largest city in Alaska at 100,000 residents.
• College Town - University of Alaska Fairbanks, UAF Community & Technical College
• Military Community - Ft. Wainwright Army Post & Eielson Air Force Base.
• 23 Elementary Schools | 4 Middle Schools | 5 High Schools | robust youth sports programs
• No state income tax and no sales tax.

Summer activities: Midnight sun, hiking, fishing, camping, gold panning, kayaking, berry picking, community-wide festivals, and events.

Winter activities: Northern lights, skiing, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, hockey, curling, ice fishing, dog mushing, hunting, ice art, etc.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Must possess knowledge of clinical care and patient treatment as normally obtained through the completion of Master's degree in nursing.

Must be approved to practice as an Adult NP (ANP), Family NP (FNP), or Geriatric NP (GNP), by the State Board of Nursing by proof of license/certification.

Requires current RN license in state of practice. Must be certified to practice by the State Board of Nursing within a particular population as a nurse practitioner. Requires personal DEA license or must have prescribing and dispensing authority granted by the state board of nursing. Depending on business need/area of focus, this position may require graduation from an ACNM accredited nurse-midwifery education program, as well as a current NRP certification.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

DNP or PhD preferred. Current BLS certification preferred. Previous relevant experience preferred.

Foundation Health Partners is an EEO/AAP employer; qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.