General Surgeon
$575,000Pay listed on source · unverifiedThis amount came from the source listing and SalaryDr has not verified it. Confirm the current package with the employer.
General SurgeryFull-timeMonday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm; 2 days of surgery per week, no weekends · 1:3 call rotation (roughly 10 days/month), 24-hour call for ED, inpatients and urgent surgeries
Overview
- Location
- Ketchikan, Alaska
- Schedule
- Monday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm; 2 days of surgery per week, no weekends · 1:3 call rotation (roughly 10 days/month), 24-hour call for ED, inpatients and urgent surgeries
- Source-listed pay
- $575,000
- Practice
- Rural island community practice · Critical-access hospital with outpatient and long-term care facilities
Not yet verified against the original posting
Role summary
This is a full-time general surgery position in a rural island community in Southeast Alaska with a 1:3 call schedule and weekday clinic hours. The facility is a 25-bed critical-access hospital with level IV trauma services and a mixed inpatient and outpatient practice including two surgery days per week.
What the posting highlights
- Solo practice with support staff and visiting specialists
- Care setting: Mixed inpatient and outpatient with surgery and clinic
- Patient population: Rural, island community in Southeast Alaska
SalaryDr summary based on the original posting
Posted base pay vs physician-reported total comp
Source-listed pay$575k
Physician-reported total comp$488k–$610k · $548k median
$473kShared annual scale · base and total comp stay separate$625k
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $575,000
- Pay context
- Source-listed pay · not yet verified
- Evidence
- physicians who are independent contractors employed by National Emergency Services (NES). Guaranteed first-year income: $575,000.00 for 1.0 FTE Employment Bonus Relocation stipend based on miles between locations Education
- Observed
- 1 mo ago
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Next steps
Employer
PeaceHealth
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EHR
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Facility & Community
Ketchikan, Alaska
Mapped from source coordinates
Facility details
- Practice setting
- Rural island community practice
- Facility type
- Critical-access hospital with outpatient and long-term care facilities
- Beds
- 25
- Trauma level
- Trauma Level IV
- Patient population
- Rural, island community in Southeast Alaska
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
Community snapshot
Peer median
Building sample
Active supply
Alaska
Full-time
Transparent pay
Not measured
SalaryDr source status
Work-life
Rural island community practice
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $575,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- How many weeks of PTO and CME time are included, and is unused time paid out?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- Monday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm; 2 days of surgery per week, no weekends
- Call burden
- 1:3 call rotation (roughly 10 days/month), 24-hour call for ED, inpatients and urgent surgeries
- Inpatient / outpatient
- mixed inpatient and outpatient with surgery and clinic
- Coverage model
- solo practice with support staff and visiting specialists
- FTE
- 1
- Teaching
- No
- Research
- No
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Aggregated (ym_careers)
- Salary label
- Pay not verified
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 90%
Full description
Description
- Ideal Candidate
- Board Certified MD/DO who has successfully completed a General Surgery Residency
- At least 5 years of post-training experience due to the solo and rural nature of this position
- Interest in a practice that is GI-heavy preferred
- Ability to work independently and be excited about creative solutions for patients in our island community
- Willingness to do a small amount of Wound Care, as there is not a wound care clinic on island. There is a Wound Care certified RN on staff
- Practice Highlights
- Clinic Hours Monday-Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm
- 2 days of surgery per week (same hours)
- No weekends
- Call is 1:3 (roughly 10 days/month); 24-hour call for ED and Inpatients and any urgent surgeries
- RN/LPN who have been on the team for many years - the practice flows really well
- Good OR capabilities (no robotics)
- 3 ORs - 2 are staffed all the time / 1 Minor OR / Procedure room in clinic for in-office General Surgery procedures
- Visiting specialists for GI and Urology
- Epic EHR
- Experience Ketchikan, Alaska - a friendly, family-oriented community in scenic Southeast Alaska. Perfect for outdoor enthusiasts, cultural art fans and/or for those seeking a small-town, leisure lifestyle. Enjoy the idyllic scenery, abundant wildlife, and great opportunities for hiking, fishing, boating. Entrance to the famed Inside passage, Ketchikan is on an island accessible by jet or ferry. Excellent schools, and a strong local economy, the Ketchikan community boasts an incredibly rich culture, and the southern tip of the panhandle is known as the Salmon Capital of the World.
- PeaceHealth has been serving the communities of Southeast Alaska since 1923 with Ketchikan Medical Center, a 25-bed critical-access hospital offering comprehensive trauma care, outpatient and home health services, and a 29-bed long-term care facility. Primary and specialty medical care is provided by PeaceHealth Medical Group-Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island. Our Trauma IV emergency department operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, staffed by physicians who are independent contractors employed by National Emergency Services (NES).
- Guaranteed first-year income: $575,000.00 for 1.0 FTE
- Employment Bonus
- Relocation stipend based on miles between locations
- Education Loan Reimbursement program (if applicable and eligible)
- Robust Clinician Wellness Program
- CME: up to $3,800 per calendar year for CME and/or professional dues/fees (based on 1.0 FTE; prorated for lower FTE)
- Comprehensive Benefit package including Medical /Dental / Vision / Disability / Life / Wellness / Retirement
Please reach out to learn more
- Skyler Brown / Physician & Clinician Recruiter / skybro@peacehealth.org
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