Physician / Hospitalist / Alaska / Locum Tenens / Lucrative Hospitalist Locums in Ketchikan, AK Job
Overview
- Location
- Ketchikan, Alaska
- Schedule
- 12-hour variable shifts; Days 7:00 AM–7:00 PM OR Nights 7:00 PM–7:00 AM · None
- Source-listed pay
- $190/hr
- Practice
- Inpatient · Critical Access Hospital
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Role summary
Locum tenens 6-month hospitalist position at a 25-bed critical access hospital in Ketchikan, Alaska, providing inpatient coverage including ICU management on 12-hour day or night shifts at $190/hour with no call requirements.
What the posting highlights
- Solo physician coverage
- Care setting: 100% inpatient
- Patient population: Adult (18+)
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $190/hr
- Pay context
- Source-listed pay · not yet verified
- Evidence
- d rounding, while working independently during scheduled day or night shifts.Compensation:$190/hrScheduleStart Date: August 7, 2026Contract Length: 6 months12-hour variable shifts:Days: 7
- Observed
- 1 wk ago
- Compensation model
- $190/hour
- Bonus / incentives
- No bonus structure stated
Benefits named in the posting
- COVID-19 vaccination required
Employer
WhiteCoat Locums
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Inpatient
- Facility type
- Critical Access Hospital
- Beds
- 25
- Patient population
- Adult (18+)
- EHR
- EPIC
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- Is $190 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
- 12-hour variable shifts; Days 7:00 AM–7:00 PM or Nights 7:00 PM–7:00 AM
- Call burden
- None
- Shift type
- Day and night shifts
- Patient volume
- Average census 10 patients/day
- Inpatient / outpatient
- 100% inpatient
- Coverage model
- Solo physician coverage
- Teaching
- No
- Research
- No
- Supervises APPs
- No
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Recruiter-posted
- Salary label
- Pay not verified
- First seen
- 1 wk ago
- Last verified
- yesterday
- Extraction confidence
- 85%
Full description
"HospitalistPosition OverviewSeeking a Board Certified Hospitalist to provide inpatient coverage at a critical access hospital. The physician will manage adult medical and ICU patients, including admissions and rounding, while working independently during scheduled day or night shifts.Compensation:$190/hrScheduleStart Date: August 7, 2026Contract Length: 6 months12-hour variable shifts:Days: 7:00 AM 7:00 PMNights: 7:00 PM 7:00 AMNo callCurrent Coverage NeedsAugust 710: Day shiftsNovember 2730: Day shiftsDecember 17: Night shiftsDecember 2931 (possibly longer): Night shiftsPractice SettingInpatientCritical Access Hospital25-bed facilityAdult patient population (18+)ResponsibilitiesInpatient roundingAdmissionsICU patient managementMedical/Surgical patient managementIndependent practiceProceduresVentilator managementIntubation (preferred)Central line placement (preferred)Practice DetailsAverage census: 10 patients/dayHospitalists manage both Medical/Surgical and ICU patientsPediatricians admit and manage pediatric patients; hospitalists may be consulted when neededSolo physician coverageEMREPICRequirementsBoard Certified HospitalistActive Alaska medical licenseActive Alaska DEABLS certificationACLS certificationMinimum 2 years of experienceDocumentation of relevant inpatient Internal Medicine or Family Medicine clinical activity within the past 24 months (waived for physicians who completed training within the past year)Additional InformationCOVID-19 vaccination required (no exemptions).EPIC experience is preferred.This position is ideal for physicians comfortable managing both general inpatient medicine and ICU-level care in a rural critical access setting."