OB Hospitalist

Foundation Health • Fairbanks, AK

4d • Onsite

About The Position

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. Foundation Health Partners (FHP) is seeking an OB Hospitalist to join our collegial team at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. This is an ideal opportunity for an OBGYN with a desire to inspire and be inspired by a community with unique needs, values, history, and opportunities. The Opportunity: Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (FMH) recently launched an OB Hospitalist program to enhance obstetric care and help build a stronger maternal safety net in Interior Alaska. With approximately 1,000 births annually, FMH serves as the only community hospital for more than 350 miles, providing crucial support to Alaska residents and nearby military installations. This role involves close collaboration with local OBs to ensure consistent, experienced care for every expectant mother who enters our facility. Our women and infant services unit offers a centralized location for maternal and newborn care, featuring a triage room we plan to convert to an OB ED, a fully equipped operating suite for Cesarean deliveries, and additional capacity in the hospital’s 7-room OR down the hall. Our Level II NICU is staffed by pediatric hospitalists and nurses with neonatal training, providing support for infants who need a higher level of care. This position is well suited for physicians who are motivated by meaningful challenges and driven to make a lasting impact those who feel called to help improve a community and grow alongside it. Join our newly launched hospitalist program and help strengthen a care model built to serve some of Alaska’s most vulnerable populations.

Responsibilities

• Support labor & delivery for patients who haven’t established care with a local obstetrician and for patients whose obstetrician is unavailable.
• Consultations as requested from the emergency department and inpatient services.
• Emergency and urgent surgery including C-sections and gynecologic surgeries/procedures.
• Evaluate and manage high-risk obstetrics patients.
• Inpatient rounding and day-to-day management of admitted patients.

Benefits

• Full employee benefits, medical, vision, dental, 401k.
• $5,000 paid CME, licensure/credential reimbursement, and covered malpractice insurance.
• 90 days of temporary housing for relocating providers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees