Southcentral Foundation is currently seeking an Physician-Addiction for our Benteh Nuutah Four Directions department in Wasilla, Alaska! 

Southcentral Foundation (SCF) is an Alaska Native-owned, nonprofit health care organization serving nearly 65,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people (customer-owners) living in Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna Valley and 55 rural villages. Our award-winning NUKA model of care is based on our belief that the journey to wellness is a responsibility between patient and provider.

Benteh Nuutah Four Directions is an adult outpatient substance use treatment center that will be offering Medication for Addiction Treatment program. The Addiction Physician will lead the Medications for Addiction Treatment (MAT) program and work closely with a Registered Nurse to serve patients and provide MAT to individuals who have a substance use disorder, but who may also suffer from chronic pain conditions and mental health disorders. This position will co-manage these conditions and/or coordinate care with other health care professionals. This clinic will operate as a bridge, where patients may seek care at Benteh Nuutah Four Directions MAT for initiation onto medication and stabilization, and once stabilized are transferred back to their primary care providers for long-term, ongoing MAT care. The Addiction Physician will be responsible to build relationships with the MAT program at Anchorage Four Directions and Benteh Nuutah Primary Care Center and other SCF departments as needed. This position may also have opportunities to share addiction treatment and MAT knowledge through presentations, preceptorship/shadowing, and other activities within and outside of the Tribal health system. The Addiction Physician may also be asked to serve on various committees/workgroups when an addiction subject matter expert is required.

Why Work at Southcentral Foundation? 

SCF’s benefits are designed around your health and wellness. SCF offers its employees a generous paid leave, health benefits to include medical, dental, and vision, an employer matched 401K, 13 paid holidays, one hour per week of paid wellness leave, on-site fitness, daycare facilities, competitive salary packages, sign-on bonus, relocation assistance, enhanced leave, retention bonus program, and much more! 

SCF’s clinical team environment is one of the most robust in the country. SCF’s data-driven, non-revenue approach means that compensation is salary-based, encouraging a practice focused on wellness, not quantity.  

For a more complete list of the benefits enjoyed by Southcentral Foundation employees visit: SouthcentralFoundation.com 

Clinic Setting: 

Non RVU based compensation  

Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM

Average 3-5 appointments per day

Work with an integrated team that includes Mental Health Clinician, Chemical Dependency Counselor, and Behavioral Health Case Manager

Qualifications:

• M.D. or D.O. degree required.
• Licensed as a Physician in the State of Alaska.
• Current American Board certification specialty appropriate for the service.
• Meets all requirements to obtain associate medical staff membership and required privileges of service.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required. ACLS, NRP, ATLS, ALSO and PALS as required for specialty and any certification relating to the scope of practice as required.

Additional Qualifications for Dena A Coy and Four Directions department:

• Obtain Qualified Addiction Professional (QAP) approval within three (3) years of the Provisional Provider Application approval date with the State of Alaska.

Employee Health Requirements:

Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of SCF employment.  You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment.  Jobs designated as a Health Care Personnel (HCP) position, requires that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, and T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19.