Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist (Inpatient)

Overview

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.    

Fairbanks Memorial Hospital seeks an inpatient child and adolescent psychiatrist to join our highly experienced team as we prepare to expand our unit to include 4 new adolescent rooms.

The Opportunity:

Join our team at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital’s inpatient psychiatric unit, where you’ll be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary group dedicated to patient-centered care. While currently an adult-only unit, we are excited to expand in late 2026 to include four adolescent rooms, the first of their kind in Interior Alaska. We are seeking a board-certified child psychiatrist who is comfortable working with both adults and adolescents to help shape this growing program.

Our department values meaningful patient interactions and recognizes that building trust leads to better outcomes. Weekly case staffing sessions with community partners allow us to collaborate and leverage local resources to provide comprehensive, individualized care. As part of our continued investment in behavioral health services, the unit will expand in late 2027 to include additional adult capacity and the first inpatient adolescent psychiatric beds in Interior Alaska. This is a rare opportunity to help establish this much-needed service and shape the future of inpatient psychiatric care in our region.

• Compensation: $390k base salary, $37,500 estimated on-call compensation, $65k sign-on bonus.
• Schedule: 225 8/hr shifts per year with an estimated 75 call shifts. 
• Patients: 20-bed unit, average of 12 patients per day, adult only with plans in place to expand to include a 4-bed adolescent unit by Q3 2027. 
• Team: The department is well-supported by 3 full-time psychiatric nurse practitioners, a healthy psychiatry per-diem bench, RNs, case managers and social workers.

Foundation Health Partners:

Foundation Health Partners is a non-profit, community-owned and independently operated health system in Fairbanks, Alaska, comprised of a 152-bed community hospital, a 90-bed skilled nursing facility, and more than 15 hospital-based outpatient clinics. As the most advanced medical facility for hundreds of miles, we are committed to providing exceptional care to everyone who comes through our doors.

FHP is proud to offer its providers:

• Professional autonomy.
• Strong commitment to work-life balance. 
• Comprehensive benefits package  - 401k, medical, dental, vision, etc.
• $5,000 annual CME allowance plus 80 hours (2 weeks) of paid CME time.
• Licensure/credential reimbursement and covered malpractice insurance.
• Opportunity to collaborate with the state's most extensive multidisciplinary health system.
• 501(c)(3) non-profit status = eligible for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
• 90 days of temporary housing for relocating providers. 

Submit your CV for confidential consideration to Alex Gustafson at providerrecruiting@foundationhealth.org 

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
• 16 Elementary Schools | 4 Middle Schools | 4 High Schools | robust youth sports programs
• An easily accessible airport is less than 10 minutes from the hospital
• 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.

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