Nurse Anesthetist CRNA

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, a subsidiary of Foundation Health Partners, is searching for a full-time Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) to join our highly experienced Anesthesia team.

 

The Opportunity:

Join Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (FMH) as a CRNA and make a direct impact on the Interior Alaska community. This rare three-week-on, two-week-off schedule gives you 20 weeks each year to explore Alaska’s outdoors, such as hiking, fishing, hunting, skiing, snowmobiling, and northern lights viewing. Experience a bread-and-butter caseload including general surgery, orthopedics, OB/GYN, ENT, podiatry, healthy peds, and GI procedures, with CRNAs managing cases with physician oversight. While high-acuity cases are less frequent, the work is dynamic and engaging, keeping your skills sharp as part of a rural health system, without the constant intensity of a trauma-heavy environment. Shifts are 12 hours, but many days end earlier, offering even more flexibility and ensuring a balanced schedule with predictable downtime.

 

• Compensation: Salary DOE between $315K-$378K | $40K sign-on bonus | $15K annual retention after sign on period| $5K performance incentive | $5K CME allowance
• Patients: 4-5 ORs daily with one additional out-of-OR assignment (OB or GI Procedures). No craniotomies or hearts. 
• Team: 5 full-time Anesthesiologists and ultimately 12 CRNAs.
• Schedule: 3 weeks on, 2 weeks off rotation. Our schedule follows a "work hard, play hard" approach, with condensed work blocks and 20 weeks off. 

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 
• 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.

 

Check out this video about Fairbanks: We invite you to explore Fairbanks, Alaska - YouTube

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Must possess knowledge of clinical care and patient treatment as normally obtained through the completion of master’s degree in nursing. Must have completed a graduate program approved by the Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs.

 

Must be approved to practice as a Certified Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) by the National Board of Certification and Recertification for Nurse Anesthetist (NBCRNA).

 

Must possess a valid current or temporary Alaska RN license.

 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Doctorate degree preferred.

 

Experience working in an acute care setting within the past 12 months as a CRNA preferred.

 

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.