For Medical Professionals at Alaska Regional Hospital

Alaska Regional Hospital is part of the Mountain Star division of HCA Healthcare, the nation's leading provider of healthcare services. With 163 hospitals and 104 outpatient centers locally managed in 20 states and England, the Nashville-based company has been operated by physicians for physicians since its founding in 1968.

Our hospital includes over 500 practitioners who offer a broad spectrum of health services to the community. These dedicated medical professionals work tirelessly to positively affect lives, and those efforts have resulted in several awards and recognitions from the medical community. We are also the only non-military hospital in the state with its own landing strip, allowing transport from all over the state for all that need critical care.

Working and living here, Alaskans enjoy all the amenities of an urban lifestyle that is still only minutes from the great outdoors. These amenities include performing arts, museums, cultural activities, shopping and fine dining. You can also enjoy golfing under the midnight sun, hiking, biking, fishing, skiing and other popular outdoor activities.

Learn more about physician careers and the various opportunities we have available at our hospital. If you have questions about the application process, or need a request for consideration, please contact our Medical Staff Office at (907) 264-1261.

Please note the following:

• Alaska licensing can take longer than other states. If you do not have an Alaska medical license or a U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) license with an Alaska address, your file cannot move forward.
• Credentialing requests can takes approximately 60 days to complete. You should not submit a request more than 100 days from your start date.
• Gaps of thirty days or greater from completion of medical school to present must be accounted for, or your application will be considered incomplete.
• Provisional staff status is a minimum of twelve months, not to exceed 24 months. Provisional staff members are required to have emergency room (ER) call responsibilities, but you cannot be placed on the ER call schedule until you have gone through the credentialing process.

We believe that it's important to partner with physicians and other medical professionals who have the necessary qualifications and credentials to provide quality, safe and compassionate medical care to our community.

Our rigorous credentialing process follows federal and state regulatory requirements. We also go through accreditation standards to verify education, training, licensure and current competence to ensure that privileges are only granted to qualified providers.

The credentialing process operates as follows:

• Credentialing Committee meetings happen every month
• Medical Executive Committee meetings follow the Credentialing Committee monthly meetings
• Hospital board of trustees also meet bimonthly and has final approval of your requested privileges

Contact us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding physician credentialing, please contact our Medical Staff Office or visit our credentialing portal.

Outside organizations can quickly and easily request the verification of physicians in good standing at HCA Healthcare facilities. The requesting organization may self-generate and print a verification letter through our links:

• iResponse/Generate Hospital Affiliation Letters
• Help with Hospital Affiliate Letters

We hope that you will choose our hospital to continue your professional growth. Clinical education opportunities are offered for a variety of medical tracks, all in a welcoming and transformative environment.

Medical, NP, PA students

Medical, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant students are currently coordinated through the Medical Staff Services Office. This office can be reached at (907) 264-1582.

Nursing students

At this time, we only accept students for nursing clinicals from the University of Alaska-Anchorage and Charter College-Anchorage. If you are a student in one of these two programs, please contact your school administrator, who will work with us to schedule your clinical rotations. Other inquiries regarding nursing students and clinicals may be directed to our nursing student coordinator at (907) 264- 2018.

Interested in being a student?

We're happy to have you join us for your practicums. Below is the list of requirements that will need to be completed with your application packet. We would prefer to have the packet and immunizations in our office at least one week prior to your clinical start date. Please let our human resources department know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

In order to apply, you will need to complete the following:

• 10-panel drug screen, no more than 30 days prior to start of clinicals
• Certificate of insurance
• Chickenpox vaccination (if you refuse vaccination or a chickenpox titer test, you will need a declination form)
• Completed orientation certificate
• Flu vaccination
• Hepatitis B vaccination
• Proof of two measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations or proof of immunity by titers
• State of Alaska background check clearance
• Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis (TDaP)
• Tuberculosis test with purified protein derivative (PPD) no more than one year old

If your school is not set up to submit background checks with the state, please contact the Background Check Unit at (907) 334-4475 and you can submit an application as an individual. When you submit the background check and a copy of your fingerprints, please call our human resources department at (907) 264-1818, which will allow us to attach to your background check and monitor it for completion.