Company Profile
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Company Overview
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is a non-profit Tribal health organization designed to meet the unique health needs of Alaska Native and American Indian people living in Alaska. In partnership with the more than 158,000 Alaska Native and American Indian people that we serve and the Tribal health organizations of the Alaska Tribal Health System, ANTHC provides world-class health services, which include comprehensive medical services at the Alaska Native Medical Center, wellness programs, disease research and prevention, rural provider training and rural water and sanitation systems construction.
ANTHC is the largest, most comprehensive Tribal health organization in the United States, and Alaska’s second-largest health employer with more than 2,500 employees offering an array of health services to people around the nation’s largest state.
Company History
On June 1, 1998, Tribal health in Alaska changed dramatically when the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) signed a contract to assume responsibility for the operations of the majority of the Indian Health Service Alaska Area office’s programs. After decades of fighting for self-governance, Alaska Native people now controlled our health care.
Today, ANTHC and the Alaska Tribal Health System provide the passion and dedication that make us the embodiment of health care self-determination for Alaska Native people.
ANTHC Highlights: 1997-2014
1997
Indian Health Service opens new Alaska Native Medical Center
ANTHC incorporates as a not-for-profit organization
1998
Contract with IHS transfers statewide services to ANTHC and expands to include Environmental Health and Engineering work
1999
ANTHC and Southcentral Foundation assume joint management of ANMC
ANMC earns certification as a Level II Trauma Center, a distinction it still holds today
AFHCAN telehealth project launches
2000
ANTHC completes an Alaska Native Health Campus site and facility plan outlining changes to accommodate growth
2001
ANTHC begins administering injury prevention projects with Tribes involving smoke detector installation, car seats and float coats.
2002
ANTHC begins training village-based Dental Health Aide Therapists
The Alaska Rural Utility Collaborative is created to improve water quality and lower energy costs
2003
ANMC achieves prestigious Magnet® status for nursing excellence, an honor bestowed to only seven percent of U.S. hospitals, a designation it still holds today
2004
ANTHC opens its Consortium Office Building to expand health prevention services and health advocacy
2005
Community Health Services expands to include training program for 60 new Behavioral Health Aides
2006
Alaska Native immunization rates reach more than 90 percent statewide
ANTHC institutes tobacco-free campus policy
2007
ANTHC completes study that shows in-home water service reduces respiratory diseases and skin infections in children
ANTHC launches Healthy Alaska Natives Foundation
2008
ANTHC publishes the first edition of “Traditional Food Guide for Alaska Native Cancer Survivors”
2009
ANMC receives full re-accreditation from the Joint Commission
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds numerous water and sewer sanitation projects and health facilities upgrades across Alaska
2010
Vaccination program virtually eliminates hepatitis A infections around Alaska
ANTHC’s health advocacy works for successful passage of the Indian Health Care Improvement Reauthorization and Extension Act
2011
ANMC launches electronic health records system to improve patient care
AFHCAN program reaches 100,000 telehealth cases
2012
Healthy Communities Building opens
ANTHC and the Alaska Tribal Health System receive the American Hospital Association’s Carolyn Boone Lewis Living the Vision Award for work that goes beyond traditional hospital care
2013
Senate Bill 88 passes, authorizing funding to help ANTHC build a 202-room housing facility
Average colorectal cancer screening rate hits a new high of 58.5 percent, doubling the rate since 2000 for Alaska Native people
2014
ANMC hospital opens Alaska’s first hybrid operating room
ANTHC begins new drug treatments to cure hepatitis C
Benefits
Our Magnet nurses provide culturally appropriate, family-centered care in a unique hospital environment. Among ANMC’s health care team, our nurses are viewed as respected partners, collaborators and leaders. They are constantly seeking ways to improve the services and care we provide, from processes and initiatives to technology and equipment. More than 80 percent of our front line nurses hold Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees and 45 percent have received specialty certifications.
ANMC was Alaska’s first hospital to receive Level II Trauma designation in 1999, providing the highest level of trauma care possible to our patients. ANMC serves as the referral center for every Tribal health facility in the state.
• Relocation assistance with two-year commitment
• Competitive salary
• Clinical Practice Program
• Advancements available with pay incentives up to $6.50/hour
• Professional development
• Clinical educator support
• Teaching opportunities
• Specialty certifications
• Continuing educational opportunities to promote professional and leadership growth
• Loan Repayment Program through IHS
• Tuition assistance & reimbursement programs
• Cross-training opportunities
• Pay incentives for:
• National specialty certifications
• Precepting
• Charge nurse
• Evening/night shift differential – 10 percent
• Weekend shift differential - 15 percent
• Intermittent salary differential – 15 percent
• Positive practice environment
• Shared governance model of care
• Evidence-based practice
• Commitment to quality and safety
• Strong interdisciplinary collaboration
Employee Benefits
Benefits you enjoy as an employee of ANTHC
As an employee of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC), you receive many benefits that contribute to a healthy and sustainable worklife balance, from medical coverage options to a generous amount of paid time off.
• Health benefits:
• Medical coverage through Federal Employee Health Benefits Program (wide variety of plan options available)
• Dental and Vision coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Retirement benefits:
• 401(a) ANTHC Retirement Plan: After one year of employment, ANTHC will contribute 3% of your annual compensation; and up to an additional 5% match with six-year vesting period.
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan: Funded by your own contributions, this plan helps you lower your taxes while saving for retirement. You are immediately 100% vested.
• Income protection benefits:
• Basic life/accidental death and dismemberment
• Voluntary life insurance
• Short-term disability and long-term disability
• Other benefits:
• Paid time off beginning at six hours per pay period
• 10 paid holidays/year, including four floating holidays
• Employee assistance program
Anchorage, Alaska
Ranked one of the top 10 best cities to live in!
Framed by mountain ranges and the ocean, few cities combine natural beauty, outdoor recreation, history and culture more impressively than Anchorage, Alaska. A city of more than 300,000 people, Anchorage balances modern urban life with easy access to outdoor activities. If the quality of your personal life is as important as the quality of care you provide your patients, a nursing practice at the Alaska Native Medical Center is a perfect fit for you. Come practice at one of America’s most unique hospitals in one of the world’s most incredible locations!
• High-quality education system with excellent public and private school options
• Low tax rates — no state income tax and no sales tax in the Municipality of Anchorage
• Global strategic location with a vibrant international airport
• Thriving arts community
• ANMC’s campus is connected to a trail system that runs for more than 250 miles, and a world-class ski resort with 2,500 vertical feet of diverse terrain is just 45 minutes away
• Easy access to national parks and mountain ranges for hiking and recreating