Physician - Internal Medicine
About The Position
The Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, is seeking a Physician specializing in Internal Medicine. This facility is part of the Shiprock Service Unit, the largest service unit of the Navajo Nation, which provides healthcare to approximately 201,583 members of the Navajo Nation. The medical center offers a wide range of services including internal medicine, family practice, urgent and emergency care, pediatrics, general surgery, women's health, mental health, and more. The medical staff consists of 75 physicians and 24 mid-level providers, with the facility employing 860 full-time employees.
Requirements
- Maintain an active license as a Medical Doctor in this state or any other state of the United States of America.
- Possess and maintain Board Certification or be Board Eligible with the American Board of Family Medicine or the American Board of Internal Medicine.
- Must have BLS certification through the American Heart Association.
Responsibilities
- Participate directly in the medical care of patients, performing functions to the extent delineated by the medical staff privileging process.
- Adhere to the scope of work and accept work assignments from the Clinical Director as necessary.
- Provide direct care/services to pediatric, geriatric, adolescent, and adult patients.
- Patient care will involve contact with outpatient COVID patients in the urgent care setting, as well as other potential infectious contacts expectable in a healthcare clinic.
- Provide comprehensive therapeutic and preventative health services to individual COVID Positive patients, family members, and patient groups in a home or community-based setting as a primary health resource and physician extender.
- Assess and diagnose needs to produce a plan of action to meet identified needs by providing medical health services to individual and families, and interpretations of x-ray imaging results and laboratory test results and findings.
- Apply Medical Doctor skills in all phases of health care services.
- Assist with community outreach activity in the local area.
- Make decisions concerning medical care needs of patients with physicians and designated consultants.
- Provide lifesaving and support measures in emergency situations.
- Provide thorough and concise written documentation of evaluations, treatment, active orders, medications, and referrals through the Electronic Health Record in a timely manner.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
