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Primary Care Physician - Outpatient & Urgent Care

Join our team as a Primary Care Physician in a facility that serves the Mescalero Apache Tribe. This position offers the opportunity to work in a community with a rich history and a commitment to health and wellness.

Job Description

• 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, focusing on specific age populations such as child and adolescent health and women's health.
• Provide comprehensive therapeutic and preventative health services to individual patients, family members, and patient groups in a hospital outpatient setting.
• Assess and diagnose needs to produce a plan of action to meet identified needs by providing medical health services and interpreting x-ray imaging results and laboratory test results.
• Provide care to address the COVID-19 pandemic, including community curbside testing and vaccination clinics.
• Apply Medical Doctor skills in all phases of health care services.
• Make decisions concerning medical care needs of patients with physicians and designated consultants.
• Provide lifesaving and support measures in emergency situations.
• Work with appropriate staff, outer agencies, and accepting facilities to medically stabilize and coordinate appropriate urgent and emergent transfers to acute inpatient hospital facilities.
• Provide thorough and concise written documentation of evaluations, treatment, active orders, medications, and referrals through the Electronic Health Record in a timely manner.
• Participate in Quality Assurance/Risk Management activities of the hospital and peer review functions.
• Have knowledge of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) technique, usage, and disposal for infectious control purposes.
• Adhere to guidelines as outlined in the Medical Staff Bylaws.
• Maintain credentialing and privileges at Mescalero Service Unit.

Requirements

• Must have an active license as a Medical Doctor in this state or any other state of the United States of America.
• Board Certified Medical Doctor.
• Maintain credentialing and privileges at Mescalero Service Unit.
• Must have a valid driver's license.
• Possess, maintain, and be able to provide proof of Medical Professional Liability Insurance in the amounts of $1,000,000/$3,000,000.

Community Overview

The Mescalero people were nomadic hunters and gatherers who roamed the Southwest. They were experts in guerrilla warfare and highly skilled horsemen. The women were known for their ability to find and prepare food from many different plant sources. The name "Mescalero" comes from their gathering and consumption of the mescal plant, which was a staple of their diets. Today, three sub-tribes—Mescalero, Lipan, and Chiricahua—make up the Mescalero Apache Tribe. They live on a reservation of 463,000 acres that was once the heartland of their aboriginal homelands.

The Mescalero Indian Hospital provides both inpatient and outpatient services, supplemented by various field health programs. The hospital has an active outpatient department with several specialty clinics, including diabetic, well baby, and prenatal care. Support services are provided by on-site laboratory and radiology departments. The Field Health Program supports health and safety standards within the community through field visits, surveys, clinics, environmental health services, and sanitary facilities construction projects.