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Pediatrician (Locum)

Join our team as a Pediatrician in the Navajo Nation, where the Navajo Area Indian Health Services administers health centers and hospitals, providing healthcare to approximately 201,516 members of the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Nation is the largest Native tribe in the United States and has the largest reservation, which encompasses more than 25,516 square miles in northern Arizona, western New Mexico, and southern Utah, with three satellite communities in central New Mexico. The NAIHS is the primary provider of inpatient, ambulatory care, preventive and community health, and environmental health services for members of the Navajo Nation and the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe.

As the gateway to Native American culture, Gallup affords easy access to visit Zuni Pueblo and the Navajo Nation or experience authentic traditional nightly dances performed by a variety of area tribes, featuring traditional drum, rattle, and flute instruments.

Job Description

• Perform diagnosis, care, and treatment of pediatric outpatients.
• Interview and examine pediatric patients, review past medical history, and request and/or perform diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain all possible information related to each case.
• Make preliminary diagnoses, direct prescriptions, or provide treatment, or arrange for specialized care or patient referral as required. Base decisions upon information obtained, professional medical knowledge and skills, and prescribed policies and procedures.
• Consult with other pediatricians or providers from other medical disciplines whenever necessary to more clearly define a patient's problem and seek assistance to safely provide the necessary medical interventions.
• Make notes of observations to be incorporated into clinical records.
• Provide emergency care as required.
• Provide definitive management in all pediatric medical categories for cases that do not require referral. Give total patient care including health maintenance, early diagnosis, treatments, and arranging follow-up services to pediatric patients under care.
• Refer pediatric patients to appropriate contracted medical or other governmental facilities, providing full clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided at local client facilities. Coordinate and integrate information obtained into the ongoing healthcare program at the Service Unit and assure the provision of timely follow-up care as required.
• Prepare appropriate medical records for pediatric primary care patients seen to assure the accumulation and organization of all pertinent clinical data needed to provide comprehensive medical care. Dictate clinical reports and correspondence concerning pediatric patients under care to physicians, hospitals, and other individuals and facilities.
• Evaluate patient symptoms, design treatment plans, educate the patient and family about their condition, and initiate care.
• Prepare prescriptions accurately following Federal and U.S. Public Health Service laws and policies. Assure appropriateness of drug therapy. Ensure that drug therapy is safe, efficacious, and cost-effective. Standards of care developed or adopted by the professional staff of the facility shall be the criteria for appropriateness of drug therapy. Screen the patient health record to avoid inappropriate drug interactions and monitor patients for the appropriateness of therapy.

Requirements

• A minimum of thirty-six (36) months of experience within their specialty, including residency unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer.
• A current, valid, active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in a state, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a Territory of the United States throughout the term of this contract. Current Board eligibility or certification by the American Board of Pediatrics.
• Documentation of completion of an ACGME-approved Pediatric residency program.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is mandatory for all specialties.
• A current, valid, unrestricted driver's license in any state.

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