Physician - Emergency Room jobs in New Mexico

Job Summary:

The ER Physician will provide services at a federal facility in a Native American/American Indian community in Gallup, NM. This is a contract position requires a minimum 3 month commitment with potentially 3 extension options based on the needs of the client.

The facility is a 99-bed hospital in Gallup, New Mexico, on the border of the Navajo Reservation. Clinical specialties at include Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Anesthesia, OB/GYN, General Surgery, Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, ENT, Radiology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, and Urology. The workload at Gallup is one of the largest in the Indian Health Service with 250,000 outpatient encounters and 5,800 inpatient admissions annually. The facility has the largest staff of all Navajo Area IHS facilities.

The Plateaus and mountains close to Gallup offer opportunities for hiking, backpacking, and camping. There are several national mountains and parks within easy driving distance. Albuquerque, with all the services and cultural events offered in a city its size, is just two hours East of Gallup. There are many choices for cross-country and downhill skiing within 1 to 3 hours of Gallup. The city of Gallup has a population of approximately 23,000.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

Job Classification: Contract

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Provides full range of emergency services or crisis intervention including lifesaving emergency procedures in order to stabilize a patient sufficiently until a higher level of care is available.
• Provides emergent or urgent patient care including evaluation, diagnosis and treatment for patients that present to the Emergency Department.
• Obtains a health and developmental history from the patient or family member and performs a detailed physical exam, records findings, and formulates differential diagnoses and develops plan of care.
• Performs or requests screening or diagnostic tests and interprets the results. Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious physical or emotional problems.
• Makes decisions concerning the medical needs of patients, which may involve various treatment modalities, prescribed medications, consultation and referral when appropriate.
• Participates with other professionals and agencies as needed or as required, regarding management of infectious disease, environmental health and health education.
• Recognizes when a patient requires a higher level of care and stabilizes the patient until a higher level of care is available.
• Ability to work on a regularly assigned, rotation or call back basis to provide continuity of medical services during evenings, nights holidays, and weekends.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to compose and present comprehensive reports.

Education and Experience:

• Physicians are required to have completed an American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM) Emergency Medicine residency, and be ABEM or AOBEM board certified within 3 years of completing EM residency.
• All providers shall possess a current, valid, unrestricted medical license 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. License verification must be provided at the time of application.
• Must posses a current, unrestricted DEA license. License verification must be provided at the time of application.
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) is mandatory for all specialties. Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) is mandatory to work in Emergency Medicine Department. Certifications must be provided at the time of application.
• Must possess a valid state driver’s license throughout the term of this contract.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times.
• At the time of hire, must provide a fitness for duty certificate issued by a licensed physician to perform the proposed job without significant risk to personal health or the health and safety of others.
• At the time of hire, must provide documentation of evidence of immunization as required by NAIHS immunization policy.

Benefits:

• Eligible employees receive the following benefits:
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Access to Teladoc
• Paid Annual Leave/PTO
• Paid Sick Leave
• Paid Holidays
• 401(k)
• Life Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Pre-employment Requirements:

This position may be contingent upon passing a security clearance, background check, drug screen, Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) review, or credit check after acceptance of an offer and prior to beginning work, due to the nature of the services Chloeta provides.

Drug and Alcohol Testing:

To enforce Chloeta’s Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy, an employee or candidate could be subject to undergoing a drug screen and/or alcohol testing during or at the beginning of employment.

Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA):

Under the FCRA, Chloeta may request a credit check during the onboarding process. A written authorization form will be required before obtaining credit records.

Emergency Response:

Every Chloeta employee has regular and recurring emergency management responsibilities, though not every position requires routine deployment to disaster sites. All positions are subject to recall around the clock for emergency management operations, which may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official Duty Station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official Position Description (PD). Travel requirements in support of emergency operations may be extensive in nature (weeks to months), with little advance notice, and may require employees to relocate to emergency sites with physically austere and operationally challenging conditions.

EEO Statement:

Chloeta provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

About Chloeta:

Chloeta is a privately held, certified Native American owned enterprise providing a diverse range of engineering, scientific and technical solutions to support military, energy, homeland security, emergency preparedness and critical infrastructure requirements.