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Medical Officer (General Practice)

Location:	Sells, AZ Exit Disclaimer: You Are Leaving www.ihs.gov
Type:	Tribal
Salary Range:	$200,000 to $300,000 / Per Year
Open Period:	12/17/2018 to 2/28/2019
Summary:	TONHC Sells Hospital is a comprehensive care facility which provides ambulatory, emergency services and Inpatient care with a 14-bed facility fully operating under Joint Commission accreditation. TONHC employs a professional staff of physicians, physician assistants, dentists, nurses, podiatrists, optometrists, and auxiliary technical support personnel who administer both inpatient and ambulatory services. Specialties include internal medicine, pediatrics, and family practice. In all, TONHC consists of four (4) health centers throughout the Tohono O'odham Nation. Physician performs and provides diagnosis, care and treatment of inpatients, ambulatory care patients and emergency patients for full range of clinical scenarios. As an expert licensed provider, the incumbent is responsible for both direct and indirect specialized child, adolescent, and adult services, administrative duties, and continuing education. This position may be organizationally located in Tohono O'odham Nation Sells Hospital or in any TONHC health center. The incumbent works under the general supervision of the Clinical Director, who provides administrative supervision. Incumbent functions with considerable independence during the course of patient care.
Duties:	• Performs and provides care to patients primarily in ambulatory clinic and inpatient settings; provides patient care and consultation in the Emergency Department as needed. • Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, and requests and/or performs diagnostic tests and examinations. • Makes preliminary diagnosis, recognizing rare and difficult to identity symptoms or signs. • Directs, prescribes or provides a full treatment regimen, or arranges for specialized care or patient referral as necessary. • Makes note of observations which are incorporated into clinical records. • Provides emergency care as appropriate. • Manages and oversees all medical categories for cases which do not require referral. • Provides total patient care including prevention, health maintenance, early diagnosis, treatment and follow-up services. • Routine duties, shall include, even if rarely required, providing medical care and public health services to individuals eligible for services provided by TONHC in homes, schools, clinics, job sites, and other community locations within the TONHC service area. • Reviews patient medications, diet, therapy course, adherence to treatment management plan and other observations in order to develop, modify and assess the treatment plan. • Instructs and counsels patients and their families. • Performs and/or assists other physicians in the performance of minor surgery. • Delivers infants when necessitated by urgent/emergent circumstances, and provides or arranges for postpartum care. Coordinates and integrates information obtained into ongoing health care information systems utilized by TONHC. • Ensures preparation of appropriate medical records for all patients seen to ensure the accumulation and organization of all pertinent clinical data needed to provide comprehensive medical care. • Disseminates clinical reports and correspondence concerning patients to physicians, hospitals, and other individuals and facilities. • Works closely with allied health professionals to provide effective interdisciplinary health care services and treatment. • Participates in a comprehensive Quality Improvement Program that meets accreditation standards of The Joint Commission. • Ensures clinical care is consistent with standards of practice, guidelines, and department specific policies and procedures. • Communicates effectively with patients and families in situations of medical, psychosocial, and cultural complexity.
Qualifications:	• Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from a United States or Canadian medical school approved by a recognized accrediting body in the year of applicant's graduation. Or, a Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a medical school not of the USA or Canada that provided education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the United States, as demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), or a Fifth Pathway Certificate. • Completion of approved internship and a license to practice medicine. • One to two years of professional experience beyond the completion of formal internship training or progressive experience equivalent in breadth and intensity, or completion of three to four years of residency training. Licenses, Certifications, Special Requirements: • Must possess and maintain a permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a territory of the United States.
Work Type:	Permanent, Full
Announcement #:	4041, 4026, 4040
Who May Apply?	All Groups of Qualified Individuals
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