Orthopedic Surgeon

Locations: Tuba City, AZ

Type:Tribal

Salary Range:$493,500 to $801,700 / Per Year

Open Period:12/22/2023 to 6/28/2024

Summary:Orthopedic Surgery - Practice • Excellent earning potential • Serves as a staff senior surgeon and surgical consultant. • Participates in the quality assurance reviews and assures that policy and procedure manuals are in accordance with credentialing agencies, such as The Joint Commission (TJC). • Refers patient to appropriate contracted medical or other governmental facilities for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided. • Travels to peripheral clinic(s) as scheduled to conduct surgery clinic, to screen patients for surgery, and to perform minor procedures. • Works closely with allied health professionals LOCATION AND LIFESTYLE: • Live and work on the beautiful Navajo Reservation, near national parks and forests, canyon country, ski area a day trip away • The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment and a rewarding career in an underserved area • Easy drive to Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Snowbowl ski area, Las Vegas • Easy access to hiking, biking, fishing, skiing • Excellent work/life balance • Very close, collaborative professional staff The unique community of Tuba City offers a culturally rich environment. The Native American tribes located and served here are the Navajo, Hopi, and Southern Paiute. This mixture along with Anglo, Hispanic, and African American employees of the hospital and school systems make a pleasantly diverse community.

Duties:1. Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, and requests/or performs diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain all possible information related to each case.

Makes preliminary diagnosis, directs, prescribes or provides treatment, or arranges for specialized care or patient referral as required. Bases decision upon information obtained, professional medical knowledge and skills and prescribed policies and procedures. Makes notes of observations to be incorporated into clinical records.

Provides emergency care as required. Provides definitive management in all medical categories for cases that do not require referral. Gives total patient care including prevention, health maintenance, early diagnosis, treatment and follow-up services to patients under incumbent's care. 2.

Performs major orthopedic operations as well as advising the medical officers in other services concerning orthopedic or potential orthopedic cases. When performing these operations, is in complete charge of surgery, guiding and directing the assisting medical officers, nurse anesthetist, and nurses. 3. Conducts outpatient clinics making observations appropriate to the outpatients underlying disease and treatment plan, including current symptoms.

Reviews the patient's medications, diet, therapy course, adherence to management plan and patient observations. Modifies regimen as indicated. Instructs and counsels patients as required. 4.

Refers patients to appropriate contracted medical or other government facilities providing full clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided at TCRHCC. Coordinates and integrates information obtained into the ongoing Health Care Program at the Service Unit and assures the provision of timely follow-up care as required. 5. Assures preparation of appropriate medical records for all patients seen to assure the accumulation and organization of all pertinent clinical data needed to provide comprehensive medical care.

Dictates clinical reports and care to physicians, hospitals and other individuals and facilities. 6. Works closely with allied health professionals (Community Health Nurse, Social Workers, Health Education, etc.) in the provision of broad health program services. 7. Serves as a consultant to primary care physicians of the Indian Health Services.

This is done by telephone after hours in addition to outpatient and inpatient services. 8. Serves as orthopedist on-call for the Orthopedic Service during non-duty hours as scheduled or when needed. 9. Serves as the orthopedic representative to hospital committees as assigned. 10.

In absence of Chief of Orthopedics the staff orthopedic surgeon assumes responsibilities for ordering supplies and equipment, scheduling of surgical cases, and staff orthopedic outpatient. 11. Responsible for electronic health records data entry pertinent to patient service role. 12. Ensure proper PPE is always worn while on duty including but not limited to, face mask, gloves, gown, isolation gown, NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirator or higher, if available), and eye or face shield. 13.

Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates) 14. Complete task training for all routine cleaning and decontamination processes for all surfaces contaminated by a communicable disease to ensure a high level of patient, visitor, employee, and external customer satisfaction.

Qualifications:Education: • A Medical Degree (MD or DO) from accredited school • Completion of a five (5) year residency program in Orthopedic Surgery License/Certification: • Must possess and maintain a current and unrestricted license to practice as a physician in any state within the United States, District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. • Must be Board Eligible or Board Certified by the American Specialty Board in Surgery. Credentialing: • Must be a credentialed member of the TCRHCC Medical Staff

Work Type:Permanent, Full

Announcement #:2023-1099