Physician - Family or Internal Medicine

Description

Physician at the Colville Indian Health Center, Nespelem, Washington. These services are to be provided Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. through 4:30 pm 40 hours a week.

https://www.ihs.gov/portland/healthcarefacilities/colville/

• The Physician shall interview and examine patients, review past medical history and request and/ or perform diagnostic tests and examinations as necessary to make diagnosis for primary care services. They make diagnosis after evaluating information obtained and provide medical or surgical treatment and/ or referral as appropriate.
• The physician shall counsel and educate patients, families, community and medical staff about general health care.
• The physician shall prescribe drugs and tests necessary to provide including the use of radiology and laboratory
• The physician shall become familiar with and be guided by the Indian Health Service formulary and shall follow IHS procedures when prescribing drugs
• The physician authorized to prescribe pharmaceuticals shall do so according to the availability of drugs listed in the IHS formulary
• IHS pharmacy services will provide instructions to the prescribing contract physician as to substitution of generic drugs for prescribed drugs
• The service unit pharmacy must approve drugs not on the formulary
• The physician shall participate in a continual process of quality of health care evaluation to assure the provision of quality service.
• Strive for excellence in providing general family medicine medical services.
• Comply with all IHS facility infection control and safety procedures, practices, and standards
• Respect and maintain the basic right of patients, to include but not limited to personal dignity
• Referrals- all referrals shall be done utilizing the Patient Referred Care (PRC) process. The PRC Committee utilizing PRC guidelines will review these referrals.

Prairie Band Health Services is subject to Title 22: Employment Code of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. In accordance with Title 22, this position      is designated as a TIER 1 position. Preference will be given to      individuals to the extent required pursuant to Section 22-2-4(B). To be      considered for employment with Indian Preference, documentation is      required to be provided at time of application.

Requirements

  Please provide/upload the following documents along with your application- 

• Must possess a current, active, full, and unrestricted license or registration from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
• Must be Board Eligible or Certified
• Must have current Basic Life Support or Advanced Cardiac Life Support
• Certification of Education - copy of diploma or transcripts
• DEA