Emergency Medicine Indian Health Reservation job located in Oklahoma

• 1099, rate $300-325/hour
• 8-15 shifts a month
• Chenega covers medical malpractice insurance

Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Government Mission Solutions, LLC, a (Login for Information)’ company, is looking for an Emergency Medicine Physician (Locum Tenens) in support of Lawton Indian Hospital. The Emergency Medicine Physician will provide services to beneficiaries of the Indian Health Service at the Lawton Indian Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma. The Physician shall deliver quality care to attain positive health outcomes for all our valued patients with emphasis on cultural sensitivity and human dignity.

Lawton Indian Hospital is a full-service hospital providing a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and public health services. Their mission is to “raise the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska natives (AI/AN) to the highest level possible.” They provide “approximately 800 admissions and over 185,000 outpatient visits per year.” For more information about the hospital, please visit (Login for Information). 

Position details: 

• 1099, rate $300-325/hour 
• 8-15 shifts a month 
• 12-hour shifts  
• Chenega covers medical malpractice insurance  
• Department volume: ER sees ~36,500 visits per year

Responsibilities

• Maintain a continuous vigil within the immediate confines of the Emergency Department in order that services are readily and immediately available.
• Obtain a medical history, performing a physical exam as appropriate to the presenting problem, and formulate a diagnosis of the patient’s problem, and secondary diagnosis, as required, to treat the patient.
• Render immediate medical services to those patients determined as emergent.
• Request and interpret laboratory and radiologic tests, as necessary, for diagnosis.
• Provide and order medically indicated treatment.
• Prescribe medication.
• Interpret x-rays and electrocardiograms.
• Suture minor lacerations.
• Treat uncomplicated fractures.
• Refer patients as appropriate to routinely scheduled clinics of the Outpatient Department.
• Render initial assessments of which Emergency Department/Urgent Care patients will require transfer to a tertiary care center and consult the appropriate Indian Health Service physician on-call who in turn will render the final decision concerning transfer and arrange transfer, if indicated.
• Render the initial assessment of which emergency/urgent care patients may require admission to the onsite Hospital and consulting the Indian Health Service physician on-call who in turn will render the final decision concerning admissions.
• Chart, record and document complete medical care in the Electronic Health Record system: RPMS.
• Consult with appropriate IHS specialist on back up call for all complex cases, which, while not requiring admission to the hospital or transfer to another facility, do require further evaluation by the specialty physician, or more than routine follow up.
• Respond to in-hospital emergencies while on duty.
• Provide basic life support in a first responder status for patients requiring resuscitation outside of the hospital on hospital grounds.
• The emergency department physician shall evaluate emergency medical service (EMS) calls, i.e. patients enroute to the Emergency Department. If the physician is able to determine that the patient will need a higher level of care, then he/she may divert the ambulance to another facility.

Qualifications

• Permanent, current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a state, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.? 
• Board Certified in or Board Eligible in emergency medicine. ? 
• Active BLS, ACLS, ATLS, and PALS certifications. 
• Active DEA license.