Physician / Emergency Medicine / New Mexico / Locum tenens / Emergency Physician - Locum Job
Company: Kurz Solutions
Location: Crownpoint
Posted on: May 28, 2023
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Job Description:
Emergency Physician On The Trail of the AncientsThe Community -
Crownpoint, NMCrownpoint is in McKinley County, New Mexico, founded
in 1912. The population was 2,278 at the 2010 census. It is on the
Trails of the Ancients Byway, one of the designated New Mexico
Scenic Byways. The Trail of the Ancients is a New Mexico Scenic
Byway to prehistoric archaeological and geological sites of
northwestern New Mexico. It provides insight into the lives of the
Ancient Puebloan, Navajos, Utes and Apache people. Geological
features include canyons, volcanic rock features, and sandstone
buttes. Several of the sites are scenic and wilderness areas with
recreational opportunities. In 1912, Crownpoint was founded by
Samuel F. Stacher as an Indian Agency to serve the Navajo People in
the Pueblo Bonito Agency of Northwestern New Mexico. A school
house, agency office and power house were first built to
accommodate future planned establishments.Crownpoint Health Care
FacilityThe Crownpoint Health Care Facility serves a population of
200,000 Navajo people. The staff consists of primary care
physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, at a 32
bed hospital. The daily inpatient load is nine; daily outpatient
visits are 151; annual OB cases are 275; and annual ER cases number
about 18,000 (6 ED Beds)Responsibilities:Emergency physicians shall
provide immediate medical evaluation, examination, diagnosis,
treatment, and/or referral of patients who present for care in the
CHCF-ED. Present for care includes patients referred to the
Emergency Department by other medical providers in the Crownpoint
Healthcare Facility system (such as outpatient clinics, outlying
clinics, ED Fast track, inpatient, etc.). The ED physician shall
provide professional advice to other CHCF providers with regard to
professional management of patients being treated and/or
hospitalized. The Contractor physician shall be a resource for
contract providers and manage patients in the fast track portion of
the Emergency Department as well. The Contractor physician care
shall cover the range of emergency room care typically provided in
a rural civilian practice of similar size. The following list is an
example of the types of cases, but is not all-inclusive:Major
trauma, including fractures of multiple extremities, stab wounds,
open wounds of the chest and abdomen, head trauma, suspected spine
injuries, lacerations, amputations;Major medical emergencies such
as cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction, respiratory failure,
shock;Obstetrical emergencies such as deliveries of single or
multiple births, acute pregnancy complications, vaginal bleeding;
Our Labor and Delivery Unit is on Long Term Divert. When possible,
we have an OB provider (CNM, FP/OB) on resource call. Pediatric
emergencies, including neonatal resuscitations;Acute psychiatric
problems, including suicide attempts;Lower-acuity complaints
including viral illnesses, other infections, minor orthopedic
problems, minor trauma, alcohol abuse (i.e., urgent care
patients);.Other miscellaneous medical problems both acute and
chronic.
Keywords: Kurz Solutions, Rio Rancho , Physician / Emergency Medicine / New Mexico / Locum tenens / Emergency Physician - Locum Job, Healthcare , Crownpoint, New Mexico
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