General Surgeon

Overview

Pursuant to the Navajo Preference in Employment Act, applicants who meet the necessary qualifications for this position and (1) are enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe will be given preference in hiring and employment for this position. Applicants who are legally married to enrolled members of the Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, or San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe and meet residency requirements will be given secondary preference, and applicants who are enrolled members of other federally-recognized American Indian Tribes will be given tertiary preference.

Qualifications

• Necessary Qualifications:

  • A Medical Degree (MD or DO) from an accredited school
  • Completion of a two (2) year residency program in Surgery
  • Board Certification by the American Board of Surgery or the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery
  • 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
  • Credentialing as a credentialed member of the TCRHCC Medical Staff

• Other Skills and Abilities:

  • A record of satisfactory performance in all prior and current employment as evidenced by positive employment references from previous and current employers
  • Positive working relationships with others
  • Possession of high ethical standards and no history of complaints
  • Reliable and dependable; reports to work as scheduled without excessive absences
  • Excellent clinical skills and judgment
  • Extensive administration skills in lead clinical positions involving trauma and general surgery
  • Completion and above-satisfactory scores on all job interviews
  • Successful completion of and positive results from all background and reference checks
  • Submission of all required employment-related documents, applications, resumes, references, and other required information

Physical and Mental Effort

• Must be able to frequently sit, stand, walk several hundred yards quickly, and maintain balance, occasionally drive, bend, climb, kneel, crouch, twist, and reach
• Must be able to frequently lift up to 10lbs and occasionally lift/push/pull over 100lbs as needed
• Sensory requirements for this position include prolonged near vision, frequent color vision, depth perception, seeing fine details, hearing normal speech, hearing overhead pages, telephone use, and occasional far vision
• Must have both hand manipulation ability of frequent simple/firm grasping, fine manipulation, and use of keyboards
• Mental must be able to work evenings, nights, and weekends on a regular basis and handle the stresses of rural medicine with critically ill patients
• Must frequently accept a flexible schedule to meet unit needs
• Must have prolonged ability of coping with high levels of stress, making decisions under high pressure, coping with anger/fear/hostility of others in a calm way, manage altercations, concentrate, handle high degree of flexibility, handle multiple priorities in stressful situation, work alone, demonstrate high degree of patience, adapt to shift work, and work in areas that are close and crowded

Responsibilities

• Serves as a staff senior surgeon and surgical consultant
• Examines, diagnoses, and treats very difficult diseases and injuries by surgical means
• Performs major and very difficult surgical operations including such operations as colonoscopy and laparoscopy
• When performing these operations, is in complete charge of surgery, guiding and directing the assisting medical officers, nurse anesthetist, and nurses
• Serves on hospital committees, 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, providing full clinical information for care and diagnostic procedures that cannot be adequately provided at local IHS facilities
• Travels to peripheral clinic(s) as scheduled to conduct surgery clinic, to screen patients for surgery, and to perform minor procedures
• 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
• Dicts clinical reports and correspondence concerning patients under his/her care to physicians, hospitals, and other individuals and facilities
• Works closely with allied health professionals (i.e., Community Health Nurses, Social Workers, Health Educators, etc.) to utilize and coordinate the services of other health care professionals in the management of the patient’s medical, psychological, and social problems
• Responsible for electronic health records data entry pertinent to patient service role
• 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
• Completes all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates)
• Completes 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
• Performs other duties as assigned