Physician - Womens Health

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation; Tuba City (AZ); On-site; USD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation seeks an experienced OB/GYN to provide comprehensive obstetrical and gynecological care, including prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum services, as well as related gynecologic treatment. The role may involve teaching and hospital governance activities as needed.

Qualifications include MD or DO from an accredited medical school, completion of a 4‑year OB/GYN residency, and an active or board‑eligible ABMS certification.

Qualifications

• MD or DO from an accredited medical school.
• Completion of a 4-year OB/GYN residency.
• Active license to practice as a physician in any U.S. state/territory.
• Board certification or active candidate status by ABOG.
• Credentialed member of TCRHCC Medical Staff.
• Successful completion of background checks and fingerprint clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive OB/GYN care including prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum care.
• Perform cesarean sections or other procedures as needed to protect patient health.
• Maintain accurate medical records and documentation in the EHR.
• Refer patients to contracted facilities and coordinate follow-up care.
• Collaborate with allied health professionals to manage patient needs.
• Maintain PPE protocols and safety standards at all times.
• Complete all donning/doffing and decontamination tasks as required.
• Ensure timely patient care documentation in the EHR and related systems.
• Participate in departmental workflow and project initiatives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Clinical judgment

Team collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Ethics and professionalism

Education

MD or DO from accredited medical school

OBGYN residency (4 years)

Job description

Navajo Preference Employment Act

In accordance with Navajo Nation and federal law, TCRHCC has implemented an Affor mative Action Plan pursuant to the Navajo Preference in Employment Act. Pursuant to this Plan and corresponding TCRHCC Policy, 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, (2) 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 (3) are enrolled members of other federally-recognized American Indian Tribes will be given tertiary preference.

Overview

POSTION SUMMARY

TCRHCC provides the full range of obstetrical and gynecological services. Obstetrical services include routine and complex prenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care. Gynecological services include preventative and therapeutic treatment of girls, women, and transgender people within the scope of practice. The scope of care may be limited by the facilities. Rarely, the provider may be the sole specialist on duty. Other assignments include consultation services, teaching, and participation in hospital governance.

Qualifications

NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

• A Medical Degree, MD or DO from accredited school of medicine
• Completion of a four (4) year residency program in Obstetrics and Gynecology

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
• Active Candidate or Board Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Credentialing:

• Must be 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. All employment references must address and indicate success in each one of the following areas:

• 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
• Successful completion of and positive results from all background and reference checks, including positive employment references from authorized representatives of past and current employers demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC a record of satisfactory performance and that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Successful completion of fingerprint clearance requirements, physical examinations, and other screenings indicating that the applicant is qualified to be employed by TCRHCC and demonstrating to the satisfaction of TCRHCC that the applicant can perform the essential functions of the job
• Submission of all required employment-related documents, applications, resumes, references, and other required information free of false, misleading, or incomplete information, as determined by TCRHCC.

MENTAL AND PHYSICAL EFFORT

The physical and mental demands include but are not limited to, those necessary to perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to ensure that individuals with disabilities are able to perform essential functions.

Physical:

Incumbent will need to frequently sit, stand, walk, twist, maintain balance; and, reach. Must have the ability to occasionally bend, climb, kneel, and crouch. Must be able to ability to lift, pull, and push frequently up to 10 pounds and occasionally up to over 100 pounds to move patients to and from beds, wheelchairs, stretchers, et cetera, and in moving equipment and medical supplies. The Incumbent must have the ability for far vision, near vision, color vision, depth perception, seeing fine details, hearing normal speech, telephone use; and, hearing overhead pages over a loudspeaker. Incumbent must be able to utilize bilateral hand with simple and firm grasping, fine manipulation, and frequent use of a keyboard. Must be able to accept flexible schedule to meet unit needs. Incumbent may be environmentally exposed frequently to infectious disease; chemical agents; dust, fumes, gases; and hazardous or moving equipment.

Mental:

Contacts often require tact and sensitivity as those related to stressful situations such as death, dying, and catastrophic illnesses. Must be able to prioritize and use good judgment. Must be able to coordinate a variety of issues while being frequently interrupted. Must have the prolonged ability to: cope with high level of stress; make decisions under high pressure; concentrate; handle a high degree of flexibility; handle multiple priorities in stressful situation; and, demonstrate high degree of patience. Must frequently be able to: cope with anger/fear/hostility of others in a calm way; manage altercations; work alone; adapt to shift work; and, work in areas that are close and crowded.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Performs all clinical duties necessary to provide comprehensive obstetrical and gynecological care to girls and women includes conducting outpatient clinics, delivering babies, performing minor and major surgery, providing ultrasound examinations, and other clinical duties not specified. Care for and treat women during prenatal, natal, and postnatal periods.
2. In an emergency, maybe be required to perform duties outside the designated area of specialization. Perform cesarean sections or other surgical procedures as needed to preserve patients' health and deliver infants safely.
3. Prepares 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 correspondence concerning patients under his/her care to physicians, hospitals and other individuals and facilities.
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 here. Coordinates and integrates information obtained into the ongoing Health Care Program at TCRHCC and assures the provision of timely follow-up care as required.
5. Works closely with allied health professionals (i.e., Community Health Nurse, Social Workers, Health Educator, etc.) to utilize and coordinate the services of other health care professionals in the management of patients’ medical, psychological, and social problems.
6. Handwriting must be legible and must be willing to use an Electronic Health Record.
7. 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.
8. Complete all donning and doffing tasks in a safe acceptable method and discard of used PPE accordingly. (see CDC website for most current updates)
9. 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.
10. Completes all patient care documentation in the electronic health record entries accurately and in real-time.
11. Participates in departmental workflow and or testing teams as related to electronic health record or other project initiatives
12. Performs other duties as assigned.