Emergency Medicine Physician

Hello all,

We are urgently looking for ABEM certified or eligible Emergency Medicine physicians to work in Crownpoint, NM.

Position Overview:

We are seeking Board Certified Emergency Medicine physicians to staff the ER at an Indian Health Service hopsital in Navajo Nation.

Location & Population:

The facility serves a population of 20,000 Navajo people. The staff consists of primary care physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, at a 20 bed hospital. FY20 showed a daily inpatient load of 4, outpatient visits was 129,239; annual OB visits at 717, and the annual emergency room cases number of about 14,643.

The Emergency Department schedule is divided into three 12-hour shifts: 8am - 8pm (day), 10am - 10pm (swing), and 8pm - 8am (night).

The facility is located in Northwest New Mexico, on the Eastern edge of the Navajo Reservation, only a few hours drive North to the Southern Rockies, or East to Albuquerque and Santa Fe. World Class skiing is close and the area has superb hiking and fishing opportunity.

Facility details:

• ER trauma level? IV
• Patients per shift: 10-25 (varies based on day and night shifts)
• Shift times: Day- 8am to 8pm; Swing- 10am to 10pm; Night- 8pm to 8am
• Pediatric patients- 40%
• Adult patients- 60%
• Specialties available- Surgery, OB
• Support staff is available- Lab, X-Ray, CRNA, AVERA telemedicine, Hospitalist (not overnight), EMS Services,
• Critical patients patients are transferred out

Candidates must be:

• Committed to rural, Tribal, and underserved healthcare
• Compassionate, mission-driven social medicine practitioners
• Interested in joining a dynamic and potentially disruptive social healthcare enterprise
• ABEM certified or eligible
• Licensed in any state active, unrestricted license
• Completed a US residency program
• Not had a loss of licensure or suspended licensure
• Not had a lapse in practice > 6 months leading up to assignment
• No malpractice issues
• Active ACLS, PALS, and BLS certifications
• Able to commit to a minimum of 7 shifts a month