Contract Hospitalist: Pediatric Job in Shiprock, New Mexico
This pediatric hospitalist position in Shiprock, New Mexico, is offered as a contract arrangement, one of the structures available for this role alongside its community health center/FQHC setting. As a contractor, you would typically work under a defined agreement covering term, schedule, and rate, functioning as an independent contractor rather than an employee. This generally means handling your own benefits, retirement, and tax withholding, with malpractice terms specified in the agreement itself. The financial offering for this listing is noted as "Open."
The role includes an emergency department call rotation of 1:3. It is based in a community with a population under 10,000, offering a smaller-community practice setting.
Candidates should meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Board Certified or Board Eligible
- Trained through an allopathic (MD) or osteopathic (DO) program
- American Medical Graduate (AMG) or Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- U.S. citizenship required
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Hospitalist: Pediatric
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Community Health Center/FQHC, Contract
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: (not specified)
- Expected ER Call Coverage: 1:3
About the Facility: Shiprock IHS
The Shiprock Service Unit, the largest geographical service unit of the Navajo Area Indian Health Service (NAIHS), serves populations across New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. SRSU oversees one hospital, Northern Navajo Medical Center (NNMC), and two health centers: Four Corners Regional Health Center and Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Health Center. NNMC offers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, including medical-surgical, pediatric care, labor and delivery, ICU, internal medicine, family practice, emergency care, women's health, and more, with 55 inpatient beds. NNMC's Emergency Department is certified as PEDS Ready, ensuring effective pediatric emergency care.
Facility Address: Highway 491 North, Shiprock, NM 87420
Pediatrician - RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to)
- The Pediatrician delivers outpatient and inpatient pediatric care, including labor, delivery/postpartum ward, Level 2 Nursery, and Pediatric Ward.
- Provide consultation and support for emergency rooms, labor and delivery suites, and other specialty departments.
- The Pediatrician attends high-risk vaginal deliveries and cesarean sections; perform neonatal resuscitation and stabilization as required.
- Evaluate, diagnose, and treat pediatric patients in clinics, inpatient wards, and emergency settings.
- Perform minor surgical procedures and assist other physicians when needed.
- Conduct daily rounds for inpatient pediatric cases, ensuring proper documentation, admissions, and discharges.
- The Pediatrician provides total patient care, including preventive services, early diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care.
Pediatrician - REQUIREMENTS
- Should be board certified or board eligible in Pediatrics by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
- Shall have a valid, unrestricted medical license in any U.S. state, District of Columbia, or U.S. territory.
- Minimum of 36 months of physician experience, with at least 12 months in pediatrics.
- Shall have current and valid Basic Life Support (BLS), Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP).
- Structure of Financial Support: Contract
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $221,916 - $326,286 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: New Mexico
- Practice City: Shiprock
- Community Size: Less than 10,000
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
- Preferred Experience Level: (not specified)
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Agency: KurzSolutions
