Internal Medicine Provider

Job Summary:

The Internal Medicine Physician is responsible for providing comprehensive primary care. This role involves diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide range of health conditions and diseases in adults, ensuring high-quality patient care in accordance with clinic protocols and procedures at Oyate Health Center (OHC).

Essential Functions:
• Responsible for the practice of medicine or direct service to patients involving the performance of diagnostic, preventative, or therapeutic services to patients.
• Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history and requests and/or performs diagnostic tests and examinations as necessary to make clinical diagnosis.
• Provides medical or surgical treatment and/or referral as appropriate.
• Prescribe or administer appropriate medical treatment, therapy, medication, and other specialized medical care.
• Orders, performs, interprets, and evaluates diagnostic tests, records, reports, and examination information to identify and assess patient's clinical problems and health care needs.
• Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examinations results.
• Records physical findings, and formulates plan and prognosis, based on patient's condition.
• Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments, as necessary.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.
• Gives total patient care including prevention, health maintenance, early diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up services to patient(s).
• Assures preparation of appropriate medical records for all patients seen to assure the accumulation and organization of all pertinent clinical data to provide comprehensive medical care. Ensure accurate information is documented within the patient's electronic health record.
• Works closely with allied health professionals in the provision of broad health program services. Interviews and examines patients. Instructs and counsels patients.
• Must be willing to actively mentor students by providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities, ensuring they gain the necessary clinical skills and knowledge.
• Regularly engage with students and provide constructive feedback to foster their growth.
• Actively participates in clinic quality improvement activities.
• Participate in meetings and represent OHC as required.
• Utilization of EHR with accurate timely notes to ensure required documentation is entered for billing and referrals.
• Must comply with federal laws and regulations as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Performs related duties.

Professional Behavior

Effectively plan, organize workload, and schedule time to meet the demands of the position.

Work in a cooperative and professional manner with OHC and GPTLHB staff.

Treat Great Plains tribes and collaborators with dignity and respect.

Utilize effective verbal and written communication skills.

Advance personal educational development by attending training sessions and seminars as appropriate.

Exemplify excellent customer service with tribal stakeholders, health board colleagues, program partners, service recipients, visitors, and guests.

Foster a work environment of wellness, courtesy, friendliness, helpfulness, and respect.

Relate well and work collaboratively with coworkers and all levels of staff in a professional manner.

Consistently demonstrate respect for and acceptance of differing capabilities, cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation and/or personalities.

Maintain and ensure organizational privacy and confidentiality.

Handle crisis and tolerate stress professionally.

Be self-directed and take proactive initiative to assist others.

Resolve issues with other departments and coworkers without direct supervision if needed.

Exercise flexibility to alter plans/routines when situations require and continue to perform without projecting stress/frustration that would adversely affect the work environment.

Promote an alcohol, tobacco, and drug-free lifestyle.

Embrace modes of appearance and attire that reflect a professional presence.

Adhere to GPTLHB policies and procedures.

Requirements

Participates in Core Connections training and applies GPTLHB Core Connections concepts and practices in their work.

Exemplify excellent customer service with tribal stakeholders, health board colleagues, program partners, service recipients, visitors, and guests.

Foster a work environment of wellness, courtesy, friendliness, helpfulness, and respect.

Relate well and work collaboratively with coworkers and all levels of staff in a professional manner.

Familiarity and/or experience working with American Indian populations and respect for and knowledge of traditional, cultural, and spiritual practices of diverse American Indian communities, as well as an ability to work with other culturally and ethnically diverse populations.

Consistently demonstrate respect for and acceptance of differing capabilities, cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation and/or personalities.

Maintain and ensure organizational privacy and confidentiality.

Must be able to handle crisis and tolerate stress professionally.

Must be self-directed and take proactive initiative to assist others.

Possess the ability to resolve issues with other departments and coworkers without direct supervision.

Able to exercise flexibility to alter plans/routines when situations require and continue to perform without projecting stress/frustration that would adversely affect the work environment.

Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule, including evenings, weekends and overnight or extended travel as necessary.

Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to community members, consumers, and other employees of the organization.

Proficiency with computer programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other Internet technologies.

Valid driver's license must be kept current, and certificates, credentials or licenses must be kept current and consistent with regulations required by applicable federal, state and/or grant regulations.

Ability to promote an alcohol-, tobacco- and drug-free lifestyle.

Embrace modes of appearance and attire that reflect a professional presence.

Adhere to GPTLHB policies and procedures.

Supervisory Controls

This is usually in a senior management position or an advanced clinical professional:

The supervisor provides administrative direction with assignments in terms of broadly defined goals or functions.

The employee usually has responsibility for independently planning, designing, and carrying out programs, projects, studies, or other work.

Results of the work are considered technically authoritative and are normally accepted without significant change. If the work should be reviewed, the review concerns such matters as fulfillment of program objectives, effect of advice and influence on the overall program, or the contribution to the advancement of technology. Recommendations for new projects and alteration of objectives usually are evaluated for such considerations as availability of funds and other resources, broad program goals, or established priorities.

Guidelines

Guidelines include state and federal laws and regulations, OHC policies and procedures, OHC Medical Staff Bylaws, professional standards of medical practice, medical standing orders, and Centers or Medicare and Medicaid Services Conditions of Participation manual. These guidelines are not applicable to every situation encountered and require independent judgment, selection, and interpretation in application.

Complexity/Scope of Work

The work consists of broad functions and processes of an administrative or professional field. Assignments are characterized by breadth and intensity of effort and involve several phases pursued concurrently or sequentially with the support of others within or outside the organization.

Decisions regarding what needs to be done include largely undefined issues and elements and require extensive probing and analysis to determine the nature and scope of the problems.

The work requires continuing efforts to establish concepts, theories, or programs, or to resolve unyielding problems.

The work involves isolating and defining unknown conditions, resolving critical problems, or developing new theories.

The work product or service affects the work of other experts, the development of major aspects of administrative or scientific programs or missions, or the well-being of substantial numbers of people.

Contacts

Contacts are typically with clinical providers, patients, employees, community resource agencies, patient family members, CDC, State Departments of Health, local Health Departments, Tribal Health programs, and the general public.

Contacts are primarily for obtaining, furnishing, exchanging, and providing factual medical information.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

The work involves moderate risks or discomforts that require special safety precautions, e.g., working around moving parts, carts, or machines; exposure to contagious diseases or irritant chemicals. Employees may be required to use protective clothing or gear, such as masks, gowns, coats, boots, goggles, gloves, or shields.

The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. The employee must be able to read, write, speak, and hear.

Supervisory and Management Responsibility

This is a non-supervisory position that may provide functional direction, guidance, and instruction to other employees when necessary. This position possesses authority to assign, coordinate, and review quality and quantity of work of other employees. Instructs employees in specific techniques or technical methods for accomplishing work assignments. The employee may perform the same type of work as other employees but may be responsible for performance of the more technically difficult, controversial, or sensitive work assigned to the unit or group.

Direct Reports

None

Minimum Qualifications

Must have a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree from an accredited medical school and successful completion of post graduate training and an approved residency program.

Must have a permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of South Dakota, or ability to obtain full or temporary license prior to start date. Full and unrestricted license must be obtained within one (1) year of hire.

Must obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements.

Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is required or must be obtained within ninety (90) days of employment.

ACLS certification, and PALS certification required.

The GPTLHB is a tribal organization which follows tribal preference laws. It is our policy to give preference to qualified Indian/Tribal candidates over qualified non-native candidates in hiring decisions, if all other qualifications are equal.

Employment is contingent upon the outcome of all required criminal background checks.

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