Be more than what you know yourself to be, here in Shiprock The Community: Shiprock, New Mexico The meaning of Shiprock in Navajo language is one that invokes imagination to all to know, which in the language is Tse Bit'a'I, which means winged rock. It refers to the legend of the great bird that brought the Navajo from the north to their present lands, to the Four Corners region. When you use your imagination, Shiprock viewed from certain angles truly does resemble a large sitting bird with folded wings; the north and south summits are the tops of the wings for the giant creature. Witness the sculpted horizons of the southwest, where man-made boundaries mean nothing to the rugged lands. Here, the past is present where Hopi families still carry water to pueblo villages perched atop high mesas. Granaries at Keet Seel ruins in Navajo Nation Monument hold corn cobs stored seven centuries ago. Navajo families farm centuries-old fields in Canyon de Chelly National Monument, the site of prehistoric cliff dwellings inhabited by the Anasazi, ancestors of today's Pueblo Tribes. And Hopi and Navajo artisans still sell their trademark rugs and jewelry at the Hubble Trading Post.
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About the Facility: Shiprock Service Unit -Northern Navajo Medical Center The Shiprock Service Unit (SRSU) is the largest geographical service-unit of Navajo Area Indian Health Service (NAIHS). SRSU population extends into New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The scope of SRSU's responsibility is extensive and includes administrative oversight of one hospital. NNMC and two health centers: Four Corners Regional Health Center and Dzilth-Na-O-Dith-Hle Health Center.
NNMC provides the following primary and specialty care services in inpatient and outpatient care services: medical-surgical, pediatric inpatient, labor and delivery, intensive care units, internal medicine, family practice, urgent and emergency care, women's health, pharmacy, optometry, dental, radiology, public health nursing, medical social services, health promotion/disease prevention and traditional medicine, and this facility has 55 inpatient beds. Furthermore, the NNMC ED is certified as PEDS Ready by the New Mexico Emergency Medical Services for Children and the University of New Mexico Child Ready Program. This certification ensures effective emergency care for children.
Facility Address: Highway 491 North, Shiprock, NM 87420
SURGICALIST RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to) - Shall perform General Surgery physician duties and manage patient's needs.
- Shall provide professional medical and timely medical services or direct patient care services, appropriate and timely medical services in accordance with the standards of care established by recognized medical care organizations.
- Shall provide but not limited to, direct and participates in the diagnostic and therapeutic procedures involved in the examination, treatment and care of the full range of general surgical patients at Indian Health Service, Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock, New Mexico.
- Will cross-over with the inpatient General Surgery service and admit new patients to the hospital.
- Shall consult with three members of the surgical staff and other anesthesia staff on matters of patient care.
- Shall review clinical records and adhere to records documentation procedures to ensure that records are properly maintained
SURGICAL HOSPITALIST REQUIREMENTS - Must have a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy degree.
- Must be either Board Eligible as per ABIM regulations or ABIM certified.
- Must have a permanent, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
- Must have a Federal DEA number
- Must have current BLS and ACLS
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