Physician Specialties

About This Role

This physician role involves providing expert patient-centered medical care across multiple specialties within the Indian Health Service. You will deliver compassionate care to American Indian and Alaska Native people, bringing healing and hope across generations. The position requires collaboration with interdisciplinary healthcare teams and participation in quality improvement initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert patient-centered medical care including evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and management of acute, chronic, and preventive health needs within specialty
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to ensure safe, effective, and coordinated care, review conflicting medical evidence to reach final conclusions
• Perform specialty-specific diagnostic, therapeutic, and/or surgical procedures consistent with training and credentialing including adjudicating complex disability claims
• Contribute to teaching, mentorship, and professional development of medical staff, students, and trainees
• Participate in quality improvement, patient safety, and clinical innovation initiatives to advance healthcare delivery

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Obtain and maintain medical staff clinical privileges, including any licensure requirements
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check
• Set up direct deposit
• Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine or equivalent from a school in the United States or Canada
• Degree must have been accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association; Association of American Medical Colleges; Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic

Benefits

• Minimum recruitment/relocation sign-on bonus

Important Details

• Schedule: on-call hours or standby duty may be required; position may be subject to rotating shifts: days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Contract: selectee may be subject to a probationary period

About the Company

At the Indian Health Service (IHS), physicians are guided by a mission to raise the health of American Indian and Alaska Native people.