Hospitalist

Akicita Federal is hiring a Hospitalist/Nocturnist to deliver high-quality inpatient medical care for the Indian Health Service at the Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility in Chinle, AZ. This role places you at the heart of a tribal community health mission, providing direct patient care to an underserved population in the Navajo Nation. You'll work as part of a dedicated clinical team committed to improving health outcomes for patients who depend on this facility as their primary source of hospital-level care.

- Provide comprehensive inpatient medical care, including admissions, daily rounds, and discharge planning for hospitalized patients

- Diagnose and manage a broad range of acute and chronic medical conditions presenting in an inpatient setting

- Coordinate care with specialist consultants, nursing staff, and ancillary healthcare teams to ensure safe and effective patient transitions

- Respond to rapid-response and code events, providing stabilization and emergency management as needed during assigned shifts

- Procedures: Prefer LP, paracentesis, thoracentesis, central lines

- Procedure backup: Surgery and ER available 24/7. Anesthesia performs intubations and is back up for LP's. RT available for ventilated patients 24/7

- Open ICU - 4 beds

- Schedule: 7am to 7am or 7pm to 7am

- Average daily patient census during day: 8-10

- Average number of admissions at night: 3 Typical range 0-6.

- On-site: Behavioral Health, Dental, Emergency, Surgery

- Referred: Dermatology, Endocrinology, Podiatry, Urology

- Shifts: 7a-7p; 7p-7a