Internal Medicine Physician

Company: Chenega Professional Services
Location: Lawton
Posted on: May 14, 2025

Job Description:

Come join a company that strives for Extraordinary People and Exceptional Performance! Chenega Government Mission Solutions, LLC, a Chenega Professional Services company, is looking for a Medical Officer of the Day (Locum Tenens) in support of Emergency Department, surgical and inpatient clinic at the Lawton Indian Hospital. The Medical Officer of the Day (MOD) will provide services to beneficiaries of the Indian Health Service at the Lawton Indian Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma. The MOD shall deliver quality care to attain positive health outcomes for all our valued patients with emphasis on cultural sensitivity and human dignity.

Lawton Indian Hospital is a full-service hospital providing a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and public health services. Their mission is to raise the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska natives (AI/AN) to the highest level possible. They provide approximately 800 admissions and over 185,000 outpatient visits per year. For more information about the hospital, please visit .

Position details:

• 1099, rate $270-280/hour
• 12-hour shifts
• 8PM-8AM
• Chenega covers medical malpractice insurance Responsibilities:
  • Maintain a continuous vigil within the immediate confines of the Emergency Department in order that services are readily and immediately available.
  • Obtain a medical history, performing a physical exam as appropriate to the presenting problem, and formulate a diagnosis of the patient s problem, and secondary diagnosis, as required, to treat the patient.
  • Render immediate medical services to those patients determined as emergent.
  • Request and interpret laboratory and radiologic tests, as necessary, for diagnosis.
  • Provide and order medically indicated treatment.
  • Prescribe medication.
  • Interpret x-rays and electrocardiograms.
  • Suture minor lacerations.
  • Treat uncomplicated fractures.
  • Refer patients as appropriate to routinely scheduled clinics of the Outpatient Department.
  • Render initial assessments of which Emergency Department/Urgent Care patients will require transfer to a tertiary care center and consult the appropriate Indian Health Service physician on-call who in turn will render the final decision concerning transfer and arrange transfer, if indicated.
  • Render the initial assessment of which emergency/urgent care patients may require admission to the on-site Hospital and consulting the Indian Health Service physician on-call who in turn will render the final decision concerning admissions.
  • Chart, record and document complete medical care in the Electronic Health Record system provided by the facility or on any paper forms approved by the facility in case of EHR outage. Medical records shall be completed in a timely manner as determined by the service unit. The physician shall be proficient in electronically documenting services utilizing the appropriate electronic medical record system for patient encounters; complete all required administrative paperwork day of the patient encounter to include electronic consults, referrals, co-signatures, completion of chart or Risk Management Reviews.
  • Consult with appropriate IHS specialist on back up call for all complex cases, which, while not requiring admission to the hospital or transfer to another facility, do require further evaluation by the specialty physician, or more than routine follow up.
  • Provide medical advice to patients by telephone when the nurse requests a physician to do so.
  • Respond to in-hospital emergencies while on duty.
  • Provide basic life support in a first responder status for patients requiring resuscitation outside of the hospital on hospital grounds.
  • The MOD physician shall evaluate emergency medical service (EMS) calls, i.e. patients enroute to the Emergency Department while in the ED along with the on-duty ED physician. If the physician is able to determine that the patient will need a higher level of care, then he/she may divert the ambulance to another facility.
  • Participate in quality assurance activities that ensure quality patient care as well as efficient use of hospital resources. These activities may include, but not limited to, chart review and discussion with the Clinical Director or his designee.
  • Advise the Clinical Director or designated representative of any problem encountered, in connection with meeting the patient care needs as required.Qualifications:
    • Permanent, current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States.
    • Board certified in or board eligible in internal medicine and pediatrics or family practice.
    • Active DEA license.
    • Have experience in emergency medicine taking care of patients of all ages and hospitalist medicine taking care of patients age 18 years and older.
    • Active BLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications.

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