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Physician (PR2100)(Clinical Director)

Employer
Indian Health Service
Location
South Dakota
Posted Date
Feb 13, 2017
Reference
IHS-17-GP-1912272-DH (Pine Ridge SD)

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Job Details

The 45-bed Pine Ridge Hospital, serving a Sioux Indian population of more than 17,000, is the largest in the Great Plains Area. A 17-physician staff sees medical, obstetrical, pediatric and surgical patients. The facility, located in Pine Ridge, SD, includes full-service general surgery, an obstetrical ward and dental.Pine Ridge is the most populous community in Oglala County and is the Tribal headquarters of the Oglala Sioux Tribe on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Oglala Lakota Tribal culture, part of the Greater Sioux Nation, still lives today on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, which is the second-largest reservation in the United States. Living and working in western South Dakota provides an extraordinary opportunity to experience authentic western lifestyle. The rugged terrain features wide-open prairies and the Badlands National Park. Visitors travel to the Wounded Knee massacre site or Red Cloud Heritage Center, which houses one of the largest and finest collections of Native American art and handcrafts in the United States. The reservation is in an area of transition between mixed grass prairie to the East and to the West, the ponderosa pines and Black Hills spruce hills blanket the peaks throughout the Black Hills National Forest.  There is a great variety of plant and animal life flourishing on and adjacent to the reservation while the area is also important in the field of paleontology; with one of the largest deposits of fossils of extinct mammals found anywhere in the world.  Recreation opportunities abound throughout the region with the proximity of the Badland and Black Hills (www.blackhillsbadlands.com) offering four-seasons of recreational, adventure and cultural activities. The nearest communities are Hot Springs, SD to the West (www.hotsprings-sd.com), Rushville, Chadron (www.chadron.com) and Gordon, NE to the South.  Rapid City, SD to the North serves as the economic center of the region to include shopping, numerous colleges and universities, festivals, rodeos, performing arts and a vibrant downtown (www.visitrapidcity.com). 

OUR MISSION: To raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level.

ORGANIZATIONAL LOCATION: Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Indian Health Services (IHS), Northern Plains Region, Great Plains Area, Administrative Department, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.  Position reports to the Chief Executive Officer.

Company

The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), works to ensure that all American Indians and Alaska Natives receive comprehensive, patient-centered health care services and all Indian health facilities are staffed with well-trained, compassionate, committed health professionals.

IHS offers physicians an extraordinary career opportunity to provide community-based care within a variety of health care settings. A wide range of medical specialties are in demand, including anesthesiology, emergency medicine, epidemiology, family medicine, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, ophthalmology, pediatrics, podiatry, psychiatry, radiology and surgery. Many of our physicians serve the Indian health community as clinical consultants and advocates for system-wide improvements and innovations.

Indian health careers offer dedicated practitioners a chance to live and work within Native communities, providing a unique opportunity to learn about Tribal culture and experience traditions that have been handed down for generations.

An Indian health career offers physicians a choice of three practice options: working as a federal civil service employee, as an Officer in the Commissioned Corps of the US Public Health Service (USPHS) or directly for a Tribal or Urban Indian program. Each option offers career flexibility, competitive salaries and benefits and ample opportunity for advancement. Applicants must be US citizens.

Another key benefit is the IHS Loan Repayment Program (LRP), which offers health professionals practicing at Indian health facilities an opportunity to pay off all of their health education student loans in addition to receiving competitive salaries and benefits. Participants are eligible to receive up to $20,000 per year and can extend their contract annually until all of their loans are paid off.

For more information, visit www.ihs.gov/careeropps.

The policy of the IHS is to provide absolute preference to qualified Indian applicants and employees who are suitable for federal employment in filling vacancies within the IHS. IHS is an equal opportunity employer.

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Telephone
301-443-4242
Location
5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville
MD
20857
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