FNP or PA Needed- Mescalero, NM IHS

Scope:

The Contractor is to provide Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) services within the Walk-In Primary Care Clinic at the Mescalero Service Unit.

Place of Performance:
Indian Health Service facility Mescalero Service Unit, Mescalero, NM 88340

Expected Schedule:
The Contractor will be required to work ten hours per twenty-four-hour period, including days, evening,and holidays.

Compensation: 

• $80-$100 per hour based on experience 
• Malpractice coverage $1M/$3M plus tail coverage. 

Contractor Qualification Requirements:
● Shall maintain a valid, current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in any state within
the United States, District of Columbia or the Common-Wealth of Puerto Rico, throughout the
term of this contract
● Basic Life Support (BLS), (PALS) and (ACLS)
● Board certification, either AANP or FNCP.
● Proof of an active and unrestricted NP License and DEA license.
● Competency in family medicine, adult medicine or urgent care medicine
To meet the credentialing standards within the Indian Health Services all providers presented for
services must meet the following.
● Have a full and unrestricted license in all states in which licenses are held.
● Have NEVER been the subject of adverse Medical Staff Action (censure, revocation of privileges) or license revocation.

Major NP/PA Duties:
● Perform initial and/or periodic histories and physical examinations, and documents findings,
results and diagnosis in medical records per medical staff rules & regulations.
● Manage acute, episodic, and chronic conditions occurring in patients presenting to the Walk-In
Primary Care Clinic; and consult with MD/DO when patients’ disease process exceeds the NP’s
education, training, and/or experience.
● Provide a full range of acute and interim primary care services to treat medical conditions, and
consult colleague physicians, primary care physicians and specialty physicians as medically
needed.
● Order and interpret diagnostic studies such as laboratory tests, radiological exams,
electrocardiograms, or other studies as appropriate and specified in the Contractor’s clinical
privileges as a Nurse Practitioner.
● Screen patients to determine the need for further healthcare.
● Evaluate the medical aspects of treatment plans periodically, recognizing the
● need for reassignment to other healthcare professionals or specialists.
● Works collaboratively with other physicians in management of selected complex medical problems and refers to higher levels of care when needed.

● Prescribe and dispense medications and durable medical devices and supplies.
● Carry out health promotion and disease prevention activities including education and shared
decision-making.
● Educate and counsel patients and families in preventive care, medical conditions, and the use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
● Provide appropriate periodic mental health assessment, screening, and counseling for mental
illness, family violence, and diseases of addiction.
● Draw blood or obtain other specimens for laboratory testing as needed.
● Initiate and expedite requests for consultations and arrange special tests and studies.
● Write orders as necessary for the care of the patient and record encounters in the patient’s
medical record in accordance with GIMC rules & regulations and GIMC Medical Records policy &
procedure.
● Obtain informed consent and document performed procedures as approved in the NP’s training and clinical privileges.
● Maintains records and reports on patients, personal activities and other required information for use in program operation, quality assurance and other purposes.