Emergency Physician

Emergency Physician Fort Yates, North Dakota

About the Community Fort Yates, North Dakota Huge hills appear around the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, home to approximately 8,500 Sioux people and spreading across the state line with a total of 2.3 million acres. Along with fantastic roadside views, connections to Sioux traditions, and the travels of Lewis and Clark, the main draw to the reservation is its namesake Standing Rock, which stands in the town of Fort Yates, along the riverfront near the tribal headquarters. In the correct angle of sunlight, the stone resembles a seated woman wearing a shawl. Legend holds that the woman, jealous of her husband's second wife, refused to move when the Sioux decamped; a search party found her, turned to stone. Fort Yates also once held the original burial site of Sitting Bull who was killed here in 1890, but the unimpressive site, marked by a boulder on a dusty side road two miles west of Hwy-1806, is certainly not what one would expect for the great Sioux warrior. After his family exhumed his remains in 1953, Sitting Bull is now more suitable interred and memorialized near his birthplace in Mobridge, South Dakota just 50 miles to the south. South of Fort Yates, the scenery and the driving (or riding) are magnificent. Flawless blacktop winds through valleys and up ambitious swooping hills of grazing land. You'll be confronted by one gorgeous landscape after another, especially at dusk, when the intense Western sun illuminates the bands of sunflower fields, turns the dry and grassy hills a reddish shade of ocher, and casts angular shadows beneath the darting sandpipers, who whisk their brown-and-white forms along the roadway, buzzing the lone care on the road in an extended game of highway tag. Explore more of the breath-taking area of Fort Yates here. Airport Information: The closest airport to Fort Yates, North Dakota is approximately 3 hours away and is called the Bismarck Airport with their website located here. The airport supports the following airlines: Allegiant, American Airlines, Delta, and United.

About the Facility Fort Yates Hospital Fort Yates Hospital, located near the Missouri River on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation at Fort Yates, North Dakota, is a fully accredited 12-bed hospital staffed by Physicians and Nurse Practitioners. The hospital provides comprehensive primary care based on the Primary Care Medical Home model. The Emergency Department offer 24/7 care and is designated as a Level IV trauma center. Additional services include inpatient care, outpatient care, dental services, behavior health, optometry, nutritional counseling and telehealth. Facility Address: 10 Standing Rock Ave, Fort Yates, ND 58538

Emergency Physician: RESPONSIBILITIES

• The ER Physician shall maintain a continuous vigil within the immediate confines of the Emergency Department in order that services are readily and immediately available.
• Shall obtain a medical history, perform a physical examination 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.
• The ER Physician will request and interpret laboratory and radiologic tests, as necessary, for diagnosis.
• Provide and order medically indicated treatment.
• Interpret x-rays and electrocardiograms.
• Suture minor lacerations and 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 physician on-call who in turn will render the final decision concerning transfer and arrange transfer, if indicated.
• The ER Physician responds to in-hospital emergencies while on duty.

Emergency Physician: REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a current license to practice medicine in any state, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States of the District of Columbia. License shall be full and unrestricted.
• Shall be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine with no less than 2 years of full-time ER experience in a high-volume ED.
• Must be MD or DO and be capable of treating patients of all ages.
• Must have a current DEA.
• Must have and maintain current certification in BLS, ACLS, and PALS by way of an American Heart training program (AHA or Red Cross).

Working Conditions: The Emergency Physician will work primarily in a hospital setting, with frequent interaction with patients, families, and healthcare professionals. This position may require working irregular hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. The Emergency Physician may also be required to respond to emergencies and provide on-call support as needed.