Job Summary

We are seeking a dedicated and knowledgeable Rheumatologist to join our healthcare team. As a Rheumatologist, you will specialize in diagnosing and treating patients with rheumatic diseases, autoimmune conditions, and musculoskeletal disorders. Your expertise will be crucial in providing comprehensive care to patients, managing their symptoms, and improving their quality of life.

Essentials Functions

• Conduct thorough evaluations of patients presenting with rheumatic diseases, autoimmune disorders, and musculoskeletal conditions, including detailed medical histories, physical examinations, and appropriate diagnostic tests.
• Formulate accurate diagnoses based on clinical assessments, laboratory results, imaging studies, and other diagnostic modalities, and develop personalized treatment plans tailored to each patient's needs.
• Provide evidence-based medical management for rheumatic diseases, including prescribing medications, such as disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), biologic therapies, corticosteroids, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), as well as recommending lifestyle modifications and physical therapy interventions.
• Perform intra-articular injections and other procedures for joint pain relief and inflammation management, utilizing ultrasound or fluoroscopy guidance when necessary.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams, including primary care physicians, orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, and occupational therapists, to ensure coordinated care and optimal outcomes for patients with rheumatic conditions.
• Educate patients and their families about their diagnoses, treatment options, medication management, potential side effects, and strategies for self-management and disease prevention.
• Participate in clinical research, academic activities, and quality improvement initiatives related to rheumatology, contributing to advancements in the field and enhancing patient care practices.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date medical records, including progress notes, treatment plans, medication prescriptions, and follow-up recommendations, using electronic health record systems.
• Stay abreast of developments in rheumatology research, new treatment modalities, and guidelines by participating in continuing medical education activities, attending conferences, and reading relevant literature.
• Adhere to ethical principles, professional standards, and patient confidentiality regulations in all aspects of clinical practice.

Professional Behavior

• Effectively plan, organize workload and schedule time to meet the demands of the position.
• Work in a cooperative and professional manner with OHC and GPTLHB staff.
• Treat Great Plains tribes and collaborators with dignity and respect.
• Utilize effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Advance personal educational development by attending training sessions and seminars as appropriate.
• Exemplify excellent customer service with tribal stakeholders, health board colleagues, program partners, service recipients, visitors and guests.
• Foster a work environment of wellness, courtesy, friendliness, helpfulness and respect.
• Relate well and work collaboratively with coworkers and all levels of staff in a professional manner.
• Consistently demonstrate respect for and acceptance of differing capabilities, cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation and/or personalities.
• Maintain and ensure organizational privacy and confidentiality.
• Handle crisis and tolerate stress professionally.
• Be self-directed and take proactive initiative to assist others.
• Resolve issues with other departments and coworkers without direct supervision if needed.
• Exercise flexibility to alter plans/routines when situations require and continue to perform without projecting stress/frustration that would adversely affect the work environment.
• Promote an alcohol, tobacco and drug-free lifestyle.
• Embrace modes of appearance and attire that reflect a professional presence.
• Adhere to GPTLHB policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

Requirements

• Participates in Core Connections training and applies GPTLHB Core Connections concepts and practices in their work.
• Familiarity and/or experience working with American Indian populations and respect for and knowledge of traditional, cultural, and spiritual practices of diverse American Indian communities, as well as an ability to work with other culturally and ethnically diverse populations.
• Consistently show respect for and acceptance of differing capabilities, cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation and/or personalities.
• Develop your ability to resolve issues and conflicts with other departments and coworkers without direct supervision.
• Able to exercise flexibility to alter plans/routines when situations require and continue to perform without projecting stress/frustration that would adversely affect the work environment.
• Ability to maintain a flexible work schedule, including evenings, weekends and overnight or extended travel as necessary.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and group situations to community members, consumers, and other employees of the organization.
• Proficiency with computer programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other Internet technologies.
• Valid driver’s license must be kept current, and certificates, credentials or licenses must be kept current and consistent with regulations required by applicable federal, state and/or grant regulations.
• Ability to promote an alcohol-, tobacco- and drug-free lifestyle.
• Embrace modes of appearance and attire that reflect a professional presence.
• Adhere to GPTLHB policies and procedures.

Supervisory Controls

This is usually in a senior management position or an advanced clinical professional that received administrative direction from their supervisor with assignments in terms of broadly defined goals or functions. The employee usually has responsibility for independently planning, designing, and carrying out programs, projects, studies, or other work. Results of the work are considered technically authoritative and are normally accepted without significant change. If the work should be reviewed, the review concerns such matters as fulfillment of program objectives, effect of advice and influence on the overall program, or the contribution to the advancement of technology. Recommendations for new projects and alteration of objectives usually are evaluated for such considerations as availability of funds and other resources, broad program goals, or established priorities.

Guidelines

Guidelines include state and federal laws and regulations, OHC policies and procedures, OHC Medical Staff Bylaws, professional standards of medical practice, medical standing orders, and Centers or Medicare and Medicaid Services Conditions of Participation manual. These guidelines are not applicable to every situation encountered and require independent judgment, selection and interpretation in application.

Complexity

The work includes varied duties requiring many different and unrelated processes and methods that are applied to a broad range of activities or substantial depth of analysis, typically for an administrative or professional field. Decisions regarding what needs to be done include major areas of uncertainty in approach, methodology, or interpretation and evaluation processes that result from such elements as continuing changes in program, technological developments, unknown phenomena, or conflicting requirements. Positions with this level of complexity include advanced clinical professional positions and senior management positions.

Scope and Effect

The work involves treating a variety of conventional problems, questions, or situations in conformance with established criteria. The work product or service affects the design or operation of systems, programs, or equipment; the adequacy of such; the social, physical, and economic well-being of people; or the social or economic well-being of the organization. This level of scope and effect is typically representative of work performed by para-professionals, clinical professionals, administrative specialists or technicians, and skilled trades positions within the organization.

Contacts

The personal contacts are with employees throughout the organization and are generally engaged in different functions and kinds of work, and may be representatives from various levels. Other personal contacts at this level include contact with partner organizations, Tribal affiliate organizations, and members of the general public.

Contacts are primarily for obtaining, furnishing, exchanging and providing factual medical information.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

The environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices, meeting and training rooms, requiring use of safe work practices with office equipment, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations and traffic signals. The work area is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated.

The work is sedentary. Typically, the employees sits comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, or small parts; or driving an automobile. The employee must be able to read, write, speak and hear.

Supervisory and Management Responsibility

This is a non-supervisory position that may provide functional direction, guidance and instruction to other employees when necessary. This position possess authority to assign, coordinate, and review quality and quantity of work of other employees. Instructs employees in specific techniques or technical methods for accomplishing work assignments. The employee may perform the same type of work as other employees, but may be responsible for performance of the more technically difficult, controversial, or sensitive work assigned to the unit or group.

Education/Experience/Certificates/Credentials

• Education/Relevant Experience: Doctorate degree; or master’s degree and five (5) years of relevant experience; or, bachelor’s degree and seven (7) years of progressively responsible relevant experience. The experience required for management positions will be inclusive of at least five (5) years of supervisory experience and three (3) years of senior management experience. Post-secondary education or experience which provides the expertise required to perform effectively the functions of the position may substitute for the degree on a year for year basis.
• This is an advanced clinical professional and/or executive level management position that requires post-secondary education and/or considerable experience. Individuals must have applicable education and/or experience applying a wide range of concepts, principles, and practices of a professional or administrative occupation to difficult and complex work assignments; or, applicable education and/or experience applying comprehensive, intensive, practical knowledge of a technical field, and skill in applying this knowledge to the development of new methods, approaches, or procedures.
• Medical license and Board Certified in Rheumatology.

The GPTLHB is a tribal organization which follows tribal preference laws. It is our policy to give preference to qualified Indian/Tribal candidates over qualified non-native candidates in hiring decisions, if all other qualifications are equal.

Compliance with our Employee Health Procedure is a condition of employment. You are required to agree that you will comply with all job-related employee health screening and immunizations prior to your first day of employment. Jobs require that you have documentation that you have completed the following immunizations prior to your first day of employment: MMR (Measles, Mumps and Rubella, Varicella (Chicken Pox), Hepatitis B, Influenza, T-dap (Tetanus - Diphtheria - Pertussis), and COVID-19 vaccination is required.

Employment is contingent upon the outcome of all required criminal background checks.