The mystical Badlands of South Dakota
The Community – Pine Ridge, SD
The Oglala Lakota tribe, part of the Greater Sioux Nation, still lives on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, the second-largest reservation in the United States. Pine Ridge serves as the tribal headquarters and is located near the Nebraska border in the southernmost part of the Badlands and Black Hills Region. With its remote location, Pine Ridge features expansive landscapes for wilderness camping and exploring. Visitors can also find comfortable lodging on the reservation during their stay. The rugged terrain around Pine Ridge features wide-open prairies, grasslands, and the mystical Badlands of South Dakota. These lands are sacred to the tribe and offer a serene way to reconnect with nature. After you're done hiking, biking, or observing wildlife, visit the Wounded Knee Massacre site, the Oglala Lakota College, and the Red Cloud Heritage Center, which houses a large collection of Native American art and handcrafted items in the region.

Explore more of the one-of-a-kind Badlands here!

Airport Information: Denver International Airport
Denver International Airport (DEN), located approximately 25 miles northeast of downtown Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest airports in the United States by land area. It offers 215 nonstop flights to domestic and international destinations, making it a major hub for air travel. Known for its iconic tent-like roof design, the airport provides a range of amenities and services for travelers.

For more information about the airport, check out their website here!

About the Facility – Pine Ridge Hospital
The 45-bed Pine Ridge Hospital, serving a Lakota Indian population of more than 17,000, is the largest in the Great Plains Area. A 16-physician staff sees medical, obstetrical, pediatric, and surgical patients. The facility located in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, includes full-service general surgery, an obstetrical ward, and dental. Kyle and Wanblee Health Centers and two health stations (Manderson and LaCreek) operate within the Pine Ridge Service Unit.

Facility Address: 607 Indian Health Road, Pine Ridge, South Dakota 57770

NP/PA: JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
PA/NP will provide diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic health services to eligible patients and family members in the walk-in outpatient clinics or field clinic. The following list is not comprehensive:

• Secure a health and development history from the patient or parent.
• Record findings and make critical evaluations.
• Personally perform or request special screening and developmental tests.
• Order laboratory tests and interpret the results.
• Discriminate between normal and anconal findings.
• Make decisions with physicians concerning the medical care needs of patients.
• Provide direct medical care in the presence of illness or disability to maintain life, provide comfort, reduce distress, and enhance coping ability.
• Provide surveillance over medical practices applied to stabilize chronically ill people.
• Adjust treatment within established standing orders , recognizing when to refer the patient to a physician or other health team members.
• Work collaboratively with physicians in the management of selected complex medical problems.
• When clinically engaged with a medically complex patient, present the case to the physician clinic consultant for the day for proper treatment and disposition.
• Consult the clinic physician, consultant, or on-call hospitalist for patients assessed and deemed to require admission to the hospital.
• Participate with other health professionals and agencies involved in providing health care and services required to include immunization and disease control, environmental health, and health education.
• Provide emergency or crisis intervention to stabilize a patient for transport to a higher-level facility.
• Provide medical care and preventive services to healthy individuals.
• Evaluate the total health care needs of patients and develop plans to meet these needs.
• Required information for use in program operation, quality control, and other purposes (all medical record information generated in the performance of this contract will remain the property and subject to the exclusive control of the Indian Health Service).
• Participate in certain medical staff committee meetings as required.
• Comply with all facility infection control and safety procedures, practices, and standards.
• Respect the basic rights of patients, to include but not be limited to personal dignity.

NP/PA: QUALIFICATIONS

• Must hold an active, current, and unrestricted (unflagged) state NP or PA license from any of the Fifty (50) United States or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• Must have valid, current board certifications if applicable (PA must be NCCPA-certified, NP must be AANP-certified).
• Must have a valid, unrestricted DEA with schedules II- V.