Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Job Id: L-MD-00713
- Profession: Physician
- Specialty: Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Job Type: Locum Tenens
- Location: Las Cruces, NM 88011
- Service Setting: Inpatient/Outpatient
- Coverage Type: Clinical + Call
- Coverage Period: Dec 01, 2026 - Ongoing
- Shift Schedule: Mon - Fri, 8a - 5p
- On-Call Shift Schedule: Evenings (Mon - Fri) and Weekends
- Call Type: Beeper
- Call Response Time: 20 minutes
- Reason for Coverage: Supplemental Coverage
- Average Daily Volume: 20-25 in clinic
- Rounding: Both
- EMR System: Athena
- Specialty Backup Available: FM-OB attendings, CNM support
- Support Staff: PA/NPs: 2
- Hospital Privileges Required: Yes
- Temporary Privileges Available: No
- Required
- Low risk pregnancy
- High risk pregnancy
- FHR interpretation - NST/CST/FSE
- OB Ultrasounds - Performance of, interpretation
- Level I/Screening (viability)
- Routine delivery
- Vaginal
- Low forceps
- Decision-making for c-section
- Complicated delivery
- C-section
- Breech
- Multiple births
- Abruptions
- VBAC's
- Repair of 3rd & 4th degree lacerations
- Surgical gynecology (Open, Laparoscopic diagnostic/minor only - tubal ligation, LOA's, chronal tubation, Operative/major (includes diagnostic) - ectopic pregnancy, ovary removal, cystectomy, extensive LOA's)
- Low risk pregnancy
- Preferred
- Office/minor gynecology - IUD, Cystoscopy, Colposcopy, cryosurgery, LEEP, etc.
- Office/minor gynecology - IUD, Cystoscopy, Colposcopy, cryosurgery, LEEP, etc.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Board: BC required (Eligible)
- Licenses: None. NM license preferred
- Certifications: BLS, ACLS
- Provide outpatient clinic coverage (M-F 8a-5p)
- Provide inpatient call coverage (evenings and weekends)
- Perform elective Cesarean sections and other surgical procedures
- Collaborate with APPs and FM-OB attendings in patient care
- Manage high-risk pregnancies and obstetrical emergencies
