We don't have
enough providers here, we don't have
enough doctors and part of what makes me
feel really comfortable is that,
I know when I show up someplace, it's going
to make a difference in someone's life,
and so many people in New Mexico don't
have transportation, they can't go places,
and if they could get good care near
home, then I helped build New Mexico and I
held build the individual's life.
And that's been incredibly rewarding.
We depend on the Locum providers to get,
to come in and provide that quality
care, so without Locums, I mean, we couldn't operate.
Making a difference was
really important to me, but I realized
more that this was meeting that desire
and that it was really deeply satisfying,
and that it's kept me in the program.
Plus the flexibility has made it a
great career.
It's a great job!
"ok, just breathe your regular way.."
So we've been very fortunate with the providers that
we have, I mean, they show compassion to
our patients, they fit in to the
community instantaneously.
Good medical care is
good medical care anywhere, and often in
these smaller clinics, you have a little
more time and you can make a little more
connection, and you may get to the real
issue that's underneath the reason they
came in, and when you address that
that's when you bring healing into the situation.
UNM being supportive
of our clinic during our needs has
been outstanding.
We made a commitment to our community
that we're going to provide quality care
and we're going to be here no matter what,
and so we're standing behind our commitment.
We see the provider come in,
you know, the regular providers come in
on a regular basis and establish a
relationship with our patients and our
patient population. They establish a
relationship and are essential to the community.
That on-going relationship with
patients has always very important to me
and I was
kind of thinking I was going to be
giving that up being a Locums doc, going
here and there but,
it's been very gratifying for me.
Having control over your own schedule is,
you know, after 25 years working for
the federal government,
this is just heaven to me.
I get to do some other things I've been very
interested in for a long time and being
able to visit different sites throughout
the state is very interesting to see how
different clinics operate.
They want to be out here, they want to make an impact,
they want to work with patients, and
that's their love for the community.
I think it's a great job
if you go in with an
attitude of, everyone has something to
teach me and it's gonna be great!
