Physician (ft)-Neurosurgeon

Neurosurgical Physician Opportunity

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• Evaluate and manage patients with neurosurgical conditions involving the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and spine, including traumatic, degenerative, neoplastic, vascular, congenital, and other neurological disorders.
• Perform initial and ongoing assessments of patients' neurological, medical, physical, and psychosocial status.
• Obtain and document comprehensive medical, surgical, neurological, and psychosocial histories and perform detailed neurological and physical examinations.
• Formulate and document diagnostic impressions, differential diagnoses, and individualized treatment plans.
• Order, review, and interpret appropriate diagnostic studies, including laboratory tests and neuroimaging such as CT, MRI, angiography, and other specialized examinations.
• Develop and implement operative and nonoperative treatment plans in collaboration with patients, families, referring providers, and the interdisciplinary care team.
• Perform neurosurgical procedures within the provider's approved clinical privileges and scope of practice.
• Provide preoperative evaluation, informed consent, surgical counseling, and patient and family education regarding diagnoses, treatment options, risks, benefits, and expected outcomes.
• Provide perioperative and postoperative care, including monitoring for complications, managing surgical drains and wounds, and coordinating follow-up care.
• Manage acute neurosurgical conditions and emergencies, including traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, intracranial hemorrhage, hydrocephalus, spinal compression, and other time-sensitive neurological disorders.
• Provide consultation and co-management for patients with complex neurological and medical conditions.
• Refer patients to appropriate specialty clinics and other healthcare professionals when indicated.
• Communicate medical and neurosurgical recommendations to patients, families, community healthcare providers, and members of the interdisciplinary care team, including by telephone when appropriate.
• Manage relevant chronic neurological and neurosurgical conditions and coordinate longitudinal care.
• Enter and manage orders in CPRS, including medications, consultations, diagnostic testing, procedures, and other aspects of patient care.
• Accurately and timely document patient evaluations, consultations, procedures, operative reports, progress notes, discharge summaries, and follow-up care in the electronic health record.
• Participate in on-call responsibilities, emergency evaluations, surgical coverage, and hospital-based neurosurgical services as assigned.
• Demonstrate current clinical knowledge and practice in accordance with accepted neurosurgical standards, VA policies, clinical guidelines, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Work Schedule: 7:00am-3:30pm Monday-Friday with 50/50 split call on weekends and holidays with other staff neurosurgeon.