Physician (Ophthalmologist)

Ophthalmologist Duties

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About Harry S. Truman Va Medical Center, Columbia, Mo:

• Truman Va is 120 miles from St. Louis and Kansas City and 30 miles from Jefferson City.
• We have 1,600 staff, provide care for 40,000 Veterans, and the Vha hospital complexity level is 1c.
• Truman Va operates 8 Community-Based Outpatient Clinics.
• Truman Va offers training in nursing, psychology, audiology, social work, dietetics, pharmacy, chaplaincy, health care administration, and optometry, as well as residency training in all major medical and surgical Subspecialties.
• Truman Va is a referral center for heart care services including open heart surgery.

Va offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Vha Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.

Edrp Authorized: Former Edrp participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the Edrp Coordinator for questions/assistance.

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for Cme)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401k with up to 5% in contributions by Va

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Cme: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 730-4pm

Ophthalmologist Duties:

• Make preliminary diagnosis, direct, prescribe or provide treatment. Arrange for specialized care or patient referral as required.
• Training and familiarity with diagnosis and state-of-the-art management of patients with disorders of the cornea.
• Provide comprehensive ophthalmology care including prevention, health maintenance, early diagnosis, treatment and follow-up services to patients.
• Conduct outpatient clinics, review patients' medications, diet, course of therapy, adherence to management plan and patient observations. Modify management plan as indicated, and instruct and counsel patients as required.
• Performs ophthalmologic procedures on patients including consultation, and ophthalmic care to correct or treat various conditions, illnesses and injuries.
• Perform and supervise retinal laser procedures in the laser room; perform surgical ophthalmologic surgical interventions.
• Document services through appropriate notes, such as History and Physical, Progress notes, and Procedure notes.
• Serves as a consultant to primary care physicians and accept referrals and outpatient consultations from other providers.
• Function in a teaching capacity by educating others (patients, staff, Health Professional Trainees (Hpts)) in the assessment, treatment, management and evaluation of ophthalmologic disorders.
• Refer patients as appropriate; working closely with allied health professionals. Participate in the Surgical Department Quality Assurance and Peer Review programs.
• Attend required staff meetings, communicating up and down the chain of command and helping prepare heads-up and issue briefs related to adverse patient outcomes at the direction of the Section Chief.
• Clinical Management including indirect patient care: open encounter and open consult maintenance, Cprs documentation requirements. Maintains involvement in matters concerning clinic productivity, relevant performance measures, Quality and Patient Safety oversight, as well as process improvements.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Section Chief, Chief of Surgery, and/or clinical leadership to meet the needs of the organization.

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