Physician (Hospitalist)

Job Title

Hospitalist

Why Choose Harry S. Truman Vamc?

State-of-the-Art Facilities: Work in a modern medical center equipped with cutting-edge technology and resources, ensuring you have the tools needed to provide the best care.

Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a balanced lifestyle with competitive salaries, generous benefits, and ample opportunities for professional development and continuing education. Columbia is a vibrant city with a rich cultural scene, excellent schools, and outdoor recreational activities.

Supportive Community: Be a part of a community that values and supports its veterans. Columbia is known for its welcoming atmosphere, diverse population, and strong sense of community.

Activities

Columbia is the site of internationally renowned "Roots N Blues N BBQ" annual music festival, the "True False" documentary film festival, and also hosts numerous arts, theater, and music events throughout the year.

Top collegiate sporting events average 25 per month, with easy access to professional sports in nearby St Louis and Kansas City.

Centralized location offers quick access to St. Louis and Kansas City, the State Capitol, Jefferson City, and the beautiful vacation getaway, Lake of the Ozarks.

Columbia is also ranked by Niche.com as #25 best city to live in America, #28 best city to buy a house, and #24 best city to raise a family.

Columbia is also minutes away from historic towns and state parks featuring boating, fishing, hiking, biking and more.

Total Rewards Package

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):

Not Authorized

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

6AM-6PM

Scope of Duties

The duties and responsibilities of the Hospitalist include, but are not limited to the following:

• Provide general Internal Medicine care of inpatient services in keeping with good clinical practice and standards of the Hospitalist Section and Medicine Service at the Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans' Hospital
• Participation in educational activities related to the Internal Medicine residency program.
• Collaboration with the physician extenders and nursing care providers throughout the hospital.
• Be a resource for Primary Care providers ensuring a smooth transition of patients from inpatient to outpatient settings.
• Provide expertise in multispecialty and patient care-related discussions.
• Provide inpatient General Internal Medicine consultation services to non-medicine teams, including direct supervision and education of medical consultation house staff.
• Provide inpatient Internal Medicine attending services including clinical procedures within your specialty area of expertise on the general medicine teams
• You will be expected to serve on committees as requested by the Medical Center Director, Chief of Staff, or Deputy Chief of Staff.
• You will be expected to follow the Medical Staff bylaws and will complete all medical records timely through CPRS (Computerized Patient Record System) in accordance with VA Policies and Regulations.
• All attending physicians are expected to participate in ongoing process improvements within their specific areas of expertise thereby promoting quality, efficiency, patient safety, and timely access to care for our Veteran patients.
• Will participate in inter-hospital transfers of patients as needed.
• Responsible for the provision of medical diagnostic evaluation and initial assessment of patients to include a minimum of focused history, physical examinations, and pertinent laboratory investigations.
• Responsible for the evaluation of all new admissions to the medicine team with completion of an admission History and Physical (H&P), or completion of the short-form admission note as appropriate.
• Perform, at a minimum, basic procedures expected of any board-eligible Internist. This includes lumbar puncture, thoracentesis, and paracentesis.
• Supervise any residents, students, fellows, or teams assigned to their areas of responsibility.
• Other related duties as assigned, or as prescribed by the Chief of Staff.