Rheumatology Physician Opportunity-Memphis VA-Millington CBOC

• Clinical practice, supervising and teaching fellows, residents, and medical students
• Consultation to non-rheumatology services for hospitalized patients with rheumatology concerns
• Provide outpatient rheumatology consultations and clinical appointments for Veterans with both acute and routine rheumatology concerns
• Ensure that treatment is safe, timely, efficient, efficacious, evidence-based, and patient-centered
• Share attending call responsibilities with other Rheumatologists/Internal Medicine Specialists in covering some nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.
• Round with the team of fellows, residents, and medical students as regards to inpatient settings
• Clinical activities may include, but are not limited to, clinical assessment and evaluation-inpatient and outpatient. Healthcare management of assigned Veteran patients with acute and chronic illnesses. Ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic studies. Ordering consultations and referrals-inpatient and outpatient. Patient follow-up as appropriate. Health promotion and disease prevention. Patient, family, and staff education and counseling. Clinical research.
• Administrative activities, including performance improvement activities, research, and non-clinical tasks as assigned. Exhibits leadership in initializing changes in patient care programs based on current concepts and findings from research and studies. Stays informed on developments in the management and treatment of diseases and illnesses through continuing medical education.

• Experience Based Salary
• Work Schedule: Mon-Fri: 8AM-4:30PM
• CME Reimbursement: Possible $2000 per year (must be Board Certified)
• Malpractice Liability Protection with tail coverage
• Annual Pay Increases
• Annual Performance Bonuses
• Biennial Pay Review/Increases
• Recruitment Sign-on Incentive possible for highly qualified candidates

• Paid Time Off: 26 paid vacation days, 13 paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays, 5 paid CME attendance days
• Pay Incentives: Regular salary increases and annual performance bonus
• Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Retirement: Traditional Federal Pension (5-year vesting) and Federal 401K with up to 5% agency match
• No Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
• Predictable work schedules with a focus on quality rather than volume

• MD/DO
• Board Eligible/Board Certified in Rheumatology
• Eligible for Faculty Appointment with UTHSC
• Full and unrestricted license from ANY state
• BLS/CPR
• US Citizenship: Non-citizens may be considered when it’s not possible to recruit qualified citizens
• Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.