Sleep Medicine, Join Our Team: We're Hiring a Physician (Sleep Section Chief) Sign on Bonus-Autho...

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Join Our Team: We're Hiring a Physician (Sleep Section Chief) Sign on Bonus-Authorized

The W.G. (Bill Hefner) Salisbury Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center is actively seeking a f ull-time Sleep Medicine Section Chief to join our distinguished team. We provide a dynamic, collaborative environment where you can make a meaningful impact in the lives of veterans and their families. Embrace a rewarding career filled with diverse opportunities for professional growth and advancement, alongside competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits packages. Join us and help shape the future of veteran care!

Position Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is impossible to recruit qualified citizens, in accordance with VA policy.
• Education: A Doctor of Medicine degree or an equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine is required.
• Licensure: Candidates must possess a current, complete, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a state, territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency: Completion of a residency program in an accredited core specialty.
• Board Certification: Candidates must be board-certified or board-eligible in sleep medicine.

Preferred Experience

• Completion of an accredited fellowship in Sleep Medicine
• Board Certified in Sleep Medicine

Benefits:

• Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and regular salary increases.
• Sign-on Bonus-Authorized
• Paid Time Off: 50–55 days of paid time off per year (including 26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, and a possible five-day paid absence for CME).
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (vesting after 5 years) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% contributions by VA.
• Insurance: Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
• Licensure: One full and unrestricted license from any U.S. state or territory.
• CME: Possible reimbursement of $2,500 per year (must be full-time with board certification).
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
• Contract: No physician employment contract and no significant restrictions on moonlighting.

We look forward to welcoming a dedicated professional to our team committed to delivering outstanding veteran care.

Salary: $300,000-$400,000