Pulmonary Physician Opportunity

Pulmonary Physician Opportunity in Temple, TX

Breathe New Life into Veteran Care - Join Our Temple, TX Team!

Join the Central Texas VA team and provide comprehensive pulmonary and critical care to Veterans across inpatient, ICU, outpatient pulmonary, and sleep settings. Care for complex conditions including respiratory failure, COPD, asthma, pneumonia, ARDS, septic shock, pulmonary hypertension, pleural disease, pulmonary nodules, and sleep apnea.

Responsibilities include ICU and pulmonary consultations; pulmonary and sleep clinic care; bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound; airway and ventilator management; central and arterial line placement; thoracentesis and pleural catheter procedures; and interpretation of PFTs, ABGs, pulse oximetry, and sleep studies. The physician will also supervise medical students, residents, fellows, and other trainees.

Preferred Experience:

• Fellowship training and Board Certified/Eligible in Pulmonary Medicine
• Fellowship training and Board Certified/Eligible in Critical Care Medicine
• Proficiency in pulmonary and Critical Care procedures
• Experience or strong interest in outpatient pulmonary/sleep clinic
• Sleep Medicine Board Certification/Eligibility and experience

Work Schedule: Monday -Friday (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. daytime) and rotating on call.

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

* Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized

* Pay: Salary Range: $360,000- $400,000. Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

* Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time 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.

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