Physician - Sleep Medicine - Neurology - (Stockton)

Sleep Medicine Physician

This JOA will remain open until July 20, 2026. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be May 27, 2026, with subsequent cut-off dates every 2 weeks. Eligible applications received after that date will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized Work Schedule: Full-Time; Monday to Friday; 7:30am to 4:00pm 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 Sleep Medicine duties include but are not limited to: diagnose, treat, and manage patients with sleep disorders including sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, REM behavior disorder, periodic limb movement disorder and others, including prescribing, ordering and managing medications when indicated. They prescribe initial positive airway pressure (PAP) settings, evaluate and manage all modalities of PAP including making necessary changes to pressure settings, evaluation and management of sleep-related ventilatory disorders. Sleep medicine physicians also evaluate patients for non-PAP alternative treatments for sleep apnea and prescribe and manage those treatments where appropriate. Providers do the interpretation of sleep studies and sleep oximetry and provide various modalities of care including telemedicine with video and telephone. Work in collaboration with other members of the sleep care team including nurses, mid-level licensed providers, technicians and administrative staff. Collaborate and communicate with other disciplines and services including pulmonary, otolaryngology, dental, psychology, psychiatry, biomedical engineering, prosthetics and others to optimize patient care and workflow. Telemedicine-based inpatient sleep consultation and neurology on-call consultation-only service done through telemedicine is also required.