Pulmonologist

Job Title

Pulmonologist

Major Duties and Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care specific to subspecialty in the inpatient and ambulatory clinic settings.

Provide timely screening and resolution of consultations from other disciplines in the inpatient and outpatient settings.

In collaboration with the Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU), provide oversight of the clinical care of patients admitted to the MICU.

Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions specific to subspecialty to units/programs in the Medical Center to which they are assigned and have clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management.

Order diagnostic tests and discriminate between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.

Provide supervisory oversight residents, fellows, medical students, NP/PA students, as appropriate, who are assigned to the Pulmonary Service.

Provide supervisory oversight of the clinical care on the inpatient service and ambulatory clinic of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants as appropriate.

Participates effectively in team meetings and treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care.

Provide weekend and holiday coverage of the pulmonary and critical care consultation service in rotation with other staff pulmonologists.

Provide weekend and holiday coverage of the medical inpatient service in rotation at a frequency determined by the Chief of Medicine or Chief of Staff.

Other duties as assigned by the Chief of Staff of Medicine within the clinical privileges to meet the needs of the organization.

Benefits

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

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)

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: 7:30AM-4:00PM - Monday - Friday, 40 hours/per week