Physician (Nocturnist)

Job Title

Physician

Duties

Help VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Duties include but are not limited to the following: The physicians practice emergency medicine in accordance with their professional training and experience and within the scope of their medical center privileges. Physicians assigned to the Emergency Medicine Service are responsible to the Emergency Medicine Service Chief who makes assignments, performs reviews and appraisals. Work is also subject to Peer Review and Ongoing and Focused Periodic Performance Evaluation by the Medical Staff Executive Committee.

• Provides a full range of clinical services including assessment and using the most appropriate techniques in providing quality care in their specialty.
• Performs appropriate evaluation and management of patients.
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions to units/programs in the medical center to which they are assigned and has clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation, and management.
• 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.
• Orders diagnostic tests and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.
• Ensures that the practice of medicine is consistent with Joint Commission, GARF, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, VISN standards, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, mandatory continuing education, and HIPPA policies.
• Specific tasks are itemized in each physician's Credentialing and Privileging package.
• Physical requirements include but are not limited to: sitting, standing, light lifting and carrying (up to 20 lbs.), reaching above the shoulders, use of fingers and both hands, walking, correctable vision and hearing, mental and emotional stability.

Customer Service

Relationships with management, co-workers, patients, and the public are consistently courteous, respectful, and cooperative in nature. Employee will display a cooperative attitude and will effectively work together to implement the organization's mission and goals. Employee will ensure productivity is maintained at the established level.

Recruitment Incentive

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for Highly Qualified Applicants.

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

Telework

This is not a tele-work position

Virtual

This is not a Virtual position.

Remote

This is not a Remote position

Work Schedule

Hours determined by Supervisor