Physician (Pulmonologist/Intensivist)

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This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT. Eligible applicants will be referred until all vacancies are filled. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact the VISN 8 Compensation Center of Excellence at View email address on click.appcast.io for questions/assistance Learn more . Recruitment Incentive: Not Authorized 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

Duties Include (But Are Not Limited To):

• 12 hour in-house ICU shifts (with a resident team) providing care to medical, surgical, and cardiac patients
• Perform and/or supervise ICU procedures including central line placement, intubation, bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, chest tube placement and others as required
• Supervise residents in critical care consultations
• Lead multidisciplinary ICU rounds on a daily basis
• Coordinate the daily care of all patients in the ICU
• Lead the code blue and rapid response team
• Provide general outpatient pulmonary care during dedicated clinic shifts
• Perform bronchoscopies in the outpatient setting including possible EBUS and robotic bronchoscopy
• Perform inpatient pulmonary consultations
• Perform sleep medicine evaluations and interpret sleep studies (if certified)
• Supervise internal medicine residents and pulmonary fellows in both the inpatient and outpatient settings
• There are opportunities for clinical research in a growing research program

Miscellaneous activities of the Medical Service including committee assignments, QA activities, and other special projects that help fulfill and/or enhance the mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs as assigned by the Chief, Pulmonary Section, Medicine Service or West Palm Beach VAMC Executive Leadership. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (and potential for some 12-hour ICU DAY/NIGHT).

US Department of Veterans Affairs