Emergency Medicine - Physician

Position description SFVAMC/UCSF Emergency Department Staff Physician The San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) is in search of applicants for Emergency Department Staff Physician positions (either Emergency Medicine or Internal Medicine trained). The SFVAHCS is a major teaching site for the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and all department of medicine physicians enjoy a joint appointment at UCSF. The SFVAHCS serves approximately 90,000 Veterans through the SFVA Medical Center (SFVAMC) and nine community-based outpatient clinics. The SFVAMC is a tertiary academic medical center with around 5,000 admissions per year, offering a full complement of specialty care services including interventional cardiology and gastroenterology, advanced oncology care, and advanced surgical care including orthopedics and neurosurgery. The Emergency Medicine (EM) section exists within the SFVAHCS Medical Service (Department of Medicine) and maintains an academic affiliation with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The SFVAHCS EM section comprises of approximately 12 staff physicians and 2 advanced practice providers who deliver urgent and emergent clinical care for SFVAHCS. EM faculty also are engaged in research and education for UCSF students, internal medicine residents, podiatry residents, psychiatry residents, dental residents, and emergency medicine residents. Successful candidates will be excellent clinicians with a passion for acute care medicine, strong interpersonal and communication skills, an interest in working with and educating UCSF trainees, and committed to providing exceptional care for our Veterans. In this role, the Emergency Department physician will: 1) Work variable shift assignments depending on ED need (may include days, nights, weekends, and holidays - both on and off-tour assignments) 2) Be a100% (8/8ths) of a Permanent Full -Time Equivalent (FTE). 3) Work with and teach the UCSF residents in the evaluation of patients presenting to the ED for acute care evaluations. 4) Supervise Nurse Practitioners when present in the Emergency Department 5) Adhere to hospital bylaws and polices, including timely charting, prompt co-signing of notes, and completion of required licensing, TMS (training) modules, and credentialling. 6) Triage all