Physician - Neurology

Job Title

The Epileptologist serves as a subspecialty neurologist responsible for providing comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and management of Veterans with epilepsy and complex seizure disorders across outpatient, inpatient, and critical care settings.

This position is located within the Neurology Service at the [Facility/Medical Center Name].

The Neurology Department currently has only one dedicated Epilepsy provider, and the addition of this role is essential to ensuring safe, timely, and high-quality epilepsy care for the Veteran population.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

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

Duties:

• Provide expert subspecialty care in epilepsy, including advanced diagnostic evaluation, seizure classification, and treatment planning.
• Perform and interpret routine EEG, prolonged EEG, continuous EEG monitoring, and Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) studies.
• Lead pre-surgical epilepsy evaluations in collaboration with neurosurgery, neuropsychology, radiology, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Manage complex antiepileptic medication regimens and oversee monitored medication adjustments in both outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Provide epilepsy-specific inpatient consultation, with particular emphasis on ICU continuous EEG interpretation for patients with depressed mentation or suspected nonconvulsive seizures.
• Participate in expansion and optimization of EEG and EMU services, including ICU monitoring program development.
• Contribute to teaching activities for residents, fellows, nursing, and allied health staff.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, clinical program development, and research activities as appropriate.
• Deliver patient and caregiver education on seizure recognition, management, safety, and long-term care planning.

Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday