Physician (Orthopedic Surgeon)

Orthopedic Surgeon

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for an Orthopedic Surgeon. The Orthopedic Surgeon will function in Surgical Service. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide resident supervision and clinical instruction in the operating room, outpatient clinic and inpatient settings.
• Attend, participate and supervise residents/students in outpatient clinics and take an active role in the evaluation of the patient, decision for treatment/care, and documentation in the patient electronic records.
• Follows the VA Guidelines established for resident supervision, including those documentation requirements in the electronic patient healthcare record.
• Conduct postoperative follow-up. Accompany the patient to the PACU assuring that the patient's condition is optimal. If admitted, visit in-house patient within 24-48 hours following anesthesia to assess post-surgical recovery.
• Supervise Residents/students in clinical instruction and the performance of any bedside procedures appropriate to their level of graduate responsibility.
• Participate in call coverage to advise and supervise residents. An on-call response time of 15 minutes by phone and 60 minutes in person is expected of Staff Surgeons at Louis Stokes VAMC. This includes night, weekend, and holiday hours.
• Maintains professional competency, courtesy, and flexibility to provide the necessary services of this specialty.
• Provide regional level specialty support to VA facilities located in NorthEast Ohio through such means as tele-medicine and referral-based consultations and treatment.
• Meet annual and mandatory training requirements that are specific to the Veterans Healthcare Administration.
• To support Graduate Medical Education, applicants must be competitive for faculty appointment in the Division of Orthopedic Surgery at a local University to be considered for selection.
• The surgeon must be able to function as an independent clinical provider. Initiative, diplomacy, and confidentiality are employed when dealing with patients, staff, and trainees.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 7:30 am -4:00 am

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Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized for highly qualified candidates

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

US Department of Veterans Affairs