Full-time Physician/Hospitalist

Job Title

Physician

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. FUNCTIONS OR SCOPE OF ASSIGNED DUTIES include but are not limited to:

Leads, covers, and provides outpatient and inpatient care for the assigned/designated medical section of VAMHCS

Provides specialty care in the medical specialty clinic, which will be mostly face-to-face but may include some virtual appointments

Oversees the administration actions and procedures with support of the nursing service

Performs clinical, administrative, educational, and research work as assigned

Interviews, examines, selects diagnostic testing appropriately, and interprets/collates results to coordinate patient care

Communicates and documents with clarity to patients and medical personnel to coordinate patient care

Procedural skills may include but no limited to arthrocentesis, soft tissue injections & aspirations, central venous catheter insertion, biopsies, intravenous therapy, and central line access

Consultative input to outpatient and inpatient care

Collaborates with nurses, midlevel providers, and physician colleagues with clear communication and documentation

Participates in, and attends, CME activities and VA continuing educational activities

Performs other duties assigned by the Chief of Medicine

Clinical supervision over the assigned medical specialty clinic, if applicable

Performs the administrative components of patient care management, such as:

• Participate in the educational programs of the section
• Participate in monitoring the quality, safety, and appropriateness of patient care, both at the Section and facility level. Miscellaneous activities of the Medical Service inclusive, but not limited to special projects that help fulfill and/or enhance the mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs as assigned by the Chief of Medicine/Chief of Staff and the VAMHCS Executive Leadership
• Demonstrate ethical conduct and serve as a positive role model to others at all levels of the organization
• Participate in quality assurance programs and chart reviews
• Attend Medicine Service monthly staff meetings
• Complete medical records in accordance with Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the Medical Staff
• Participating in Medical Staff committee assignments

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

Work Schedule: Varies. Schedule for hospitalists will be mainly 1 week on wards (including weekends) and then 1 week off. The 1 week off will include a day of administrative time. Hospitalists will also be expected to be on sick/emergency coverage 6-7 weeks (just weekdays) out of the year during their off blocks (where they can't be out of town and expected to come in if someone calls out). Hospitalists will also take turns being the on-call hospitalist while they are on wards to staff admissions with the residents before 10PM, staff emergency medicine consults (rare). There are 4 general medicine teaching teams and 1 non-teaching team that the hospitalists all rotate equally through. The group currently consists of 10 full time hospitalists who work very well together, all extremely dedicated towards optimal care of our Veterans.

US Department of Veterans Affairs