Gastroenterologist w/Recruitment-Relocation Incentive/EDRP

About the role

The VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System is seeking a Gastroenterologist to provide comprehensive care for patients who have illnesses within the scope of Gastroenterology, with an additional focus on patients with hepatitis. This position will be located at the Health Care Center, Ambulatory Surgery Center in Harlingen, TX.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary, secondary, and tertiary care in both hospitalized and outpatient settings, identifying patients' health problems and designing diagnostic and therapeutic plans to meet these needs.
• Coordinate activities of other health service personnel, resolve problems affecting patient care, and provide appropriate education for the patient/family members regarding the patient's care, patient's illness, and its management.
• Perform diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures.
• Perform liver biopsy, small bowel biopsy, dilation of the esophagus (bougainge), esophageal motility, upper glendoscopy, colonoscopy & flex sigmoid, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, polypectomy, laparoscopy (peritoneoscopy), percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, laser: photocoagulation of vessels, laser: tumor ablation, gastric lavage & cytology, sclerotherapy of esophageal varices, esophageal ligation or banding of varices, endoscopic ultrasonography with or without fine needle aspiration biopsy, placement of esophageal stent.

Requirements

The incumbent must demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to provide patient care appropriate to the age of the patients served. The incumbent provides patient care which is appropriate to the cognitive, emotional, and chronological maturation needs of the young adult (age 18-40), middle adult (age 41-65), and older adult (age 66-older) patient.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Board Certified/Eligible in Gastroenterology
• Fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine (Residency)
• Three to five years of Gastroenterologist experience, preferably in VA or the Department of Defense.
• Advanced skills to provide a full range of Gastroenterology evaluations to determine the type of degree of illnesses within the Gastroenterology scope.

Benefits

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), Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided, Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Schedule

Monday - Friday (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)