Physician - Cardiologist
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We must preserve all substantive information.
We must not invent or summarize away detail.
We must not emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text.
We must prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
Thus we can combine some sections: maybe "About the Position" for summary + EDRP? But we need to follow headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose which to include.
We have content for:
- About the role: maybe summary about EDRP eligibility? Could be "About the role". We'll include a paragraph.
- Responsibilities: duties list.
- Requirements: qualifications (basic requirements, preferred experience). Could be "Requirements" or "Qualifications". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we have both Requirements and Qualifications separate. We need to decide what goes where. Typically Requirements = basic requirements, Qualifications = preferred experience/skills. But we can split.
- Skills: maybe board certification, echocardiography etc. Could be under Skills.
- Benefits: PTO, retirement, insurance, CME, malpractice, contract, recruitment incentive, EDRP details? EDRP is a benefit but also separate. Could be under Benefits.
- Pay: competitive salary etc.
- Schedule: work schedule.
We must not create sections with filler. So each heading must have real content.
Let's extract content:
Summary/About the role:
"This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply."
We'll keep that as About the role.
Responsibilities/Duties:
List:
- Candidate should be comfortable managing heart failure patients
- The Cardiologist will participate in inpatient and outpatient quality care and teaching related to cardiovascular diseases
- Candidate will apply national and VA guidelines to patient screening - surveillance and management of cardiovascular diseases
- Position requires candidate to work as an attending physician
- VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package (maybe benefits)
- Duties include but are not limited to:
* Prescribe appropriate treatments - supervise - teach and provide consultation to other health care providers
* Provide consultations to the medical and support staff on cardiology issues when needed
* Attend Cardiology Inpatient Service and outpatient clinics - perform other procedures as appropriate and attend medical staff meetings
* performance of chart reviews
* coordinate with other providers regarding patient care issues
* completely documenting in the electronic health record
* perform history and physicals within 24 hours of request
* perform outpatient encounters
* document consult notes
* and process new and renewal prescriptions
* Perform echocardiography - exercise and pharmacologic stress testing - Zio patch monitor and electrocardiogram interpretation - diagnosis and management of arrhythmias and Ischemic Heart Disease
* Take an active role in education and in the evaluation of the patient - deciding treatment/care options along with documenting in the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS)
* Serve on service level and/or facility committees as needed and participating in the facility peer review program
* Maintain professional competency - courtesy and flexibility to provide the necessary services of this specialty to our Veteran population
* Participate in the expanded use of clinical video telehealth (VVC and CVT)/electronic consultation (e-Consult) to improve access to cardiology care
* Serve on committees - participate in quality assurance programs - assist facility in meeting established performance measures in the areas of Cardiology and such other duties as assigned by the Chief of Medicine
* Work closely with all staff to ensure compliance with National - Network and local performance standards
We need to preserve all substantive info. We'll put as
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Requirements (basic requirements):
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- 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
- Residency Training: 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
(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.)
Approved residencies are:
(1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed
OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States
OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
We'll put as
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Qualifications (preferred experience):
- Preferred Experience: Board certification in cardiology and echocardiography is strongly preferred
- Experience of more than 2 years preferred
Also maybe "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/" but that's a link; we can include as paragraph.
Skills: maybe board certification etc. But we already have preferred experience. Could treat Skills as board certification etc. But we might combine Qualifications and Skills? The instruction says we can prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could merge Qualifications and Skills into one section called "Qualifications". But we have both headings allowed; we could omit Skills if no distinct content. However we have board certification etc. That's more like qualifications. So we can omit Skills.
Benefits:
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): A recruitment/relocation incentive of up to 15% may be authorized
- Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more (but we already covered EDRP in About the role; maybe we can mention EDRP authorized etc.)
- 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 (maybe duplicate)
- 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
We need to avoid duplication: Licensure already in requirements; but we can still mention as benefit? Might be redundant. Better to keep licensure under Requirements only. Benefits: PTO, retirement, insurance, CME, malpractice, contract, recruitment incentive, EDRP (maybe mention). We'll include EDRP details under Benefits as well? But we already have About the role covering EDRP. To avoid duplication, we could keep EDRP only in About the role. Benefits: list other items.
Pay:
- Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases
Schedule:
- Tour will be between the hours of Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm (32 hours per week) - (Schedule may vary to include call coverage and weekend rounding Alternate schedules may be necessary to meet the needs of the organization.)
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We'll produce something like:
About the role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one
for prose. We must preserve all substantive information. We must not invent or summarize away detail. We must not emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. We must prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Thus we can combine some sections: maybe "About the Position" for summary + EDRP? But we need to follow headings list: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We can choose which to include. We have content for: - About the role: maybe summary about EDRP eligibility? Could be "About the role". We'll include a paragraph. - Responsibilities: duties list. - Requirements: qualifications (basic requirements, preferred experience). Could be "Requirements" or "Qualifications". The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we have both Requirements and Qualifications separate. We need to decide what goes where. Typically Requirements = basic requirements, Qualifications = preferred experience/skills. But we can split. - Skills: maybe board certification, echocardiography etc. Could be under Skills. - Benefits: PTO, retirement, insurance, CME, malpractice, contract, recruitment incentive, EDRP details? EDRP is a benefit but also separate. Could be under Benefits. - Pay: competitive salary etc. - Schedule: work schedule. We must not create sections with filler. So each heading must have real content. Let's extract content: Summary/About the role: "This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply." We'll keep that as About the role. Responsibilities/Duties: List: - Candidate should be comfortable managing heart failure patients - The Cardiologist will participate in inpatient and outpatient quality care and teaching related to cardiovascular diseases - Candidate will apply national and VA guidelines to patient screening - surveillance and management of cardiovascular diseases - Position requires candidate to work as an attending physician - VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package (maybe benefits) - Duties include but are not limited to: * Prescribe appropriate treatments - supervise - teach and provide consultation to other health care providers * Provide consultations to the medical and support staff on cardiology issues when needed * Attend Cardiology Inpatient Service and outpatient clinics - perform other procedures as appropriate and attend medical staff meetings * performance of chart reviews * coordinate with other providers regarding patient care issues * completely documenting in the electronic health record * perform history and physicals within 24 hours of request * perform outpatient encounters * document consult notes * and process new and renewal prescriptions * Perform echocardiography - exercise and pharmacologic stress testing - Zio patch monitor and electrocardiogram interpretation - diagnosis and management of arrhythmias and Ischemic Heart Disease * Take an active role in education and in the evaluation of the patient - deciding treatment/care options along with documenting in the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) * Serve on service level and/or facility committees as needed and participating in the facility peer review program * Maintain professional competency - courtesy and flexibility to provide the necessary services of this specialty to our Veteran population * Participate in the expanded use of clinical video telehealth (VVC and CVT)/electronic consultation (e-Consult) to improve access to cardiology care * Serve on committees - participate in quality assurance programs - assist facility in meeting established performance measures in the areas of Cardiology and such other duties as assigned by the Chief of Medicine * Work closely with all staff to ensure compliance with National - Network and local performance standards We need to preserve all substantive info. We'll put as
- .
Requirements (basic requirements):
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- 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
- Residency Training: 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
(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.)
Approved residencies are:
(1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed
OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States
OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
We'll put as
- .
Qualifications (preferred experience):
- Preferred Experience: Board certification in cardiology and echocardiography is strongly preferred
- Experience of more than 2 years preferred
Also maybe "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/" but that's a link; we can include as paragraph.
Skills: maybe board certification etc. But we already have preferred experience. Could treat Skills as board certification etc. But we might combine Qualifications and Skills? The instruction says we can prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could merge Qualifications and Skills into one section called "Qualifications". But we have both headings allowed; we could omit Skills if no distinct content. However we have board certification etc. That's more like qualifications. So we can omit Skills.
Benefits:
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): A recruitment/relocation incentive of up to 15% may be authorized
- Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more (but we already covered EDRP in About the role; maybe we can mention EDRP authorized etc.)
- 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 (maybe duplicate)
- 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
We need to avoid duplication: Licensure already in requirements; but we can still mention as benefit? Might be redundant. Better to keep licensure under Requirements only. Benefits: PTO, retirement, insurance, CME, malpractice, contract, recruitment incentive, EDRP (maybe mention). We'll include EDRP details under Benefits as well? But we already have About the role covering EDRP. To avoid duplication, we could keep EDRP only in About the role. Benefits: list other items.
Pay:
- Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases
Schedule:
- Tour will be between the hours of Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm (32 hours per week) - (Schedule may vary to include call coverage and weekend rounding Alternate schedules may be necessary to meet the needs of the organization.)
Now we need to output HTML fragment with headings
and content. We must not include markdown fences. We'll produce something like:
About the role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one
- .
Qualifications (preferred experience):
- Preferred Experience: Board certification in cardiology and echocardiography is strongly preferred
- Experience of more than 2 years preferred
Also maybe "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/" but that's a link; we can include as paragraph.
Skills: maybe board certification etc. But we already have preferred experience. Could treat Skills as board certification etc. But we might combine Qualifications and Skills? The instruction says we can prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could merge Qualifications and Skills into one section called "Qualifications". But we have both headings allowed; we could omit Skills if no distinct content. However we have board certification etc. That's more like qualifications. So we can omit Skills.
Benefits:
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): A recruitment/relocation incentive of up to 15% may be authorized
- Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more (but we already covered EDRP in About the role; maybe we can mention EDRP authorized etc.)
- 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 (maybe duplicate)
- 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
We need to avoid duplication: Licensure already in requirements; but we can still mention as benefit? Might be redundant. Better to keep licensure under Requirements only. Benefits: PTO, retirement, insurance, CME, malpractice, contract, recruitment incentive, EDRP (maybe mention). We'll include EDRP details under Benefits as well? But we already have About the role covering EDRP. To avoid duplication, we could keep EDRP only in About the role. Benefits: list other items.
Pay:
- Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases
Schedule:
- Tour will be between the hours of Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm (32 hours per week) - (Schedule may vary to include call coverage and weekend rounding Alternate schedules may be necessary to meet the needs of the organization.)
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