Physician (Gastroenterology) - Recruitment/Relocation Incentive May be Authorized, EDRP Authorized

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.

Responsibilities

• Participation in staff meetings when available during tour of duty, hospital committees, and peer review process.
• Demonstrate effective communication both down to staff and up to leadership, to include heads up (for acute patient bad outcomes) and issue briefs, potentially acting as Section Chief when the Section Chief is on leave.
• Maintaining Veterans Affairs (VA) training requirements, timely completion of documentation and upkeep of credentials required for privileging and re-privileging.
• Participate in the Focused Professional Practice Evaluations (FPPE)/Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE) process. Adheres to employee health requirements. Participate in clinical pertinence reviews (routine medical record reviews).
• Adherence to tour of duties, timely requests for leave in Veterans Affairs Time and Attendance System and for clinic cancellations.
• Clinical Management including indirect patient care: open encounter and consult management, Computerized Patient Record System documentation rules and requirements, adherence to clinic procedures for patient scheduling and access, ensuring staff productivity, oversight of relevant performance measures, and participation in the development of the new focus on the Medical Home and Patient Centric Care, Utilization, Quality, and Patient Safety oversight, process improvement (system redesign).
• Perform clinical duties as a staff Gastroenterologist, including providing patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life. Provide inpatient and consult service during off tours (nights, weekends, and holidays, as needed by the organization).

Requirements

• 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.
• Board certified or board eligible in Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
• Recent experience providing in- and outpatient care of GI and hepatology patients in a complexity level 1a facility.
• Proficient in general endoscopic procedures.
• EUS and ERCP not required.
• Recent VA experience preferred but not required.
• Recent exposure to an academic education environment.

Qualifications

• To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement.
• Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.