Physician (General Surgery)

About the role

This position is located within the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System and assigned to the Jacksonville 1 VA Clinic in Jacksonville, FL - an outpatient ambulatory care facility. The General Surgeon provides comprehensive surgical evaluation and ambulatory procedural care to Veterans, supporting the mission of the Veterans Health Administration by delivering safe, evidence-based, patient-centered surgical services in a non-operative, clinic-based environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides comprehensive surgical evaluation and ambulatory procedural care to Veterans
• Supports the mission of the Veterans Health Administration by delivering safe, evidence-based, patient-centered surgical services in a non-operative, clinic-based environment
• Experience in ambulatory surgical practice
• Demonstrated participation in quality improvement or leadership initiatives
• Strong communication and interdisciplinary collaboration skills
• Conducts detailed consultations for general surgery conditions
• Determines appropriate diagnostic testing
• Provides clinical guidance regarding treatment options
• Obtains informed consent
• Ensures optimal coordination of care
• Manages surgical patients throughout the continuum of care
• Makes decisions about the need for further diagnostic testing or treatment
• Monitors outcomes
• Addresses post-procedural concerns
• Facilitates referrals to higher levels of care when clinically indicated
• Collaborates closely with interdisciplinary team members, including advanced practice providers, nursing, medical support staff, diagnostic services, and referral facilities
• Maintains timely and accurate documentation in the electronic health record and ensures compliance with all VA and facility policies, including standards outlined in the Medical Staff Bylaws
• Works various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis based on facility/patient care needs

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
• Completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in an accredited core specialty training program (General Surgery)
• Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - (2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - 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
• 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 or fee-basis
• Residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• Must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d)
• Physical requirements include light lifting (under 15 lbs.), straight pulling (.5 hour), reaching above shoulders, use of fingers (both hands required), walking (1 hour intermittently), standing (2 hours intermittently), ability to distinguish colors and shades of color, rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously, near vision correctable to 13"" to 16"", hearing aid permitted

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Education: Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in 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
• License and Registration: 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 (General Surgery) leading to eligibility for board certification
• Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - (2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - 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
• 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 or fee-basis
• Residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• Must be proficient in spoken and written English in accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d)
• Physical requirements include light lifting (under 15 lbs.), straight pulling (.5 hour), reaching above shoulders, use of fingers (both hands required), walking (1 hour intermittently), standing (2 hours intermittently), ability to distinguish colors and shades of color, rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously, near vision correctable to 13"" to 16"", hearing aid permitted

Skills

• Experience in ambulatory surgical practice
• Demonstrated participation in quality improvement or leadership initiatives
• Strong communication and interdisciplinary collaboration skills
• Conducts detailed consultations for general surgery conditions
• Determines appropriate diagnostic testing
• Provides clinical guidance regarding treatment options
• Obtains informed consent
• Ensures optimal coordination of care
• Manages surgical patients throughout the continuum of care
• Makes decisions about the need for further diagnostic testing or treatment
• Monitors outcomes
• Addresses post-procedural concerns
• Facilitates referrals to higher levels of care when clinically indicated
• Collaborates closely with interdisciplinary team members, including advanced practice providers, nursing, medical support staff, diagnostic services, and referral facilities
• Maintains timely and accurate documentation in the electronic health record and ensures compliance with all VA and facility policies, including standards outlined in the Medical Staff Bylaws
• Works various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis based on facility/patient care needs

Benefits

• Va offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• Va Physician Total Rewards
• Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized 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

Pay

Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases

Schedule

Monday - Friday - 8:00 am - 4:30 pm (Note: Work schedules are determined and approved by the supervisor. The incumbent may be required to work various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis based on facility/patient care needs).