Physician - Hospitalist

About the role

The incumbent will participate in the night/weekend on-call schedule rotation for acute SCI/D inpatient wards and long term care ward. Care for those patients admitted for acute medical emergencies to the medical care wards by consultation and recommendations to their attending physicians are required. The incumbent exercises considerable clinical expert opinion and judgment in accomplishing responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Admission, evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment, including consultation, of patients presenting with general medical complaints, diseases, and injuries.
• Perform a history and physical exam, form a differential diagnosis, orders and interpret labs and other diagnostic tests such as plain films and EKGs, develop and implement treatment plans, order subspecialty consultations and provide appropriate follow-up care.
• Perform administrative tasks as assigned, such as peer reviews, SCI /D registry eligibility, Annual evaluations data monitoring, and ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE).
• Interviews and examines patients, reviews past medical history, and requests and/or performs diagnostic tests and examinations deemed necessary to obtain all appropriate information related to each case.
• Make preliminary diagnoses, direct, prescribe or provide treatment, or arrange for specialized care or patient referral as required.
• Coordinate and integrate care on the unit, facilitate transferring the patients to ICU settings as needed and assure timely follow-up care is arranged.
• Respond to acute emergency interventions, working closely in consultation with members of other medical departments as deemed appropriate by the clinical problem.
• Assist in other administrative duties assigned by service chief like monitoring the EPRP, clinical review reminder data monitoring etc.
• Responsible for admissions of the patients as assigned.
• Serves as an expert in the specialized area and assumes appropriate administrative duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Requirements

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00pm to 7:00am, Saturday & Sunday, 9:00pm to 7:00am, alternating weeks.

Employee will need to be physically present on the premises for the entire TOD.

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
• 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
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

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.
• 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 and/or board certification.
• Education: 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 an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed.