Physician (Neurologist)

Summary

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. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

About the Role

The Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce's Economic Development department is dedicated to building a prosperous future by attracting new businesses - expanding existing ones - and fostering an environment where innovation thrives.

The Montgomery area is a balance between production and service economies with major interstates in all directions public - private and military institutions of higher learning and a proud heritage to showcase.

The warm Southern hospitality high quality of life and low cost of living makes Montgomery a wonderful place to put down roots and raise a family.

Montgomery offers everything expected in a big city from world-class arts and theater to state-of-the-art health care and vibrant retail all with the small-town warmth seldom found in a city of this size.

Responsibilities

• Provides services to include administrative and management functions
• Treats peripheral nerve disease which may result in loss of muscle function loss of tactile perception loss of sensitivity to pain or temperature and even speech or eyesight impairment
• Starts the investigation of a particular patient by performing a neurological exam which involves the assessment of basic brain function and an individual evaluation of each peripheral nerve group
• Encounters people who suffer from seizures have lost their ability to move their limbs or have severe speech impairment Gains a basic understanding about the location of the problem within the nervous system
• In some cases identifies the cause and the location of the affected region based on clinical examination only
• Recognizes small symptoms and details to treat the disease in its incipient stages and save the patient's life

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• 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
• 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 leading to eligibility for board certification
• 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
• 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
• Completion of Neurology Residency and Board Certification

Skills

• Profficiency in spoken and written English

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package including 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
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Pay

Competitive salary annual performance bonus regular salary increases

Schedule

8:00 am - 4:30 pm