Physician (Orthopedic Surgeon)

About the role

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for an Orthopedic Surgeon. The Orthopedic Surgeon will function in Surgical Service.

Responsibilities

• Provide resident supervision and clinical instruction in the operating room, outpatient clinic and inpatient settings.
• Attend, participate and supervise residents/students in outpatient clinics and take an active role in the evaluation of the patient, decision for treatment/care, and documentation in the patient electronic records.
• Follows the VA Guidelines established for resident supervision, including those documentation requirements in the electronic patient healthcare record.
• Conduct postoperative follow-up. Accompany the patient to the PACU assuring that the patient's condition is optimal. If admitted, visit in-house patient within 24-48 hours following anesthesia to assess post-surgical recovery.
• Serve as a resource to residents/students in clinical instruction and the performance of any bedside procedures appropriate to their level of graduate responsibility.
• Participate in call coverage to advise and supervise residents. An on-call response time of 15 minutes by phone and 60 minutes in person is expected of Staff Surgeons at Louis Stokes VAMC. This includes night, weekend, and holiday hours.
• Maintain professional competency, courtesy, and flexibility to provide the necessary services of this specialty.
• Provide regional level specialty support to VA facilities located in NorthEast Ohio through such means as tele-medicine and referral-based consultations and treatment.
• Meet annual and mandatory training requirements that are specific to the Veterans Healthcare Administration.

Requirements

• To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement.
• All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• The surgeon must be able to function as an independent clinical provider. Initiative, diplomacy, and confidentiality are employed when dealing with patients, staff, and trainees.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Benefits

• 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)
• 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