Physician (Rheumatologist)

About the role

The Section of Rheumatology at the Salisbury VA HealthCare Center (SVA HCS) - located in North Carolina - is seeking a physician with expertise in adult Rheumatology. This position serves three sites of care: Salisbury, Charlotte, and Kernersville.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and supervise complex inpatient and outpatient care, consults, and procedural services
• Ensure high-quality, outcome-focused care through process improvement initiatives, data-driven practice, and interdisciplinary collaboration
• Advance education and scholarship as a clinician-educator-research leader, supervise trainees, foster research and quality improvement projects aligned with section goals
• Midlevel, medical student, resident, and fellow supervision within the Rheumatology Section (if applicable)
• Interviews, examines, selects diagnostic testing appropriately, and interprets/collates results to coordinate patient care
• Communicates and documents with clarity to patients and medical personnel to coordinate patient care
• Performs procedural skills including interpreting EKGs, performing arthrocentesis, and arthrocentesis with therapeutic injection
• Collaborate with midlevel providers and physician colleagues with clear communication and documentation
• Perform administrative components of patient care management, such as participating in educational programs for VA-funded graduate medical education trainees, monitoring the quality, safety, and appropriateness of patient care, and fulfilling administrative responsibilities
• Demonstrate ethical conduct and serve as a positive role model to others at all levels of the organization
• Attend Medicine Service monthly staff meetings and COS quarterly meetings as per bylaws
• Complete medical records in accordance with Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the Medical Staff
• Participate in Medical Staff committee assignments
• Attend CME activities and VA continuing educational activities
• Participate in scholarship activities if and once clinical, administrative, and educational responsibilities are fulfilled

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. 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. 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.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Medical Degree: You must have a degree in medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
• License: You must have a 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
• Approved Residency: 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: 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)
• Exceptional Cases: 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)
• Proficiency in Spoken and Written English

Skills

Proven leadership experience in multi-site or complex health systems

Benefits

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases, paid time off (50-55 days per year), retirement (traditional federal pension with 5 years vesting and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA), insurance (Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care), recruitment/relocation incentive (may be authorized for highly qualified applicants), and malpractice (free liability protection with tail coverage provided).

Pay

Competitive salary

Schedule

Full-time Monday - Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm or Supervisory discretion

Locations

Primary practice responsibilities are distributed across Salisbury, Charlotte, and Kernersville VA locations, with established staff, space, and diagnostic capabilities at each site, although the primary practice site is at the Charlotte Healthcare Center.