Physician - Sleep Medicine

About the role

This position will be located at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Fredericksburg Health Care Center (FHCC). The duties and responsibilities are carried out throughout all clinical and other Veterans care areas involved with the FHCC Neurology Section. This position reposts directly to the FHCC Neurology Leadership of the parent facility, Richmond VA Medical Center to ensure collaboration and alignment for goals of Central Virginia VA Health Care System.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and evaluation of sleep disorders using a combination of clinical evaluation and physiologic testing.
• Treatment of Veterans with sleep disorders with medications and other modalities such as CPAP, BiPAP, oral appliances, position education, referral for maxillofacial and upper airway surgery, etc.
• Negotiation of medical, neurologic, and psychiatric disorders displaying symptoms likely to be related to sleep disorder.
• Supervision of medical instrument technicians.
• Teaching for internal medicine residents, medical students, etc. as assigned.
• Functioning within a large complex organization that requires cooperation with multiple services, including community care, prosthetics service, medical administrative, medical records, group medical practices, etc.

Requirements

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. NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.

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.
• 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.
• Experience in Sleep Medicine.
• Practice exclusively Sleep Medicine or a combination of sleep, and pulmonary.
• Physical Requirements: Applicants must meet the physical standards for the position. A physical placement is required. Required to lift 15-44 pounds, pushing (approximately 2 hours), reaching above shoulders, use of fingers and both hands, walking and standing from 3-5 hours and kneeling. Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously. must have a depth perception and ability to distinguish basic colors and shades of colors. hearing aid is permitted.