Physician (Urologist)

About the role

The Staff Urologist is responsible for the care of the urologic surgery patient in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the ability to diagnose, manage and treat urological surgery patients
• Inpatient and Outpatient Clinic consultation and follow-up, admission History and Physicals, preoperative evaluations, surgery posting notes, orders, operative notes and reports, progress notes, and discharge planning and summaries.
• Absorb primary responsibility for admissions and patients under their care. These activities may be supervised and coordinated with residents/midlevels/students if they are present on service.
• Develop and provide medical education/counseling of patients and their families with a focus on delivery of evidence based, outcomes focused, veteran centric care. This includes addressing goals of care and code status, as indicated.
• Promote contemporary patient care programs for urological surgery patients and periodically review and update them based upon current and/or new, broadly accepted concepts.
• Adhere to Medical Staff bylaws and I CARE values.
• Maintain and practice as defined by current privileges.

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.
• 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.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Da Vinci robot experience, board certified (preferred).

Benefits

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Pay

Salary

Schedule

Full-time Monday - Friday, 7:00am-3:30pm