Physician - Urologist

About the role

This position involves providing medical care to veterans using telehealth technologies. Responsibilities include documenting interventions, reviewing health team documentation, and participating in performance improvement activities.

Responsibilities

• Appropriately documents own interventions and reviews appropriate health team documentation of patient treatment plans and involve the primary care provider when indicated to treat changes in the patient's condition.
• Recognizes complex situations that impact patient care and intervenes, using sound judgment, professional attitude and appropriate channels.
• Participates in establishing policies, procedures and guidelines to ensure adequate, comprehensive services.
• Participates in in-service training programs and maintains competencies.
• Participates in direct patient care utilizing tele health technologies.
• Maintains current knowledge of trends in professional issues.
• Evaluates the need for, and provides education to the patient and or their family concerning the patient's treatment and diagnosis.
• Uses professional standards of care and practice to evaluate programs and activities.
• Develops and leads interdisciplinary teams to improve organizational performance. Recognizes impediments to health care delivery and uses problem-solving/performance improvement approaches to improve outcomes.
• Participates in performance improvement activities related to the service line quality improvement process.
• Tracks and trends issues related to care delivery and role implementation.
• Evaluates need and participates in interdisciplinary ad hoc committees/process action teams for constructive problem solving.
• Establishes objective and measurable goals that are appropriate for case load size based on patient population and diagnoses.
• Develops and implements interdisciplinary standards of practice and care.
• Conducts self-review of current practice and seek constructive feedback from peers.
• Facilitates open dialogue among peers, supervisors and staff.
• Communicates effectively with patients, families/significant others and the health team members.

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.
• 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.
• Board Certified/ Board Eligible preferred. Robotically trained with current robotic privileges preferred.
• 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.