Podiatrist - Director - Bone Marrow Transplant Unit Section

About the role

The Bone Marrow Transplant (MTU) Director is responsible for the daily administrative and clinical operations of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit Section at the Puget Sound VA Healthcare System and reports directly to the Hospital and Specialty Medicine Care Line Director.

Responsibilities

• Admit, evaluate, diagnose, provide treatment or consultative services to patients presenting with illness and disorders of the blood, blood forming tissues and malignant disorders.
• Perform specialty procedures as delineated in their clinical privileges.
• Take part in continuing medical education (as defined by licensure), and quality assurance activities.
• Supervise, train, and teach the University of Washington Hematology/Oncology fellows and students who are assigned to the VA.

Requirements

• Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.
• Significant experience in allogeneic transplantation including patient and donor selection, identification of regimens as well as management of acute and chronic GVHD and transplant infection.

Qualifications

• Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
• Basic Requirements: Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted.
• Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.

Skills

• Proficient in written and spoken English.

Benefits

• Not specified.

Pay

• Not specified.

Schedule

• Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Telework: Not Available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Application Instructions

• To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
• Resume
• Special Note for Applications: To complete your application, please use the following link https://vacareers.va.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/Resume.docx. This one-page document does not need to be modified and must be uploaded into the two-page restricted 'Resume' document upload field.
• Your full resume/CV may be uploaded without page limitation into the 'Other' document upload field.
• The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please ensure you have included all documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), etc.
• Cover Letter
• DD-214/ Statement of Service
• Disability Letter (Schedule A)
• Disability Letter (VA)
• Licenses
• Foreign Education Equivalency
• CV/Resume
• PCS Orders
• Performance Appraisal
• Professional Certification
• Resume
• Separation Notice (RIF)
• SD-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
• Transcript