Podiatrist (Surgery Forefoot)

About the role

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for a Podiatrist (Surgery Forefoot) to function in Surgical Service.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship required (non-citizens may only be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited per VA Policy)
• Degree of doctor of medicine or equivalent degree in medicine or osteopathic medicine from a VA-approved school for the year of completion
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia
• Completed residency training approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty program leading to board certification eligibility. Approved residencies include:
  • ACGME-accredited programs
  • AOA-accredited programs
  • Non-U.S. residency training followed by a minimum of five years of verified U.S. practice, deemed appropriate by the local Medical Staff Executive Committee
• Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited programs who meet basic requirements may be appointed as Physician Resident Providers (PRPs) — must be fully licensed (not a training license), appointed on intermittent or fee-basis only, not independent practitioners, and have a supervised scope of practice. Surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English
• Preferred: Surgery Forefoot board certified or board qualified
• Reference qualification standard: VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard (available at https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/ and in the local Human Resources Office)
• Physical requirements: mental and physical ability to perform duties; may include laboratory and other screening as required by Federal regulatory agencies

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to adult patients with acute, chronic, and complex pedal problems
• Order and provide preliminary interpretation of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic modalities
• Supervise, teach, and involve medical students, trainees, residents, and fellows in the same setting
• Perform outpatient clinical procedures including:
  • Surgical and chemical nail procedures
  • Soft tissue procedures (incision/biopsy of soft tissue lesions, repair of simple lacerations, I&D of localized abscess, ulcer debridement)
  • Foreign body removal (superficial/subcutaneous)
  • Non-surgical treatment of tendons and non-displaced fractures of the foot and ankle
• Perform forefoot-specific surgical procedures of the midfoot/rearfoot including:
  • Soft tissue of ankle: tarsal tunnel release, tendon repair/augmentation, fasciotomy
  • Bone: arthroplasty/arthrodesis/arthroscopy, osteotomy, excision of ossicle/exostosis, ORIF (fibular), coalition, dislocation
• Perform complex rearfoot surgical procedures including:
  • Amputation — forefoot/ankle (Symes)
  • Bone: ORIF (calcaneus, cuboid, navicular, pilon, talus, trimalleolar)
  • Cavus/Charcot/flatfoot reconstruction
  • Ilizarov/Delta frames
  • Total ankle replacement
  • Talus replacement
  • Arthrodesis (ankle/subtalar/talonavicular/calcaneocuboid/naviculocuneiform)

Schedule

Primary schedule: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. May be required to work some weekends and evenings (schedule is variable based on service needs and at supervisor’s discretion). Compressed or flexible work schedule may be available at supervisor’s discretion. Telework is not available. This is not a virtual position. Relocation/recruitment incentives are not authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is not authorized.