Staff Physician- Urology
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate. Include a section only when posting has real specific content for it; never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Summary: EDRP eligibility, eligibility requirements, program approval, award amount up to $200,000, eligibility period one to five years, former EDRP participants ineligible.
- Qualifications: Must meet basic requirements and any additional requirements. Applicants pending completion of training or license may be referred but not hired until met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met requirements for appointment under previous qualification standard are deemed to have met basic requirements.
- Basic Requirements: US Citizenship (non-citizens only if cannot recruit qualified citizens per VA policy). Degree of doctor of medicine or equivalent from VA-approved school. Current full unrestricted license to practice medicine/surgery in a state/territory/commonwealth or DC. Residency training: physicians must have completed residency training approved by Secretary of VA in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. Note about VA physicians in academic training may need board certification for faculty status. Approved residencies: (1) ACGME leading to board cert eligibility; (2) AOA leading to board cert eligibility; (3) One year of post-medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post training independent practice (full unrestricted license) in US; (4) Non-US residency training programs followed by minimum of three years of independent practice in US (full unrestricted license) performing duties related to position they are applying for (US fellowships creditable) which local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems appropriate training and believes exposed physician to appropriate range of patient care experience. Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet basic requirements are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (not a training license) and may only be appointed on intermittent or fee-basis; PRPs not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; they have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs. Proficiency in spoken and written English. Additional Requirement: Board certified or eligible in Urology. Reference link.
- Physical Requirements: list of physical demands.
- Duties: VA offers comprehensive total rewards package (but that's more benefits). Then list: VHA Physician Total Rewards, EDRP etc. Then Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases. Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days annual leave - 13 days sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME). Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA. Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement). Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory. CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification). Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided. Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.
- The Detroit VA Medical Center is recruiting for a well-trained - energetic Staff Physician- Urology who is board certified or board eligible in Urology. The Urologist works full time for the Surgical Care Service and provides evaluation and treatment of urological conditions. Ideal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards - growth and development of the VA. The duties consist of but are not limited to the following: (list of duties). Then Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 7:30AM-4:00PM.
We need to decide sections.
We have content for:
- About the role: maybe a brief description of the position (Staff Physician-Urology, works full time for Surgical Care Service, evaluation and treatment of urological conditions, ideal applicants...). Could be placed under About the role.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet list after "The duties consist of but are not limited to the following:").
- Requirements: could include basic requirements (citizenship, degree, license, residency training, PRP details, English proficiency, board certified/eligible in Urology). Also physical requirements maybe part of Requirements or separate? Could be under Requirements as well.
- Qualifications: The posting already has a "Qualifications" heading but we are not to repeat job title as heading; we can still use Qualifications as a section heading if there is substantive content. The Qualifications section includes: must meet basic requirements and any additional requirements; applicants pending completion may be referred but not hired until met; currently employed physician(s) in VA who met requirements for appointment under previous qualification standard are deemed to have met basic requirements. That's substantive.
- Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; we have proficiency in spoken and written English, board certified/eligible in Urology (that's more qualification). Could treat as Skills? But we might not need a Skills section if content is thin. The instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Skills into Requirements or Qualifications.
- Benefits: we have EDRP details (up to $200k award, eligibility period 1-5 years), Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME reimbursement, Malpractice coverage, Contract details. Also mention "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package". So Benefits section can include those.
- Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases.
- Schedule: Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 7:30AM-4:00PM.
We must not include sections with placeholder/filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual specifics for Pay, Schedule, Benefits.
We need to ensure we don't repeat content unnecessarily.
We'll produce HTML with headings
for each section we include.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose, use
.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as lists or paragraphs.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. There's no explicit EEO etc in the text; we see "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/" that's a reference link; we should keep it? It's not boilerplate; it's a reference. Probably keep.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present.
We must not repeat the job title as a heading.
Now let's extract content precisely.
**About the role** (maybe combine with summary? The summary includes EDRP eligibility etc. That's more about benefits. The role description: "The Detroit VA Medical Center is recruiting for a well-trained - energetic Staff Physician- Urology who is board certified or board eligible in UrologyThe Urologist works full time for the Surgical Care Service and provides evaluation and treatment of urological conditionsIdeal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards - growth and development of theVA". We'll put that in About the role.
**Responsibilities**: list of duties:
- Performs urological surgical procedures on patients including related admission - consultation - and work-up - preoperative and postoperative care to correct or treat various conditions - illnesses and injuries
- Makes preliminary diagnosis
- directs - prescribes or provides treatment - arranges for specialized care or patient referral as required
- Actively participates in Emergency and On-Call schedule
- Provides comprehensive urologic care including prevention - health maintenance - early diagnosis - treatment and follow-up services to patients
- Performs some procedures in the Urology clinic such as cystoscopy - prostate biopsies and ESWLs (Electrocorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy) on SB in addition to other surgical procedures in the operating room
- Management of patients during their inpatient course - using consultants when appropriate and performs inpatient consultations on patients from other services
- Conducts outpatient clinics reviews patients' medications - diet - course of therapy - adherence to management plan and patient observations modifies management plan as indicated and instructs and counsels patients as required
- Serves as a consultant to primary care physicians and accepts referrals and outpatient consultations from other providers
- Functions in a teaching capacity by educating others (patients - staff - trainees - and/or seminar participants - etc.) in the assessment - treatment - management and evaluation of gynecologic disorders
- Refers patients as appropriate works closely with allied health professionals and participates in the Surgical Department Quality Assurance and Peer Review programs
Note: there is a typo "gynecologic disorders" but it's in the text; we keep as is.
**Requirements**: Could include basic requirements and physical requirements. Let's list:
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- 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
(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.)
Approved residencies are:
1. Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) leading to eligibility for board certification - OR
2. Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) leading to eligibility for board certification - OR
3. One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States - OR
4. Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experience
- Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
- Proficiency in spoken and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Remove boilerplate. Include a section only when posting has real specific content for it; never emit heading followed by filler/placeholder text. Prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Summary: EDRP eligibility, eligibility requirements, program approval, award amount up to $200,000, eligibility period one to five years, former EDRP participants ineligible. - Qualifications: Must meet basic requirements and any additional requirements. Applicants pending completion of training or license may be referred but not hired until met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met requirements for appointment under previous qualification standard are deemed to have met basic requirements. - Basic Requirements: US Citizenship (non-citizens only if cannot recruit qualified citizens per VA policy). Degree of doctor of medicine or equivalent from VA-approved school. Current full unrestricted license to practice medicine/surgery in a state/territory/commonwealth or DC. Residency training: physicians must have completed residency training approved by Secretary of VA in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. Note about VA physicians in academic training may need board certification for faculty status. Approved residencies: (1) ACGME leading to board cert eligibility; (2) AOA leading to board cert eligibility; (3) One year of post-medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post training independent practice (full unrestricted license) in US; (4) Non-US residency training programs followed by minimum of three years of independent practice in US (full unrestricted license) performing duties related to position they are applying for (US fellowships creditable) which local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems appropriate training and believes exposed physician to appropriate range of patient care experience. Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet basic requirements are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (not a training license) and may only be appointed on intermittent or fee-basis; PRPs not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; they have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs. Proficiency in spoken and written English. Additional Requirement: Board certified or eligible in Urology. Reference link. - Physical Requirements: list of physical demands. - Duties: VA offers comprehensive total rewards package (but that's more benefits). Then list: VHA Physician Total Rewards, EDRP etc. Then Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases. Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days annual leave - 13 days sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME). Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA. Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement). Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory. CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification). Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided. Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting. - The Detroit VA Medical Center is recruiting for a well-trained - energetic Staff Physician- Urology who is board certified or board eligible in Urology. The Urologist works full time for the Surgical Care Service and provides evaluation and treatment of urological conditions. Ideal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards - growth and development of the VA. The duties consist of but are not limited to the following: (list of duties). Then Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 7:30AM-4:00PM. We need to decide sections. We have content for: - About the role: maybe a brief description of the position (Staff Physician-Urology, works full time for Surgical Care Service, evaluation and treatment of urological conditions, ideal applicants...). Could be placed under About the role. - Responsibilities: list of duties (the bullet list after "The duties consist of but are not limited to the following:"). - Requirements: could include basic requirements (citizenship, degree, license, residency training, PRP details, English proficiency, board certified/eligible in Urology). Also physical requirements maybe part of Requirements or separate? Could be under Requirements as well. - Qualifications: The posting already has a "Qualifications" heading but we are not to repeat job title as heading; we can still use Qualifications as a section heading if there is substantive content. The Qualifications section includes: must meet basic requirements and any additional requirements; applicants pending completion may be referred but not hired until met; currently employed physician(s) in VA who met requirements for appointment under previous qualification standard are deemed to have met basic requirements. That's substantive. - Skills: maybe not explicitly listed; we have proficiency in spoken and written English, board certified/eligible in Urology (that's more qualification). Could treat as Skills? But we might not need a Skills section if content is thin. The instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could combine Skills into Requirements or Qualifications. - Benefits: we have EDRP details (up to $200k award, eligibility period 1-5 years), Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME reimbursement, Malpractice coverage, Contract details. Also mention "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package". So Benefits section can include those. - Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases. - Schedule: Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 7:30AM-4:00PM. We must not include sections with placeholder/filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual specifics for Pay, Schedule, Benefits. We need to ensure we don't repeat content unnecessarily. We'll produce HTML with headings
for each section we include.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose, use
.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as lists or paragraphs.
We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. There's no explicit EEO etc in the text; we see "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/" that's a reference link; we should keep it? It's not boilerplate; it's a reference. Probably keep.
We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present.
We must not repeat the job title as a heading.
Now let's extract content precisely.
**About the role** (maybe combine with summary? The summary includes EDRP eligibility etc. That's more about benefits. The role description: "The Detroit VA Medical Center is recruiting for a well-trained - energetic Staff Physician- Urology who is board certified or board eligible in UrologyThe Urologist works full time for the Surgical Care Service and provides evaluation and treatment of urological conditionsIdeal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards - growth and development of theVA". We'll put that in About the role.
**Responsibilities**: list of duties:
- Performs urological surgical procedures on patients including related admission - consultation - and work-up - preoperative and postoperative care to correct or treat various conditions - illnesses and injuries
- Makes preliminary diagnosis
- directs - prescribes or provides treatment - arranges for specialized care or patient referral as required
- Actively participates in Emergency and On-Call schedule
- Provides comprehensive urologic care including prevention - health maintenance - early diagnosis - treatment and follow-up services to patients
- Performs some procedures in the Urology clinic such as cystoscopy - prostate biopsies and ESWLs (Electrocorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy) on SB in addition to other surgical procedures in the operating room
- Management of patients during their inpatient course - using consultants when appropriate and performs inpatient consultations on patients from other services
- Conducts outpatient clinics reviews patients' medications - diet - course of therapy - adherence to management plan and patient observations modifies management plan as indicated and instructs and counsels patients as required
- Serves as a consultant to primary care physicians and accepts referrals and outpatient consultations from other providers
- Functions in a teaching capacity by educating others (patients - staff - trainees - and/or seminar participants - etc.) in the assessment - treatment - management and evaluation of gynecologic disorders
- Refers patients as appropriate works closely with allied health professionals and participates in the Surgical Department Quality Assurance and Peer Review programs
Note: there is a typo "gynecologic disorders" but it's in the text; we keep as is.
**Requirements**: Could include basic requirements and physical requirements. Let's list:
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- 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
(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.)
Approved residencies are:
1. Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) leading to eligibility for board certification - OR
2. Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) leading to eligibility for board certification - OR
3. One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States - OR
4. Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experience
- Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)
PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
- Proficiency in spoken and
. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them as lists or paragraphs. We must remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. There's no explicit EEO etc in the text; we see "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/" that's a reference link; we should keep it? It's not boilerplate; it's a reference. Probably keep. We must not include Job ID/requisition numbers as headings; none present. We must not repeat the job title as a heading. Now let's extract content precisely. **About the role** (maybe combine with summary? The summary includes EDRP eligibility etc. That's more about benefits. The role description: "The Detroit VA Medical Center is recruiting for a well-trained - energetic Staff Physician- Urology who is board certified or board eligible in UrologyThe Urologist works full time for the Surgical Care Service and provides evaluation and treatment of urological conditionsIdeal applicants are those who want to contribute to the achievement of quality care standards - growth and development of theVA". We'll put that in About the role. **Responsibilities**: list of duties: - Performs urological surgical procedures on patients including related admission - consultation - and work-up - preoperative and postoperative care to correct or treat various conditions - illnesses and injuries - Makes preliminary diagnosis - directs - prescribes or provides treatment - arranges for specialized care or patient referral as required - Actively participates in Emergency and On-Call schedule - Provides comprehensive urologic care including prevention - health maintenance - early diagnosis - treatment and follow-up services to patients - Performs some procedures in the Urology clinic such as cystoscopy - prostate biopsies and ESWLs (Electrocorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy) on SB in addition to other surgical procedures in the operating room - Management of patients during their inpatient course - using consultants when appropriate and performs inpatient consultations on patients from other services - Conducts outpatient clinics reviews patients' medications - diet - course of therapy - adherence to management plan and patient observations modifies management plan as indicated and instructs and counsels patients as required - Serves as a consultant to primary care physicians and accepts referrals and outpatient consultations from other providers - Functions in a teaching capacity by educating others (patients - staff - trainees - and/or seminar participants - etc.) in the assessment - treatment - management and evaluation of gynecologic disorders - Refers patients as appropriate works closely with allied health professionals and participates in the Surgical Department Quality Assurance and Peer Review programs Note: there is a typo "gynecologic disorders" but it's in the text; we keep as is. **Requirements**: Could include basic requirements and physical requirements. Let's list: Basic Requirements: - United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy - Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine - The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed - 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 (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: 1. Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) leading to eligibility for board certification - OR 2. Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) leading to eligibility for board certification - OR 3. One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States - OR 4. Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experience - Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs) PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs - Proficiency in spoken and