Summary

This is an open-continuous announcement and will remain open until May 30 - 2025 - or until the position is filled (if a selection is made and offer accepted - announcement will be closed). Qualified applicants will be referred to the selecting official every two weeks from the opening date of the announcement.

Qualifications

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.

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) - b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) -OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - 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 experiences
• 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 written English
• Additional Requirement: Physician positions may require board certification if ANY of the following three conditions exist: 1) The position supervises medical students - physician residents - or physician fellows
• 2) The position will have faculty status with an affiliated medical school - such as a joint recruitment with affiliated medical schools
• or 3) The position being filled is required to be board certified by virtue of specific VHA policy (for example - as director of a cardiac catheterization laboratory or Director of Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
• Preferred Experience: Preferred experience with hypoglossal nerve stimulator placement and subsequent management
• Preferred proficiency in the management of head and neck malignancies
• Selects - develops - and conducts literature search on researchable problems that are relevant to the health care of veterans and has reasonable expectations of successful conclusion
• Establishes goals and effectively executes a plan to insure successful completion of a research project
• Prepares timely - completes and orderly reports communicating the results of research and development
• Assures acceptable standards of patient care
• Maintains accreditation and other standards
• Interacts effectively with the professional school and/or medical community
• Adequately supervises assigned nurse practitioners
• Ensures chart reviews are done and corrective action is taken as needed
• Collaborates and coordinates with other professional - technical - and administrative staff
• Demonstrates willingness to serve effectively on committees - boards - survey - and audits
• Demonstrates ability to plan - organize - and coordinate the administrative - clinical - or educational programs
• Participates in Quality Assurance - Performance Improvement and Peer Review activities
• Maintains self-control and responds consistently to the requirements of the work situation despite external pressures or inner tensions
• Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• Physical Requirements: Moderate Lifting (15-44 lbs)
• Moderate Carrying (15-44 lbs)
• light carrying (under 15 lbs)
• Reaching above shoulder
• Use of fingers
• Both hands required
• Walking (4-8 hours)
• Standing (4-8 hours)
• Repeated bending (4-8 hours)
• Both legs required
• Both eyes required
• Depth perception
• Ability to distinguish basic colors
• Ability to distinguish shades of color
• Hearing (aid permitted)
• and Working alone.

Duties

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be eligible for Highly Qualified Applicants Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of 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 Major Duties/Responsibilities: Provides guidance and support to the nurse practitioners assigned to Surgical Service in their respective areas of expertise
• This would include a potential collaborative relationship with any nurse practitioner assigned to the Otolaryngology Service
• Participates in various facility programs designed to enhance and improve the delivery of patient care services - such as Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams - as assigned by Chief - Surgical Service
• Provides quality patient-centered care to both inpatients and outpatients for adults (aged 18 and up) as assigned by Chief - Surgical Service or Deputy Chief Surgical Service
• Demonstrate sound decision-making skills - both clinical and administrative - which bring credit to the professional and serve to enhance the distinctive and contributory role of physicians
• Includes patient/family/significant other/health care provider in establishing realistic - measurable goals related to health education and treatment plan and in planning care on a clinical assists staff in the process of mutual goal setting
• Exhibits leadership in initiating changes in patient care programs based on current concepts and findings from research studies
• Keep informed of developments in the management and treatment of diseases and illnesses through continuing medical education - both formal and informal
• Works without direct supervision but is administratively and clinically responsible to the Chief - Surgical Service or Deputy Chief - Surgical Service
• Work Schedule: 7:00am-4:00pm