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Job description
Facility Details
VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHCS) is actively recruiting to fill a Board Certified or Board Eligible Dermatologist to help care for our Veterans. The selected candidate will be considered for a faculty appointment at Loma Linda University and be involved with education and teaching of medical students, residents, and other providers. This exciting job opportunity awaits you in our state‑of‑the‑art VA facility in the city.
Position Details
Evaluations and consultations in diagnosing and treating skin disorders and diseases.
Responsibilities
Provide comprehensive direct patient care in both the ambulatory‑outpatient and inpatient dermatology settings, including evaluation, consultation, examination, diagnosis, follow‑up, medical record documentation, and correspondence; staff resident clinics.
Interpret and evaluate clinical data to determine diagnosis and clinical status.
Participate in electronic consultations (e‑consult) to improve access to dermatology care and increase use of Specialty Care Access Network‑Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (SCAN‑ECHO) to foster education and improve care.
Participate in teledermatology store‑and‑forward consultations, virtual video connect visits, and myVAimage.
Prescribe appropriate and timely treatment; apply indicated therapeutic procedures; recognize and assess changes in behavior, symptoms, signs, and other pertinent facts about the patient and modify the plan of treatment when indicated; recognize own capabilities and limitations.
Order diagnostic tests and discriminate between normal and abnormal findings to make appropriate treatment decisions.
Perform minor procedures such as biopsies, shave biopsies, simple excisions, cryotherapy, intralesional injections, and patch testing.
Develop and maintain rapport and gain the confidence of patients and relatives through competence and interpersonal skills so that patients and others are informed participants in the treatment effort.
Participate effectively in team meetings and treatment planning conferences and collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to enhance coordination of comprehensive patient care.
Provide evening, weekend, and holiday coverage of the dermatology consultation service in rotation with other staff dermatologists.
Document care in the medical record in keeping with the bylaws of the Medical Center. All encounters must be completed daily by the physician to affect hospital funding; consults are required to be completed at the time the patient has been seen.
Actively involve in the education of medical students, residents, and other providers and staff.
Provide supervisory oversight for residents, fellows, medical students, NP/PA students, and nursing students and staff assigned to the Dermatology Service.
Provide supervisory oversight of the clinical care on the inpatient service and ambulatory clinic of nurse practitioners and physician assistants as appropriate.
Ensure that the practice of medicine is consistent with Joint Commission, CARF, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, VISN standards, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, mandatory continuing education, and HIPAA policies.
Perform administrative tasks as assigned by the Chief of Dermatology.
Work Schedule
Monday‑Friday, including participation in on‑call coverage for evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Salary Range
$340,000 – $365,000.
Preferred Qualifications
Board certification or Board eligible in Dermatology.
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Worksite address
loma linda, CA, 92354, US
Who can apply
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