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Job description
Summary
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) — a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program approval — award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply.
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 completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physicians 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 allopathic 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.
One of the following: (1) Approved residency or fellowship as listed; (2) One year of post‑medical‑school training followed by two years of independent practice; (3) Non‑US residency training followed by a minimum of three years of independent practice in the United States.
Exceptions: 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 (not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis.
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; 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.
In rare and unusual circumstances, the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer to seek reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for physicians whose composite record warrants such action.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Physical Requirements: Ability to perform rapid mental and muscular coordination, assist with lifting patients, perform pain procedures including interventional pain procedures, have hearing (aid permitted), and maintain emotional/mental stability.
Duties
Evaluate, treat, and coordinate the care of patients with critical illness.
Perform in the inpatient setting primarily within the surgical intensive care unit (SICU).
Be part of a multidisciplinary team within the SICU and have strong interpersonal interaction skills.
Communicate promptly and effectively with a variety of consultants, Tele‑ICU, and surgical services as part of the comprehensive care of patients with critical illness.
Assess and manage critically ill perioperative patients in the surgical intensive care unit.
Serve a patient population ranging from simple to highly complex patients with significant comorbidities who are awaiting or have undergone diverse surgical procedures.
Identify and intervene upon patients who have deviated from the expected postoperative recovery trajectory.
Perform routine invasive procedures common to critical care practice areas, as necessary.
Work schedule is flexible with on‑call responsibilities.
Benefits
Competitive salary with performance bonus; regular salary increases; 50‑55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, and a possible 5‑day paid absence for CME); traditional federal pension (five years’ vesting) and federal 401(k) with up to 5% VA contributions; federal health, vision, dental, term life, long‑term care insurance that can be carried into retirement; one full and unrestricted state license; possible $1,000 per year CME reimbursement; free liability protection with tail coverage provided; no physician employment contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.
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Worksite address
atlanta, GA, 30383, US
Who can apply
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