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Job description
Job Title
Physician
Duties
The physician is responsible for providing care for veterans admitted to the ICU or hospital with acute respiratory failure, acute severe COPD exacerbations, severe asthma exacerbation, pneumonia, ARDS, and septic shock and other life-threatening pulmonary conditions. The physician is responsible for providing care to outpatient veterans with COPD, asthma, bronchiectasis, sarcoidosis, hypoxic and/or hypercapnic respiratory failure, pleural effusions, pulmonary nodules, and other pulmonary conditions in addition to sleep apnea. The physician will supervise health care trainees including medical students, interns, residents, and fellows. Duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
Providing care to veterans admitted to the intensive care unit.
Providing pulmonary consultations to inpatient veterans.
Providing care to veterans in the pulmonary and sleep clinics.
Perform diagnostic bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound.
Perform central venous catheter and arterial line placement.
Perform endotracheal intubation in addition to non-invasive and invasive ventilator management.
Perform thoracentesis, thoracostomy tube placement, and tunneled pleural catheter placement
Perform interpretation of pulmonary function tests (PFTs), arterial blood gas (ABG), and ambulatory pulse oximetry studies.
Perform interpretation of home sleep studies and overnight oximetry studies
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
Work Schedule
Monday - Fridays; 8:00am - 4:30pm. Rotating calls / weekends
Worksite address
temple, TX, 76508, US
Who can apply
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