Surgeon on Duty (Fee Basis)

Job description

Summary

The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is seeking a highly qualified Fee Basis Surgeon on Duty (SOD) to support inpatient care across all surgical services. The SOD provides cross-disciplinary oversight - delivers urgent and emergent consultative services - and performs bedside procedures essential to the care of Veterans hospitalized at our facility. This position plays a key role in ensuring continuous - high-quality - and timely surgical care.

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 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

(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 accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed

OR (2) 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 (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified 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 experiences

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 (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent 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

In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action

Proficiency in spoken and written English

Preferred Experience: Prior VA clinical experience or experience in a similar integrated healthcare system

Experience providing cross-disciplinary inpatient surgical coverage

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit

Physical Requirements: The physician must be able to perform all activities of the position without restriction

This position may involve standing - walking - stooping - bending - reaching - lifting - and turning

The work may involve going up and down flights of stairs.

Duties

As the Surgeon on Duty - you will: Provide oversight and management for all inpatients assigned to the Surgical Service Line - including: General Surgery

Vascular Surgery

ENT

Orthopedic Surgery

Spine Surgery

Urology

Plastic Surgery

Surgical ICU

Eye Care

Podiatry

Gynecology

Provide STAT surgical consultations to the Emergency Department and non-surgical inpatient services in coordination with the attending surgeon on call

Respond to nursing calls and pages and other team communications for all surgical inpatients - ensuring timely clinical decisions - order entry - documentation - and escalation to attending surgeons as appropriate

Perform bedside procedures - including: Central venous catheter placement

Hemodialysis catheter placement

Chest tube insertion

Incision & drainage

Suturing and wound management

Write orders - document evaluations - and maintain effective communication with primary teams - consultants - and nursing staff

Provide assistance in the Operating Room for urgent or emergent cases when needed

Support VA standards for patient safety - clinical quality - documentation - and interdisciplinary care coordination

Work Schedule: Varied

scheduled shifts based on service needs but mostly night - holiday - and weekends

Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

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Who can apply

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