Physician (Emergency Room Hospitalist)
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Description: Department Of Veterans Affairs is at the momment seeking for Physician (Emergency Room Hospitalist) right now, this position will be dwelled in Tennessee. More complete informations about this position opportunity kindly read the description below. Vacancy Identification Number (VIN): 1001740
About the Memphis VA Medical Center: The VAMC in Memphis, Tennes! see consists of one main campus located at 1030 Jefferson Avenue, which includes a sixty-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit, and ten community based outpatient clinics (CBOC). It is a tertiary care facility classified as a Clinical Referral Level 1 Facility and one of the most complex medical centers in the VA system. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs. Comprehensive primary, secondary, and tertiary health care is provided in areas of medicine, general cardiovascular and neurological surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, neurology, oncology, dentistry, and geriatrics. Specialized outpatient services are provided through general, specialty, and subspecialty outpatient clinics including a womenÂ's health center. Services are available to more than 206,000 Veterans living in a fifty three county tri-state area (Tennes! see, Arkansas, and Mississippi).
Note: Applica! nt's education and experience will be reviewed by a Compensation Panel (for physicians and dentists) in determining the grade and salary of the applicant selected. The recommended salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
VA
encourages persons with disabilities to apply.
The health related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not
covered by the Schedule A, Excepted Appointment authority.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentive is negotiable
for a highly qualified candidate.
TRAVEL REQUIRED
Not Required RELOCATION AUTHORIZED
No KEY REQUIREMENTS
US citizenship and English language proficiency
Background/suitability investigation
Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine
Physical standards - Must pass pre-employment examination
Random drug testing DUTIES:
Work Schedule :
Monday through Friday
Afternoon and Evening eight (8) h! our shift
Location of Position : Emergency Department
The Memphis VA Medical Center is recruiting for board certified and/or board eligible Internal Medicine Physician to function as an Emergency Department/Internal Medicine liaison.
The incumbent evaluate patients admitted from the Emergency Department for appropriate level of care. This requires familiarity with Interqual criteria. The incumbent will write orders for admission; interact with on-call and night float ward resident teams, providing guidance and teaching to residents and interns. Hand off admitted patient to residents for ongoing care. The incumbent primary goals are to improve percentage of correct assignment of patients to full admission, observation admission and intermediate care admission. Decrease length of stay in Emergency Room for patients with an admission decision. The incumbent secondary goals are to provide direct patient care, to train medical students and resid! ents, as well as other professionals, in the specialty of internal medi! cine and to provide medical consultations throughout the medical center.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Candidates must meet all the requirements
identified in the VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G15, Physician
Qualification Standards http://vaww1.va.gov/ohrm/HRLibrary/Dir-Policy.htm
Basic Requirements:
a. Citizenship. Citizen of the
United States. (Noncitizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit
qualified citizens in accordance with chapter 3, section A, paragraph 3g, this
part.)
b. Education. 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 Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in
which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are:
(1) Schools of medicine holding regular
institutional memb! ership in the Association of American Medical Colleges for
the year in which the degree was granted.
(2) Schools of osteopathic medicine
approved by the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the
degree was granted.
(3) Schools (including foreign schools)
accepted by the licensing body of a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e.,
Puerto Rico), or in the District of Columbia as qualifying for full or
unrestricted licensure.
(4) For residents, graduation from an
approved medical school as described above is required except as provided in
M-8, part II, chapter 1.
NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in Central Office may approve the
appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a
school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a
research or academic position with no patient care responsibilities. The
appoin! tment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidat! eÂ's
credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in
the specialty area.
c. Licensure and Registration
(1) Physicians (Except Residents).
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. The physician must maintain current registration in the State of
licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure.
The facility Director may waive this licensure requirement if the physician is
to serve in a country other than the United States and the physician has
licensure in that country.
(2) Residents. 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 before the
second year of VA residency, or meet any licensure, registration or other!
equivalent requirements established for residents of non-VA hospitals with
which the VA facility is affiliated for training purposes. The resident must
maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a
requirement for continuing active, current licensure.
(3) Impaired Licensure. A physician
who has, or has ever had, any license(s) revoked, suspended, denied,
restricted, limited, or issued/placed in a probationary status may be appointed
only in accordance with the provisions of chapter 3, section B, paragraph 14 of
this part.
(4) Waiver of Licensure. Licensure
may be waived by the Under Secretary for Health or designee in Central Office
for individuals in research or academic assignments involving no direct patient
care responsibilities in accordance with current regulations.
d. First-Year Residency (Internship).
Completed a first-year residency, or its equivalent, approved by the! Secretary
of Veterans Affairs for the year in which it was complet! ed. For a VA resident,
the appropriate Deans Committee and Resident Review Board may recommend
appointment on the basis of the candidateÂ's acceptability for residency
training. Approved residencies are:
(1) Those approved by the Council on
Medical Education and Hospitals, American Medical Association, in the list
published for the year the residency was completed, or
(2) Other residencies or their equivalents
which the Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant
with appropriate professional training. The Board may determine that the
residency requirement has been met if the candidate has completed 1 year of
postgraduate education.
e. Physical Standards. See VA
Directive and Handbook 5019 found in your local VA Human Resources Office.
f. English Language Proficiency. Physicians,
including residents, appointed to direct patient-care positions must be
proficie! nt in spoken and written English.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
Completion of an accredited residency training program.
Board certification in Internal Medicine is preferred or board eligible.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Heavy
Lifting (45lbs and over); Heavy Carrying (45 lbs and over); Straight Pulling
(up to 1 hour); Pushing (1-2 hours); Reaching above shoulder; Use of fingers;
Both hands required; Walking (up to 3 hours); Standing (up to 3 hours);
Repeated bending (up to 1 hour); Ability for rapid mental and muscular
coordination simultaneously; Near vision correctable at 13: to 16Â"; Hearing
(aid permitted); Both eyes required, Dept Perception.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the United States Department of Education in order! for it to be credited towards your qualifications for this position. Y! ou can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html . All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Your
application, résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please
follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration
for employment. You may also be evaluated based upon the question
responses you provide during a structured interview. In responding to
structured interview questions you should be sure to cite specific examples of
experience, explain exactly what you did, and the outcome. You can visit the
following two web sites (1) http://www.va.gov/pbi
(2) http://vaww.va.gov/ohrm/! Staffing/PBI/PBI_Intr.htm
to learn more about PBI, frequently asked questions and aids to prepare for an
interview.
BENEFITS:
VA offers a comprehensive benefits package. This link provides an overview of the benefits currently offered: http://www.va.gov/jobs/job_benefits/benefits.asp . OTHER INFORMATION:
This
position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive
status.
This
announcement is not intended to cover all aspects of the duties,
responsibilities or qualifications of this position.
Request
for copies, return of forms or transfer of consideration to another
announcement will not be honored.
Employees
must meet qualification standards and other regulatory requirements by the
closing date of the announcement.
All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, l! awful political
affiliation, marital status, disability or membersh! ip or non-membership in a
labor union.
Management retains the right to select from any appropriate recruitment
methods, such as reassignment, promotion, appointment, transfer, reemployment,
reinstatement, or demotion to fill this vacancy. The decision as to which
source or sources to use (singularly, in any sequence, or concurrently in any
combination) will be made by management.
This
job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
This
is a non bargaining position.
You may be required to serve a probationary period.
Veteran's Preference: When applying for Federal jobs, eligible veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of DD-214(s) showing all dates of service as well as character of service (honorable, general, etc.). Additionally, veterans with service-connected disability of 10% or more must al! so submit a copy of their official statement from the Department of Veterans Affairs, or from a branch of the Armed Forces, certifying their service-connected disability and/or their receipt of compensation for service-connected disability. If the military member is within 120 days of separation and does not yet have a DD214, the member may instead submit any written document from the armed forces that certifies the service member is expected to be discharged or released from active duty service in the armed forces under honorable conditions not later than 120 days after the date the certification is signed.
Veterans with service-connected disability of less than 10%, nonservice-connected disability, and Purple Heart recipients, as-well-as those claiming derived preference for a spouse, widow or widower, or natural mother, should refer to and submit a completed SF 15, "Application for 10-Point Veteran Preference," and required documentation with your application materia! ls. For more information on Veterans' Preference, go to http://www.opm.! gov/veterans/html/vetsinfo.asp .
DESIGNATED DRUG-TESTING POSITION: Applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Applicants will not be appointed to the position if a verified positive drug test result is received.
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