This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. 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 complete review of the EDRP application.

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. The incumbent works within the Acute Medicine Service Line of the VA Northern Indiana Health Care System (VANIHCS) under the Associate Chief of staff (ACOS), Acute Medical Service. 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 Administrative: Advises the mid-levels (nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians), Emergency Department, ICU, inpatient medical unit, Urgent Care Service Line. Works in closely with all unit Nurse manager or other assigned staff member(s). Participates in various facility programs, designed to enhance and improve the delivery of patient care services, such as Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams, as assigned by Chief, Acute Medical Service. Adheres to all information security and privacy measures set by VHA and the Medical Center. Identifies individual professional learning needs and participates in formal programs, workshops, seminars, conferences, as well as self-directed learning activities, completes facility wide mandatory education yearly. Responsible for timely and accurate, Emergency Department Integrated Software (EDIS) entry and compliance. Clinical: Ensures a safe, efficient, high quality healthcare received within the facility to Veterans; evaluates employees afterhours for injuries. The incumbent is responsible for a wide range of duties to ensure safe, efficient, high quality care. This includes, but not limited to initial evaluation and documentation of the admission history and physical, formulation of the plan of care, and entry of admission orders and medication reconciliation. Daily care of patients also entails rounds, documentation of progress notes, input of orders, regular interaction with nursing, coordination of consultations and care and facilitation of diagnostic studies and therapeutic procedures. The incumbent also performs bedside procedures including but not limited to paracentesis, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, joint aspiration, central line placement rapid response, and intubation. Other vital roles include communication with patients and their families, patient education, discharge planning and communication with outpatient providers, arranging follow up, preparing discharge instructions, medication reconciliation and discharge summaries, and ensuring communication during hand-offs of care. This includes, but is not limited to: initial evaluation, documentation, and critical care medicine consultation, admission history and physical, and formulation of a plan for continued care, admissions, discharges, transfers, medication management, and general management of patients. Additional roles include providing consultation services for other hospitalized patients such as peri-operative management of surgical patients. This can include pre-operative evaluation, postoperative co-management, and/or any form of peri-operative consultation to evaluate and manage acute or chronic medical problems. Demonstrates sound decision-making skills, both clinical and administrative, which bring credit to the profession and serve to enhance the distinctive and contributory role of physicians. Examine and evaluate each patient soon after admission to the UCC and notify the admitting physician of assessment and recommendations. Performs and documents of subsequent evaluation of all patients in all assigned medical units including urgent care, CLC, inpatient mental health, SARRTP, Acute/Chronic mental health units and any other medical unit afterhours. Works collaboratively with other services to improve clinical operations. Daily care of patients also entails regular interaction with nursing, coordination of consultations and care and facilitation of diagnostic studies and therapeutic procedures. Sign out to the oncoming physician to assure an informed transition of care; coordinate with the admitting physician and consultants to organize diagnostic and treatment plans for all patients. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, day shift. May need to work off tour and/or weekends based on the needs of the Service.

Requirements

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 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 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), 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. 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 or fee-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. Proficiency in spoken and written English. Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: All applicants must meet the physical standards for the position. A physical examination prior to employment may be required. In the process of providing patient care, the work involves regular and recurring periods of walking, standing, sitting, bending, pulling, lifting, reaching and carrying. Manual dexterity is required to operate medical equipment and perform activities such as surgery, treatments and computerized medical record documentation.

Education

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]

Contacts

• Address Northern Indiana HCS 1700 East 38th Street Marion, IN 46953 US
• Name: John Myers
• Phone: 281-793-0422
• Email: [email protected]