Physician (Regular Ft) - Hospitalist

Summary

The Hospitalist will facilitate transfers from outside facilities, admit appropriate patients to the hospital, and be available for any acute clinical issues for patients already admitted to Hospital Medicine teams during the tour of duty.

Duties

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 31, 2026 or until positions are filled. Eligible applications received will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur. Major duties include, but are not limited to: Administrative Duties: - Leadership responsibilities: Participate in staff meetings, hospital committees, and the peer review process. Demonstrate effective communication to staff and leadership. - Human Resources (HR): Maintain VA training requirements, complete documentation in a timely manner and maintain credentials required for privileging and re-privileging. - Staff Management: Participate in the Focused Professional Performance Evaluation (FPPE)/On going Professional Performance Evaluation (OPPE) process. Adhere to employee health requirements. Participate in the peer review process. - Time/Leave Management: Adhere to tour of duty, log duty hours appropriately and request leave in advance. - Clinical Management including indirect patient care: Manage encounters and consults appropriately, document in a timely and appropriate manner. Oversee relevant performance measures, and participate in quality improvement and process improvement projects. - The physician may be asked in future to round on patients at home, as part of hospital in home program is implemented in the future. Clinical Duties: -The Medical Service hospitalist is a hospitalist responsible for providing care to hospitalized adult patients, identifying health problems, and designing diagnostic and therapeutic plans to meet these needs during their tour of duty. Duty hours are subject to change based on the needs of service and patient care. Specific duties include the following but not limited to: - Assess patients for admission and disposition. - Admit patients to Hospital Medicine teams, either independently or working with house staff providers or mid-level providers . - Staff patients requiring Medicine consultation if urgently needed (for example, to guide surgical treatment.) - Being available to staff procedures done during the tour of duty. - Being available for acute medical issues that arise on any patient admitted to the Hospital Medicine service. - Hospitalists are also responsible for managing codes and are code team leaders during non-administrative hours. - Completing educational evaluations for the night float house staff as required by the Internal Medicine Residency Program, if covering nights. Adherence to VA policies and procedures regarding documentation, patient safety, and utilization. Independently assess patients for admission and disposition when dictated by house staff schedule and regulations. Hospitalists are also responsible for managing non-operative room airway management (NORAM) and are expected to be functioning at least at the level of NORAM level 2. Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized 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: This position is mainly daytime however if needed the hospitalist may be asked to cover nighttime duties. The daytime typical TOD is from 7:00 AM till 7:00 PM Monday to Sunday and the nighttime typical tour of duty (TOD) is compressed from Monday to Sunday 7:00 PM till 7:00 AM. The hospitalist may be asked to work from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM as needed. We also have noon till midnight TOD, and some daytime duties may include that TOD. The incumbent may also be asked to work daytime shifts as needed. These shifts usually are from 8:00 AM till 4:30 PM. Variable works schedule may be offered if available.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All 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. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.

Education

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 an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are: Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made that the medical school meets (or met) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirement for year graduated. NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA 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, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area. NOTE: If your school has changed names, or is no longer in existence, you must provide this information in your application. NOTE: If your school was accredited by LCME or COCA at the time of graduation but is no longer listed on the LCME or COCA website, you must provide documentation of accreditation with your application packet.