Physician - Cardiologist Interventional

Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000)& eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

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This is an Open Continuous Announcement and may be extended beyond the current closing date until the position is filled. Eligible applications will be referred at regular intervals, as additional vacancies occur and / or on an as-needed basis during the duration of the announcement. Once a selection is made and offer is accepted the announcement may close pending no additional vacancies.

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EDRP Authorized : Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Ms. Ronda Eady at ronda.eady@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions / assistance

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

Generalized duties of a staff cardiologist are to prevent, diagnose and treat many different heart and blood vessel conditions, including those that may not have been known at the time of presentation; to teach the medical students and train the cardiology fellows; and to coordinate care with local and distant primary care and specialty providers.

Major Duties / Responsibilities include but are not limited to :

• Perform and interpret transesophageal echos.
• Interpret transthoracic, stress, and transesophageal echos.
• Interpret : EKGs, Treadmill EKGs, Ambulatory EKGs, Rhythm strips, and Rhythm reports from Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices.
• Supervise and interpret Treadmill and Pharmacologic Stress EKGs.
• Perform elective and emergent cardioversion and defibrillation and TEE cardioversion.
• Perform and supervise cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Perform emergent transcutaneous and transvenous pacing.
• Perform Non OR emergency airway management.
• Inpatient Clinical Cardiology Teaching Rounds and Consultations in the ER, OR, ICU, Telemetry, or General Medicine units. Incidental supervision and triage of the appropriate use of telemetry.
• Review and accept or delegate requests for consultation.
• Serve as attending physician in the Cardiology Outpatient Clinic for ambulatory management of veterans with heart disease.
• Participate in Division and Department meetings CME, and VA continuing education and Quality Improvement activities.
• Complete a timely clinical note and encounter form (or workload capture) for each clinical encounter.
• Participate in rotational call for after hours and holiday coverage.
• Participate in care coordination for veterans transferred to other institutions.
• Supervise and train students, interns, residents and cardiology fellows.
• Perform cardiac cath lab procedures, including but not limited to : coronary catheterization (left and right), stent placement, angioplasty, etc.

Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 8 : 00am - 4 : 30pm including call coverage and weekend rounding as needed (Alternate schedules may be necessary to meet the needs of the organization)

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Conditions of employment

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 :

[(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.

Preferred Experience :

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Physical Requirements : Moderate Lifting (15-44 lbs); Moderate Carrying (15-44 lbs); light carrying (under 15 lbs); Reaching above shoulder; Use of fingers; Both hands required; Walking (4-8 hours); Standing (4-8 hours); Repeated bending (4-8 hours); Both legs required; Both eyes required; Depth perception; Ability to distinguish basic colors; Ability to distinguish shades of color; Hearing (aid permitted); and Working alone.

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 :

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.

Additional information

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

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.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration / Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA / OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

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