Physician-Anesthesiology-Pain

Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EDRP education loan repayment

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration's Atlanta VA Health System seeks a board-certified or eligible pain physician to provide comprehensive pain management services on-site in Atlanta.

Responsibilities include evaluating patients in outpatient and inpatient settings and performing interventional pain procedures; teaching and on-call work may be required. The role offers EDRP opportunities and a competitive salary with potential recruitment incentives.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree from an approved school.
• Current full, unrestricted US medical license.
• Residency in an accredited core specialty with board eligibility.
• Proficiency in English (spoken and written).

Responsibilities

• Evaluate pain patients in outpatient and inpatient settings.
• Perform interventional pain procedures (epidurals, RF ablations, injections).
• Collaborate with VA medical staff and teaching providers.
• Possibly provide general anesthesia services as needed.
• Participate in clinical teaching of students, residents, and fellows; flexible schedule with on-call.

Skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient care

Communication skills

Education

MD or DO degree

Job description

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.

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
• Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• Physical Requirements: Ability to perform rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously
• ability to assist with lifting of patients
• ability to perform all pain procedures including interventional pain procedures - pain patient history and physical exams - acute/ inpatient pain services
• hearing (aid permitted)
• emotional/mental stability

Duties

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized to a highly qualified candidate
• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more
• EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact [e-mail] - 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 This position is for a pain board-certified/ eligible physician
• This physician will be responsible for evaluating pain patients in both the outpatient and inpatient setting
• Further - this physician will perform various interventional pain procedures including (epidurals - radiofrequency ablations - joint injections - sympathetic blocks - neurolytic blocks - spinal cord stimulator therapy - intrathecal pump therapy - etc.) Further - this position will also include management of acute/ inpatient/ cancer pain including consultation and regional anesthesia techniques
• There is also a possibility that this physician will provide general anesthesia services on an as needed basis
• The practitioner will provide outpatient and inpatient pain services at the Atlanta VA Health System
• Other duties of the practitioner will be the screening of pain consultation and possibility of general anesthesia services in an as needed basis.Expected participation in clinical teaching of medical students - residents - fellows - and other providers
• Work Schedule: Flexible with on call responsibility's.