Surgeon on Duty (Fee Basis)

Veterans Health Administration; Bay Pines (FL); On-site; USD 240,000 - 340,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is seeking a Fee Basis Surgeon on Duty (SOD) to support inpatient care across all surgical services. The SOD provides cross-disciplinary oversight, delivers urgent and emergent consultative services, and performs bedside procedures essential to the care of Veterans hospitalized at our facility.

This role emphasizes continuous, high-quality, and timely surgical care. This position requires VA credentials, board eligibility, and a current US medical license, with

Qualifications

• MD/DO degree from an approved medical school.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in the US or DC.
• Residency training completed in an accredited core specialty (ACGME/AOA) leading to board eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide cross-disciplinary oversight of inpatient surgical care.
• Deliver urgent and emergent consultative services for hospitalized Veterans.
• Perform bedside surgical procedures and ensure continuous, high-quality care.

Education

MD/DO degree (US licensed)

Residency training in approved program leading to board eligibility

Job description

The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is seeking a highly qualified Fee Basis Surgeon on Duty (SOD) to support inpatient care across all surgical services. The SOD provides cross-disciplinary oversight, delivers urgent and emergent consultative services, and performs bedside procedures essential to the care of Veterans hospitalized at our facility. This position plays a key role in ensuring continuous, high-quality, and timely surgical care.

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.

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. For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Residency Training

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.)

• (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.

PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis.

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.

Preferred Experience

Prior VA clinical experience or experience in a similar integrated healthcare system. Experience providing cross-disciplinary inpatient surgical coverage.

Physical Requirements

The physician must be able to perform all activities of the position without restriction. This position may involve standing, walking, stooping, bending, reaching, lifting, and turning. The work may involve going up and down flights of stairs.