Seeking Gastroenterologist to care for veterans in NC!
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Application
Details
Posted: 07-Aug-24
Location: Salisbury , North Carolina
Type: Full Time
Salary: 275,000-400,000
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Physicians: General
Physicians: Specialty
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Internal Number: 003
Salisbury VA Medical Center
Job description: We are currently recruiting for a full-time Gastroenterologist who possesses diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic ultrasound skills in the management of patients with G.I. diseases, including FNA cytology and biopsy, drainage of pancreatic cyst and bile duct obstruction, and expertise in cancer management including staging of esophageal and rectal cancer. You will provide outpatient and inpatient consultations to evaluate patients with G.I. diseases, including sharing on-call service. You ll also perform routine diagnostic, therapeutic upper endoscopy, and colonoscopy. You ll provide routine care including health maintenance as well as diagnostic/therapeutic service for patients with acute conditions including pancreaticobiliary diseases and patients admitted with acute cholangitis, obstructive jaundice, and other significant G.I. issues.
More About the Area: Enjoy all that the NC Piedmont has to offer! People, communities, and schools! Our region of N.C. is the perfect balance of city & country. Take your pick eating some upscale fine dining or downhome BBQ, attending a small-town festival or big-city concert venue, spending a day in Charlotte, or enjoying some hiking/lake/outdoor recreation on the outskirts of town. Conveniently located between the mountains and the beach, what more could you ask for? All this, plus .Home of the Carolina Panthers (football) and Charlotte Hornets (basketball)! There are the Winston-Salem Dash, Charlotte Knights, and Greensboro Grasshoppers for baseball, all of which are Minor League Baseball Teams.
Candidates must: 1) be a U.S. citizen (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens 2) possess a current, full, unrestricted medical license in any state, and 3) board eligible or certified in Internal or Family Medicine, and board eligible/certified in Gastroenterology 4) and confirm vaccination for seasonal influenza and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), which are both requirements for all Health Care Personnel (HCP) employed by Department of Veterans Affairs. Preferred experience: Board-certified in Gastroenterology
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package-learn more at Total-Rewards-of-a-Physician-Dentist-Podiatrist-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf:
Pay:Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases Paid Time Off:50-55 days of annual paid time offer 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 V.A. 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 U.S. State or territory CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement Malpractice:Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restrictions on moonlighting
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.