The Fayetteville VA Medical Center is currently seeking a Chief of Gastroenterology to lead the Gastroenterology Section and provide exceptional care to our veterans. As the Chief of Gastroenterology, you'll supervise and instruct Internal Medicine residents and Gastroenterology Fellows while working closely with the Associate Chief of Staff, Medical Service, to ensure timely and effective patient care. This role involves remaining privileged and practicing in the field of inpatient, outpatient, and procedural Gastroenterology.

• The Chief Gastroenterology Section exercises corporate citizenship by serving as a leader and/or active member on Medical Center committees as requested and attending Medical Service Staff meetings and meetings of the Medical/Dental staff.
•  Teaches effectively and creatively and provides guidance to others involved in the delivery of the educational program.
•  The Chief Gastroenterology Section provides expanded access to services via normal tour or on-call periods.
•  Chairs gastroenterology staff meetings.

In addition to the honor of serving America's Heroes, a career at VHA provides a robust total rewards package and offers many benefits including: 

• Flexible work schedules and shifts
• Low patient-provider ratios
• Robust insurance coverage
• The ability to work anywhere in the country with one active license    
•  Stable employment with competitive salary and regular pay increases
•  Annual paid time off (50 days) and 11 paid federal holidays
•  Generous education support programs, including loan repayment and reimbursement    
• Unprecedented federal retirement benefits include a traditional pension (5 years vesting) and a federal 401K (TSP) with up to 5% in employer contributions.

The Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Healthcare System provides health care services to approximately 80,000 Veterans in 19 counties within southeastern North Carolina. Facilities include the Fayetteville VA Medical Center, two health care centers; one in Fayetteville and one in Wilmington, and 16 community-based outpatient clinics. 

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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.

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