Hospitalist Job at Veterans Health Administration in Clarksburg, WV

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Duties will include but are not limited to:

• Provide comprehensive patient care in the form of consultative inpatient care.
• Manage patients with ongoing medical conditions both in the acute care and intensive care inpatient settings, in collaboration with other services of the LAJVAMC.
• Interviews, examines, selects diagnostic testing appropriately, and interprets/collates results to coordinate patient care at all points in the process from admission to discharge.
• Communicates and documents with clarity to patients and medical personnel to coordinate patient care.
• Work in conjunction with mid-level providers.
• Procedural skills may include EKG interpretation, TPA administration, and simple vent management.
• Consultative input to other service lines in inpatient care.
• Participate in Committee Structure.
• Demonstrate ethical conduct and serve as a positive role model to others at all levels of the organization
• Participate in quality assurance programs and chart reviews.
• Complete medical records in accordance with the Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the Medical Staff.
• Refer patients to sub-specialists or other professionals as appropriate.
• Patient discharge summaries are to be signed within 7 days.
• Other duties as an in-house medicine attending physician include, but are not limited to, addressing requests for transfer to Medicine Service from outside facilities and urgent/emergent general medicine consults.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 7 days on/7 days off, 12-hour shifts from 7AM or 7PM. Shifts may include nights, days, weekends and holidays. Hours are subject to change depending on the needs of the facility.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
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