Hospitalist Job at Veterans Health Administration in Clarksburg, WV

The Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center is located in Clarksburg, West Virginia and serves a veteran population of approximately 70,000 in north central West Virginia and adjacent counties in Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Inpatient services include acute medicine, surgery, acute psychiatry, Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (SARRTP), PTSD Residential Rehabilitation Program (PRRP), Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (PRRTP) and nursing home care. 

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

Whole Health is an approach to health care that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their life to the fullest. The VA is committed to Whole Health and values Veteran and Employee health and wellbeing. As a VA employee, you will practice Whole Health in an environment that supports personalized and proactive care.