Physician, Medical Doctor, Emergency Medicine Physician

Physician

Job Location s: US-WV-Clarksburg

:

Category:
Scientific

Type:
Full Time

Biweekly

Hours:

80

Location:

Louis A Johnson VAMC

Odyssey Systems has an exciting opportunity for Physician
, providing Board Certified or Board Eligible Hospital Medicine Physician Services on site in accordance with the specifications contained herein to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Louis A Johnson VAMC, located at Med Center Dr. Clarksburg, WV 26301.

*** Contingent upon contract award***

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Admission, including history and physical examinations.
• Appropriate placement within the Hospital.
• Evaluation and treatment, including the ordering and interpretation of diagnostic studies, including laboratory, diagnostic imaging, and electrocardiographic examinations, and the administration of medications normally considered part of the practice of hospital medic.
• Discussion of end-of-life preferences/advanced care planning.
• Consultations with sub-specialists.
• Timely and proactive discharge planning.
• Coordination of care with primary care physicians.
• Discharge including ensuring appropriate follow-up is arranged.
• Perioperative care.
• Contractor's physicians shall provide care to patients in critical/acute care settings in conformance with VA policies.
• Contractor's physicians shall assess, stabilize, and determine the disposition of inpatients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services. This includes running code teams and rapid response teams.
• Contractor's physicians shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time.
• Contractor's physicians shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time.
• Contractor's physicians shall review all admissions to inpatient hospital care recommended by Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner providers. Every admission to inpatient care shall have a person-to-person hand-off/hand-over from the admitting Provider to a responsible member of the admitting team.
• Contractor's physicians shall provide consultation with and instruction to referring physicians regarding appropriate indications for procedures so that the most expeditious and clinically appropriate work-up can be done. Contractor's physicians shall determine the appropriate course of treatment and communicate in person or by phone with the referring clinicians.
• Contractor's physicians shall initiate appropriate social work referrals for all identified homeless veterans and for patients who do not have primary care providers.
• Contractor's physicians shall follow all established medication policies and procedures. No sample medications shall be provided to patients.
• Contractor's physicians shall provide discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all Hospital patients.
• Mechanisms must be in-place to provide notification of test results for patients receiving care in accordance with VHA Directive 1088, Communicating Test Results to Providers and Patients.
• The core privileges in this specialty include the procedures on the procedures list (below) and such other procedures that are extensions of the same techniques and skills. This is not intended to be an all-encompassing procedures list. It defines the types of activities/procedures/privileges that the majority of practitioners in this specialty perform at the VA and inherent activities/procedures/privileges requiring similar skill sets and techniques.

*** Contingent upon contract award***

Minimum Required Qualifications

Citizenship:
Must be a US citizen or Green Card holder

Clearance:
Ability to Obtain NACI

Certifications:

• License:
  The Contractor's physicians assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia when services are performed onsite on VA property.
• All licenses held by the key personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contractor's physicians who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.
• Board Certification and
  
  Experience:
  
  All contractor's physician (s) shall be Board Certified or…