Physician-Gastroenterology Job Tulsa area,Oklahoma USA,Doctor/Physician

Summary

Serve as a full-time staff Gastroenterologist with the Tulsa - Oklahoma VA. Studying, treating, and managing patients presenting with acute care complaints, diseases, and injuries of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver. This is an open continuous announcement until December 31, 2018. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred as vacancies become available.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic

Requirements:

United States Citizenship:
Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine.

The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.

Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.

Residency Training:
Physicians must have completed residency training approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.

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NOTE:

VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), (2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), or (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.

Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs).

PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis.

PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision.

Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.

Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Physical Requirements:

The incumbent must be able to perform all activities of the position without restriction.

This position involves considerable standing, walking, stooping, bending, reaching, lifting, and turning.

It requires repositioning patients and assisting with transferring patients to wheelchairs/stretchers.

Mechanical devices when available are required to be used for heavy or difficult to lift patients.

The work may involve pushing or lifting weight in excess of 50 pounds and going up and down flights of stairs.

The position requires visual and auditory acuity at a level to provide safe and effective nursing care.

The position requires the nurse to work for periods of time with arms above shoulder level or with the neck in a fully flexed or extended position and the ability to physically control or protect him/herself from physically abusive patients.

Duties

Core Privileges:
Include but are not limited to history and physical, admission, discharge, discharge summary, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, including consultation, of patients presenting with acute care complaints, diseases, and injuries and the study of the normal function and diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon and rectum, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver.

Duties include but are not limited to:
Band Ligation of Esophageal Varices.

Colonoscopy Biopsy.

Endoscopic Control of Bleeding by Injection or Cautery.

Esophageal Dilation.

Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Biopsy.

Excision of Colonic or Gastric Polyp.

Extraction of Foreign Body - Rectum, Stomach or Esophagus.

Paracentesis and Percutaneous Gastrostomy.

Sclerotherapy of Esophageal Varices.

Sigmoidoscopy Biopsy.

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EDRP Authorized:
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student…


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