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Physician - General Surgery
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 30 days ago
About the Role
We are looking for a skilled general surgeon at Fredericksburg Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Fredericksburg, Virginia. This is a full-time position with no call responsibilities. The General Surgeon is responsible for providing a broad range of general surgical services in an outpatient clinic environment, including general surgical evaluations, minor surgical procedures appropriate to an ambulatory setting, and the full spectrum of pre-operative and post-operative patient management.
What You'll Do
- →The Fredericksburg Veterans Affairs Health Care Center offers a comprehensive range of outpatient services for Veterans in the Northern Virginia and Central Virginia area, including Primary Care and Mental Health services.
- →The establishment of this new health care center is part of the Central Virginia VA Health Care System and the Veterans Health Administration's initiative to enhance access to care for Veterans.
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Performs appropriate general surgery evaluations for patients.
- →Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions to units/programs in the facility to which they are assigned and has clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management.
- →Participates effectively in team meetings and treatment planning conferences and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care.
- →Orders appropriate diagnostic tests and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.
- →Ensures that the practice of medicine is consistent with Joint Commission, CARF, Veterans Affairs policies and procedures, VISN standards, National statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, mandatory continuing education and HIPAA policies.
- →Provides leadership guidance and consultation to staff on units to which assigned.
- →Is involved in the supervision and teaching of residents training in general surgery and other trainees assigned to the general surgery as appropriate.
- →Serves as a consultant to staff, advance practicing nurses, physician assistants and trainees and assist in implementation of treatment plan as appropriate regarding general surgery patients.
- →Work Schedule: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday to Friday
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
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