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Physician - Neurologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 41 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →The Neurology Service of the James J.
- →Peters VA Medical Center (JJPVAMC) is seeking a Neurologist to join a team dedicated to promoting the highest quality veteran-centered care, enhancing education and promoting research.
- →The Neurology Service provides comprehensive outpatient care as well as inpatient consultation and emergency services.
- →It is a VA-certified primary stroke center and provides subspecialty care in movement disorders and epilepsy.
- →JJPVAMC features the only Neurology Service in VISN 2 that provides long-term video-EEG monitoring for epilepsy and receives referrals from the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area.
- →JJPVAMC Neurology supports a large telemedicine program that provides general as well as subspecialty neurological care to VAs without neurological coverage along the east coast, including rural areas of New York state and Georgia.
- →It is a teaching site for the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai neurology residency program and Mount Sinai medical students perform clinical clerkships at the JJPVAMC.
- →Neurology providers have active extramurally funded research programs in areas including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's Disease, traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Provide comprehensive outpatient neurological care to Veterans.
- →Deliver inpatient neurology consultation services and provide emergency neurological care as needed.
- →Participate in the delivery of time-sensitive, evidence-based stroke care in accordance with JJPVAMC's designation as a VA-certified Primary Stroke Center.
- →Provide general neurological care via telemedicine to VA facilities along the east coast lacking on-site neurology coverage.
- →Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to promote veteran-centered care and support the Neurology Service's mission of advancing clinical excellence, education, and research.
- →Perform other clinical, administrative, and program-related duties as assigned, consistent with the responsibilities of a staff Neurologist.
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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