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Physician - Pain Clinic Director
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 39 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.
What You'll Do
- →Clinical Responsibilities Comprehensive perioperative care of the surgical patient.
- →Expertise in the following anesthesia core requirements: assessing, consulting and preparing patients for anesthesia; rendering patients insensible to pain during surgical, therapeutic and diagnostic procedures; monitoring and restoring homeostasis in perioperative and critically ill patients; diagnosing and treating painful syndromes; managing cardiac and pulmonary resuscitation.
- →Communicate effectively orally and in writing with a diverse group of professional staff and management officials.
- →Supervision of CRNA staff, physician residents, mid-level practitioners and medical students in the comprehensive medical management of all patient care.
- →Accurate documentation of care in the medical record.
- →Provide guidance for the APNs on the Perioperative surgical service whose function it is to respond to facility wide Rapid Response Team (RRT) calls. f.
- →Administration of general anesthesia (inhalation and intravenous) including invasive monitoring.
- →Administration of regional anesthesia including: spinal, epidural, and peripheral nerve blocks.
- →Placement of venous catheters.
- →Placement of central venous catheters.
- →Placement of chest tubes.
- →Placement of arterial catheters and interpretation of arterial pressures and waveforms.
- →Placement of pulmonary artery catheters and interpretation of pressures/wave forms.
- →Diagnostic Echocardiography, including placement of ECHO probe.
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 evaluation/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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