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Physician (Regular FT)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
Beckley VA Medical Center is a Joint Commission accredited, level II facility serving Veterans in 11 counties in southern West Virginia. The medical center opened its doors to Veterans on March 1, 1951, and today it is a 25-bed general medical/surgical and 5-bed intensive care facility with a 50-bed community living center. The community living center offers skilled nursing care, post-acute rehabilitation and restorative care, hospice, palliative care, and respite care for eligible Veterans.
What You'll Do
- →The major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Administer emergency cardiac care for life-threatening heart problems, such as cardiac arrest and heart attack.
- →Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, or disease prevention.
- →Answer questions that patients have about their health and well-being.
- →Calculate valve areas from blood flow velocity measurements.
- →Compare measurements of heart wall thickness and chamber sizes to standards to identify abnormalities, using the results of an echocardiogram.
- →Conduct electrocardiogram (EKG), phonocardiogram, echocardiogram, or other cardiovascular tests to record patients' cardiac activity, using specialized electronic test equipment, recording devices, or laboratory instruments.
- →Conduct exercise electrocardiogram tests to monitor cardiovascular activity under stress.
- →Conduct tests of the pulmonary system, using a spirometer or other respiratory testing equipment.
- →Design and explain treatment plans, based on patient information such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
- →Diagnose cardiovascular conditions, using cardiac catheterization.
- →Diagnose medical conditions of patients, using records, reports, test results, or examination information.
- →Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
- →Inject contrast media into patients' blood vessels.
- →Monitor patients' conditions and progress, and reevaluate treatments, as necessary.
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 dentification 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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