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Physician (Transplant Surgeon)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
About the Role
The Pittsburgh VA Medical Center is looking to fill the role of an Abdominal Transplant Surgeon. Transplant surgeons at the Department of Veterans Affairs play a crucial role in providing life-saving organ transplants to veterans. They are responsible for performing transplant procedures, conducting pre-transplant evaluations, and post-transplant monitoring.
What You'll Do
- →Major Duties include, but are not limited to: Patient Evaluation: Thoroughly assessing potential organ recipients' medical history, current health status, and suitability for transplantation.
- →Performing necessary diagnostic tests to evaluate organ function and compatibility with potential donors.
- →Discussing risks and benefits of transplantation with patients and their families.
- →Donor Selection: Evaluating potential organ donors for compatibility with waiting recipients and performing donor procurements Experience with Normothermic Regional Perfusion and currently available perfusion devices Assessing organ quality and viability for transplantation.
- →Coordinating with organ procurement organizations to identify suitable donors.
- →Surgical Procedures: Performing complex organ transplant surgeries, including kidney, liver, segmental, living donor kidney/liver, and simultaneous liver-kidney transplants.
- →Provide all aspects of pre and peri transplant care Hepatobiliary surgery Utilizing advanced surgical techniques and technologies to minimize complications - expected to perform robotic surgery Collaboration: Working closely with a multidisciplinary transplant team including transplant coordinators, nephrologists, cardiologists, nurses, and other specialists.
- →Active participation in Transplant Quality Initiatives, meetings with Organ Procurement Organizations and regular transplant committee meetings Communicating effectively with patients, families, and other healthcare providers Supervises the work of medical students or physician residents VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting Work Schedule: Flexible work schedule, supervisory discretion.
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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