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Podiatrist (General) with Recruitment/Relocation Incentive
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 76 days ago
About the Role
The Podiatrist is assigned to Surgical Services, Podiatry Section, of the Amarillo VA Health Care System. She/he provides comprehensive care for patients who have illnesses within the scope of Podiatry.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →Podiatrist Duties: Obtaining medical histories and performing physical examinations.
- →Providing and coordination medical care for assigned patients in any care setting, including establishing diagnoses, formulating and implementing care plans, and providing follow-up care.
- →Ordering diagnostic studies and other special tests, such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computerized Tomography (CT) scans, etc.
- →Carrying out health promotion, disease prevention, and patient education activities.
- →Ordering or obtaining laboratory specimens.
- →Ordering ancillary services, such as, pharmacy, social services, physical medicine and rehabilitation therapies, prosthetic services, etc.
- →Ordering VA specialty service consults and initiating requests for non-VA medical care and consults in accordance with VHA and local facility policy and procedures.
- →Ordering patient care supplies.
- →Writing order for or prescribing medications.
- →Obtaining history and performing physical examinations for admitted patients, conducting patient rounds, documenting progress notes and summaries in the patient record, and writing patient orders on assigned patients.
- →Obtaining and document informed consent for treatments and procedures.
- →Participation in rotating schedule for after hours on-call coverage.
- →Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Requirements
- ✓All qualified candidates encouraged to apply.
- ✓Open to U.S.
- ✓Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 41855847-e431-499e-bba9-3c38876bf8aa
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