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Staff Physician/General Surgery - Colorectal Surgeon
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
The VA St. Louis Health Care System is recruiting a board-certified Colorectal Surgeon whose primary focus is comprehensive colorectal surgical care for benign and malignant diseases, with general surgery minimally invasive support based on patient care needs.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Louis Health Care System is recruiting a board-certified Colorectal Surgeon whose primary focus is comprehensive colorectal surgical care for benign and malignant diseases, with general surgery minimally invasive support based on patient care needs.
- →Responsibilities include outpatient, inpatient, operative care, general surgery call, and trainee education.
- →Must be eligible for faculty appointment with an established academic affiliate of VASTLHCS.
- →Clinical Responsibilities: Outpatient Care: Provides comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of Veterans with benign and malignant colorectal conditions as the primary clinical focus.
- →Provides general surgery outpatient care as needed based on patient care demands and section needs.
- →Performs in-clinic procedures including high-resolution anoscopy and interventions for HPV-related disease.
- →Collaborates with Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), residents, trainees, and nursing staff to ensure efficient clinic operations and continuity of care.
- →Inpatient Care: Manages hospitalized patients with colorectal surgical conditions as the primary inpatient focus.
- →Provides general surgery inpatient coverage and consultations as required by patient care needs.
- →Collaborates with other surgical and medical teams for co-management of complex cases.
- →Operative Care: Performs the full spectrum of colorectal surgeries using open, laparoscopic, and robotic techniques as the core operative responsibility.
- →Provides minimally invasive and open general surgery operative support dependent on patient care needs and section coverage requirements.
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).
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: - your performance and conduct; - the needs and interests of the agency; - whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and - whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 31143109-2bd6-4a9d-bf2d-0bc1ac263d52
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