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Staff Physician- Vascular Surgeon
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 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. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Physician-Vascular Surgeon: The Vascular Surgeon will provide direct surgical care to inpatient and outpatients; assist in the clinical education of surgical residents and students and pursue research opportunities (if available or desired), and participate in administrative assignments, such as committee membership.
- →The surgeon is a member of a specialty care team that consists of CRNAs, RNSAs, Anesthesiologists, O.R. personnel, staff supporting Inpatient/Outpatient environment and wide range of various other professionals and support staff throughout the medical center and community-based outpatient centers (CBOC's).
- →Scope of Assigned Duties: Provide resident supervision and clinical instruction in the operating room, outpatient clinic and inpatient settings.
- →Attend, participate and supervise residents/students in outpatient clinics and take an active role in the evaluation of the patient, decision for treatment/care, and documentation in the patient electronic records.
- →Follows the VA Guidelines established for resident supervision, including those documentation requirements in the electronic patient healthcare record.
- →Conduct postoperative follow-up.
- →Accompany the patient to the PACU assuring that the patient's condition is optimal.
- →If admitted, visit in-house patient within 24-48 hours following anesthesia to assess post-surgical recovery.
- →Supervise residents/students in clinical instruction and the performance of any bedside procedures appropriate to their level of graduate responsibility.
- →Participate in call coverage to advise and supervise residents.
- →An on-call response time of 15 minutes by phone and 60 minutes in person is expected of Staff Surgeons at the Detroit VA Medical Center.
- →This includes night, weekend, and holiday hours.
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.
- ✓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
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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