Summary

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for a Physician (Urology). The Physician (Urology) will function in Surgical Service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
• The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
• Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
• (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) -OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
• Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs)
• PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis
• PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
• rather - they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
• Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
• Proficiency in spoken and written English
• Preferred Experience: Fellowship training in credited programs - especially in Urological Oncology - Endourology - and Reconstructive Urology Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• Physical Requirements: Eligible applicants must be physically and mentally able to perform efficiently the essential functions of the position - with or without reasonable accommodation - without hazard to themselves or others
• Depending on the essential duties of a specific position - usable vision - color vision - hearing or speech may be required
• however - in most cases - a specific physical condition or impairment of a specific function may be compensated for by the satisfactory use of a prosthesis or mechanical aid.

Duties

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory 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 Admit - evaluate - diagnose - provide consultation and surgically treat adults and geriatric ambulatory and hospitalized patients at the Cleveland VA Medical Center with diseases/disorders of the genitourinary tract and its contents - including skin and soft tissues
• Ordering and providing preliminary interpretation of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic modalities
• Conducting and documenting goals of care discussions - implementing palliative and end of life care when appropriate including ordering appropriate code status and life sustaining treatment orders
• Assess - stabilize and determine disposition of patients with emergent conditions
• Privileges also include supervision - teaching - and involvement of medical students - trainees - residents - and fellows in the same setting
• This list is a sampling of procedures you may perform
• This is not intended to be an all-encompassing list but rather reflective of the categories/types of potential procedures - Adrenal surgery - Kidney surgery - including renal collecting system related surgery - Ureteral surgery - including stone related surgery - Bladder surgery - including lymph node dissection related surgery and urinary diversion related surgery - Retroperitoneal surgery - including lymph node dissection and mass removal - Urethral surgery - including urethral reconstruction - Penile surgery - including inguinal lymphadenectomy - Prostate surgery - including pelvic lymph node dissection - Scrotal surgery - including testis - tunica vaginalis - spermatic cord - vas deferens - and epididymis - Vaginal surgery related to urinary tract - Endoscopic surgery - including cystoscopy and ureteroscopy - Laser surgery - related to urolithiasis and bladder stone - and various genitourinary neoplasm treatment Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday (Variable at supervisor discretion)