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Company: Department of Veterans Affairs
Location: Amarillo, TX
Career Level: Entry Level
Industries: Recruitment Agency, Staffing, Job Board

Description

GI

Amarillo VA Healthcare System is seeking to hire a Full-Time 1.0 FTE Gastroenterologist!

Key Requirements:

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen
  • Must be B/E or B/C

Must have full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in ANY U.S. State

The Gastroenterologist physician is assigned to the Gastroenterology Section of Medicine
Service, VA Central California Healthcare System (VACCHCS) or Southern Nevada Healthcare System (VASNHS).

The VA provides patient centered care, delivered by engaged, collaborative teams in an integrated environment that supports learning and continuous improvement. The Veteran's experience and health outcomes are improved with an emphasis on prevention through healing relationships in an optimal healing environment. The full-time Gastroenterologist physician must have outstanding clinical and interpersonal skills as a member of the VA professional health care team and providing continuous veteran-centered care for a variety of medical ailments.

The Gastroenterology (GI) physician is responsible for providing comprehensive medical and selected specialty services for outpatients, inpatients, and nursing home patients. The physician will provide patient care to veterans in the areas of Gastroenterology in the form of consultative care. The Gastroenterologist will diagnose, treat, and manage patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary diseases according to standard, usual, and acceptable methods and techniques. Provide services such as inpatient and outpatient consultation services related to GI and liver diseases. The physician is responsible for overseeing the administration of conscious sedation during GI procedures. The Physician performs GI procedures including but not limited to EGD, complex stricture dilation, EGD with PEG, colonoscopies/polypectomy, push enteroscopy, GI manometry, Bravo study and other advance procedures.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Benefits and Features

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 49-54 days of annual paid time offer per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 10 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
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

To Explore This Physician Opportunity Further

Please forward copy of your Curriculum Vitae to Thomas Burke, VA Healthcare Recruiter Thomas.burke2@va.gov or call (806-220-7518.

Compensation Information:
$300000.00 / Annually - $400000.00 / AnnuallyDetails:
Incentive


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