USAJOBS · 2 months ago
Urologist Huntington VAMC
Huntington, West Virginia, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$325K/yr - $400K/yr
5+ years expThe Hershel Woody Williams VAMC is a fully accredited medical and surgical care facility, offering primary care and subspecialty outpatient care. They are seeking a Urologist to provide operative and non-operative care to patients, diagnose and treat conditions of the genitourinary tract, and collaborate with other medical providers to ensure quality patient care.
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Responsibilities
Provide operative and non-operative care in Urology patients to diagnose, correct, treat or rehabilitate conditions, illnesses, and injuries of the genitourinary tract to include adrenal glands, kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, testicles, and external genitalia
Be qualified to approach the kidneys through the flank or peritoneal cavity
Take call proportionate to other full time Urologists at this facility, including taking after duty hours (weekdays, weekends, and holidays) call
Responsible for involving family member or members/guardians in the patient's care
Collaborate with other medical providers to ensure quality, comprehensive patient care
Perform invasive procedures; such as, prostate biopsies, cystoscopies, vasectomies, circumcisions, treatment of genital lesions, urethral meatotomies, and dorsal slits, among others
Assume total responsibility for all perioperative care for your patients
Provide urologic care to all Veterans to include spinal cord injury and female population including admissions, work-up, diagnosis, consultation, and prescribing or ordering medications
Perform urologic procedures/surgeries such as: Excision/drainage of retroperitoneal tumor/cyst, ESWL, endourologic treatment of urolithiasis and genitourinary malignancies and benign urologic conditions, treatment of female incontinence, laser ablation of prostate, lymphadenectomy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, insertion of penile prosthesis and artificial sphincters, urinary diversion including bowel substitution for conduit or reservoir, ultrasonography and US-guided biopsy of urinary tract organs, and laparoscopic and/or robotic surgeries of the genitourinary tract, open surgeries of the male genitourinary tract and female urinary tract
All other duties as assigned, pertaining to this occupation, to meet the needs of the Agency, Department, Facility, and/or Service
Qualification
Required
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
Proficiency in spoken and written English
Preferred
Board certified or Board eligible Urologist, robotically trained is preferred but not required
Benefits
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
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)
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
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