Staff Physician - Multiple Specialties (Internal to El Paso Veterans Affairs Health Care System)

This is an open continuous announcement established to enable Physicians within the El Paso VA Health Care System to communicate their desired interest for reassignment to a different physician position within the El Paso VA HCS.

Applicants to this announcement should update their application every 90 days to be considered for internal reassignments.

NOTE: This announcement will remain open until filled. Applications will be reviewed weekly or at the request of management.

Applicants will be referred as vacancies become available within the following sections:

• Anesthesiology
• Cardiology
• ENT
• Endocrinology
• Family Medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Geriatrics
• Gynecology
• Infectious Disease
• Internal Medicine
• Neurology
• Oncology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopedics
• Primary Care
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonology
• Radiology
• Sleep Medicine
• Surgery
• Urology

Locations:

• Main Clinic: 5001 N. Piedras Street, El Paso, TX 79930
• Eastside CBOC: 2400 Trawood Drive Ste. 200, El Paso, TX 79936
• Westside CBOC: 1870 Northwestern Drive, El Paso, TX 79912
• Northeast CBOC: 5229 Sanders Ave., El Paso, TX 79924
• Las Cruces CBOC: 3401 Del Rey Blvd., Las Cruces, NM 88012
• South Central CBOC (Behavioral Health facility): 350 Revere Street, El Paso, TX 79905
• Sleep Center: 1250 E. Cliff Ste. B, El Paso, TX 79902

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Duties and responsibilities will vary based on the specialty of the position.
Work Schedule: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (Monday through Friday) and may vary based on the needs of the facility.
Telework: Ad/Hoc Telework may be available, depending on specialty and needs of the servicing department for each position.
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): may only be available to certain specialties.
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

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. 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 allopathic 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 accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA), in the list published for the year the residency, or fellowship if applicable, was completed; OR
  • (2) One year of post medical school training (internship, first year of residency, or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States; OR
  • (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement), 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.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Preferred Experience:

• Board Certified/Board Eligible in the specified specialty
• 3+ years of experience as a Physician
• Strong customer service skills
• Excellent Communication Skills (Written & Verbal)
• Experience in utilizing electronic medical record system

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: Physical aspects associated with work required of this assignment are typical for the occupation and would generally not require a pre-placement examination.

Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are:

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted.
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made that the medical school meets (or met) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirement for year graduated.

NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.