Physician Rheumatologist - Full-Time - Potential Recruit Incentive / EDRP is authorized

• Performing advanced examination, diagnosis, procedures and treatment of patients with suspected and established rheumatologic disorders.
• Evaluating laboratory and clinical findings, differentiating among the various contributory causes, and prescribing appropriate treatment.
• Utilizes telehealth modalities to provide patient care in medically appropriate situations and with patient concurrence.
• Ensuring that high quality patient care is delivered in a resourceful and efficient manner.
• Performing procedures related to the specialty of Rheumatology.
• Providing management of patients requiring biologics, IV bisphosphonates and other complex medications.
• Providing care that is compassionate, appropriate, effective for the treatment of illness, promotion of health, and avoidance of disability.
• Instructing, mentoring and supervising medical students and residents in rheumatological medicine.
• Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized patient treatment plans.
• Participating in departmental quality efforts including focused professional practice evaluation, ongoing professional practice evaluation, ePerformance, and others.
• Demonstrating interpersonal and communication skills that establishes and maintains professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.

• Participating as a Clinician-Educator as part of the facility's Academic Affiliations, and for the promotion of up-to-date learning in topics related to Rheumatology.
• Working collaboratively with other specialists and Primary Care PACT teams to ensure patients receive continuous quality care.
• Other duties as assigned by Chief of Medicine, and/or Deputy Chief of Staff and/or Chief of Staff.

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), 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.

• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Additional Requirement:

• This position requires a Board Certification or Board Eligibility.

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

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]

• U.S. 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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• 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.