Urologist Physician

Job Summary

The Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration is seeking a highly skilled Physician Urologist to join our team. As a Physician Urologist, you will be responsible for providing high-quality patient care, conducting surgeries, and managing patient workload.

Responsibilities

• Participate in and/or manage all aspects of a general urology surgery program, to include clinical, administrative, academic, and research components.
• Manage patient workload within available staffing, which may include support of physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and residents.
• Coordinate care with VA's tertiary care facilities and VA-DoD sharing partners and be responsible for the structure and details of the physician rounding schedules and nighttime coverage systems relevant to the care of the urological patient.
• Perform the usual administrative components of patient care management, including documentation of progress notes and consultation findings in an electronic medical record, dictation and electronic signature of operative reports and hospital discharge summaries, and electronic entry and signature of all doctor's orders for inpatients and outpatients.
• Provide surgical treatment for genitourinary injury and diseases, including major and minor procedures, consultations for inpatients and outpatients, and participate in VA-approved cooperative research studies.
• Involved in performance improvement and quality assurance initiatives. Provides leadership guidance and consultation to staff on units to which assigned.
• Serve as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees and assist in implementation of treatment plan as appropriate regarding their patients.

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.
• 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.
• 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 Experience: Urology Board certified