Amazing Endocrinologist Opportunity in the beautiful city of Milwaukee - Department of Veterans Affairs
Description
We are seeking a part-time, .625 FTE Endocrinologist, to provide care at the Clement J. Zablocki VAMC. This position will involve clinical work, administrative work, and teaching MCW students, residents, and fellows. The candidate should be comfortable providing exceptional clinical care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The candidate should also have experience and/or interest in research.The candidate should be eligible for an academic appointment with the Medical College of Wisconsin as the remaining FTEE will be at the affiliate.
Clinical and call responsibilities may include coverage of the Zablocki VA and affiliated Green Bay Outpatient Clinic. Clinical responsibilities at MCW facilities and Froedtert Hospital are also expected.About Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
The Clement J.
Zablocki VA Medical Center is located on the western edge of Milwaukee and part of VA Integrated Services Network 12 (VISN 12), which includes facilities in Iron Mountain, MI; Tomah and Madison, WI, and North Chicago, Hines, and Chicago.
The Medical Center delivers primary, secondary, and tertiary medical care in 166 acute operating beds and provides over 600,000 visits annually through an extensive outpatient program.
The nursing home care unit of 113 beds offers geriatric programming and the 356 domiciliary beds are the locus of programs in Substance Abuse Rehabilitation, Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder care.
Special programs include interventional radiology, cardiac surgery, comprehensive cancer care including radiation therapy, an extensive telemedicine program with the Iron Mountain, MI VAMC, a new Spinal Cord Injury Unit opening in the summer of 2011, and, in long term care, a Geriatric Evaluation and Management Program and a palliative care program.
The Medical Center is the VA Great Lakes Health Care System's northern tier hub for both imaging, and pathology/ laboratory medicine.
The Clement J. Zablocki V.A.Medical Center has Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) in Appleton and Green Bay, serving 11 counties in North Central Wisconsin; in Union Grove, serving 4 counties in Southeastern Wisconsin, and in Cleveland, serving 4 counties in East Central Wisconsin.
These programs serve a veteran population of roughly 250,000 in southeastern and east central Wisconsin.The Medical Center partners with the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for Veterans Issues, Ltd., the Guest House of Milwaukee, and New Community Shelter to deliver 140 beds of transitional housing for homeless Veterans in Racine, Milwaukee, and Green Bay, WI.
In addition, the Medical Center partners with four Judicial Districts in Wisconsin to increase access to Veterans Treatment Courts for justice-involved Veterans.
Substance Abuse Rehabilitation, Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder care are offered in 205 Mental Health Residential and Rehabilitation Program.
About the City of MilwaukeeMilwaukee is the largest city in the State of Wisconsin, the 31st most populous city in the United States, and 39th most populous region in the United States.
It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the City of Milwaukee has a population of 594,833.Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee–Racine–Waukesha Metropolitan Area with a population of 2,040,498 as of an official 2013 estimate.
Known for its brewing traditions, major new additions to the city include the Milwaukee Riverwalk, the Wisconsin Center, Miller Park, an internationally renowned addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, and Pier Wisconsin, as well as major renovations to the U.S.
Listed in the 1999 Guinness Book of World Records as the largest music festival in the world, for the last several years Summerfest has attracted around a million visitors each year to its eleven stages.
Milwaukee is home to a variety of primarily ethnically themed festivals throughout the summer.Held generally on the lakefront Summerfest grounds, these festivals span several days (typically Friday plus the weekend) and celebrate Milwaukee's history and diversity.
In 2008 Riversplash, which markets itself as 'the official opening of summer', kicks off festival season on the last weekend of May.
Festivals for the LGBT (PrideFest) and Polish (Polish Fest) communities follow in June. Summerfest spans 11 days at the end of June and beginning of July. Milwaukee hosts the Great Circus Parade in July. There are French (Bastille Days), Greek, Italian (FestaItaliana) and German (German Fest) festivals in July. The African, Arab, Irish, Mexican, and American Indian events wrap it up from August through September. Milwaukee is also home to Trainfest, the largest operating model railroad show in America, in November.(Source:
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