- Responsible for the perioperative needs of outpatients cared for in the Perioperative Clinic.
- Provides direct patient care in the perioperative clinic setting.
- Responsible for providing the education and evaluation of medical students, residents, and other learners in the perioperative clinic.
- Orders diagnostic tests and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions.
- Provides the patient with a risk assessment of the proposed surgery and instructions on what medications to take and not take perioperatively.
- Provides the surgeon and anesthesia specialist with instructions on thrombophlebitis prophylaxis, chronic disease management, obstructive sleep apnea management, the need for additional consultation, and any other information to enhance surgical outcomes.
- Provides the primary care physician or nurse practitioner with any pertinent information discovered during the evaluation of a patient.
- Assures prompt consultation to all surgical specialties needing perioperative assessment prior to surgery.
- Provides or delegates prompt e-consultation for preoperative patients not requiring a clinic visit.
- Responds promptly to MyHealthEVet requests from patients related to their perioperative clinic visits.
- Processes all Perioperative Clinic consult requests in CPRS appropriately responding to
the urgency of the request. - Provides all clinic staff physicians with patient and learner assignments for each half-day clinic.
- Coordinates a proper patient mix of face-to-face, telehealth, and e-consult patient evaluations.
- Manages care of patient between the time of consult and time of surgery to ensure optimal preoperative health. This includes the management of common medical problems and ordering rehabilitation as needed.
- Addresses administrative duties as designated by the Chief of Surgery to include preventive medicine, emergency preparedness, and completion of all VA-required education including BLS and ACLS to ensure that all activities comply with all Joint Commission and medical center requirements.
- Applies and maintains academic credentials permitting training of learners from different medical and associated health specialties.
- Responsible for the development of clinical, educational, and research programs for the service in meeting measured performance objectives, cross-service coordination, and in affiliation with the University of Tennessee.
- Ensures quality assurances related to the perioperative clinic and the delivery of health care by participating in service, care-line, and institutional peer reviews; gathering and responding to reports of contact, incident reports, signed statements, and customer
service complaints; participates in root cause analysis. - Participates effectively in team meetings and various committees such as treatment planning conferences, education committees, and other required care-line and institutional assigned committees.
- Other duties as assigned by the Chief of Staff within clinical privileges to meet the needs of the organization.
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Physician (Perioperative Staff Physician) - Memphis, United States - Department Of Veterans Affairs
Description
Summary
This position functions as a Physician of a Perioperative Clinic who maintains professional, technical, and administrative knowledge, competencies, and skills to provide effective care and timely, quality, responses to patients' clinical needs and problems in both the clinic and operating room settings. The Physician of the Perioperative Clinic will work under the supervision of the Section Chief of the Perioperative Clinic.
Duties
NOTE - This position will be open until filled. Applications will be sent to the hiring manager every two weeks.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.
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
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