Are you looking for excellent benefits and working hours as a Staff Gastroenterologist? Come join us at the Hampton VA Medical Center!

OUR MISSION:  To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

Hampton has a rich and extensive 20th-century military history - home of Langley Air Force Base, the nation's first military installation dedicated solely to air power and the home of the U.S. Air Force's 633rd Air Base Wing and 1st and 192nd Fighter Wings. Hampton has been a center of military aviation training, research and development for nearly a hundred years, from early prop planes and Zeppelins to rocket parts and advanced fighters. Its proximity to Norfolk means that Hampton has long been home to many Navy families. Hampton is home to several arts venues and museums dedicated to Hampton's rich history. Notable venues in the city include The American Theater, the Casemate Museum, the Charles Taylor Visual Arts Center, Hampton History Museum, Hampton University Museum, the Performing & Creative Arts Center, and the Virginia Air & Space Center.

We are seeking a BE/BC Staff Gastroenterologist to provide exceptional care to our veterans. Role/responsibilities include:

• Provide direct patient care specific to subspecialty in the inpatient and ambulatory clinic settings.
• Provide timely screening and resolution of consultations from other disciplines in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Provide a full range of therapeutic interventions specific to subspecialty, including endoscopic procedures, to units/programs in the Medical Center to which they are assigned and have clinical privileges to practice, including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management.
• Order diagnostic tests and discriminate between normal and abnormal findings and make appropriate treatment decisions.
• Documentation of care in the medical record in keeping with the bylaws of the Medical Center.
• Provide supervisory oversight for residents, fellows, medical students, NP/PA students, as appropriate, who are assigned to the Pulmonary Service.
• Provide supervisory oversight of the clinical care on the inpatient service and ambulatory clinic of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants as appropriate.
• Participates effectively in team meetings and treatment planning conferences, and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care.
• Provides weekend and holiday coverage of the gastroenterology consultation service in rotation with other staff gastroenterologist.
• Provide weekend and holiday coverage of the medical inpatient service in rotation at a frequency determined by the Chief of Medicine or Chief of Staff.

Work Schedule: Monday: Friday; 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

The Hampton, VA Coastal Healthcare System provides healthcare services to approximately 50,000 Veterans in 9 cities across the area. 

BENEFITS:

o Flexible work schedules and shifts
o Low patient-provider ratios
o Robust insurance coverage
o The ability to work anywhere in the country with one active license
o Stable employment with competitive salary and regular pay increases
o 37-50 days annual paid time off (13-26 days paid annual leave, 13 days paid annual sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays) in addition to other leave options including paid parental leave
o Generous education support programs, including loan repayment and reimbursement
o Unprecedented federal retirement benefits including a traditional pension (5 years’ vesting) and a federal 401K (TSP) with up to 5% in employer contributions

About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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