Neurologist

The Neurologist has prescriptive authority and is responsible for diagnosing and treating acute and chronic neurologic care problems, coordinating activities of other health service personnel, and prescribing medication and treatments. The Neurologist is responsible for maintaining professional, technical, and administrative knowledge, competencies, and skills to provide effective, timely and quality responses to patients who present themselves with acute or emergent health care problems.

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBIITES:

1. Demonstrates commitment to high quality customer service, including specific measures identified as performance goal measures by the Medical Center.
2. Participates in and attends medical center committees as assigned by the Chief of Medicine and the Chief of Staff.
3. Reviews OPPE/FPPE's as requested.
4. Identifies individual professional learning needs and participates in formal programs, continuing education study, workshops, seminars, conferences, as well as self-directed learned and facility wide mandatory TMS training. Incumbent will maintain professional certification.
5. Actively participates in the Performance Improvement Process of the medical center and/or assigned CBOC. Integrates pertinent aspects of the performance improvement program into his/her professional practice.
6. Participates in peer review process when requested.

CLINICAL RESPONSIBLITIES:

1. Provides a full range of neurological services for a diverse group of Veterans, including diagnosis, treatment, and will perform as a consultant or staff physician for our inpatient service. He/she will be required to review medical records, perform medical histories and physicals, review laboratory tests, radiology, and other special studies.
2. Evaluate, triage, and prioritize consult requests to ensure timely care for patients suspected of having disorders of the nervous system.
3. Demonstrate sound decision-making skills, both clinical and administrative, which bring credit to the profession and serve to enhance the distinctive and contributory role of physicians.
4. Facilitate the delivery of appropriate patient care in collaboration with other health professionals, medical center staff, and management.
5. Participates in multidisciplinary activities involving the treatment plan and discharge plans of patients.
6. Exhibits leadership in initiating changes in patient care programs based on current concepts and finding from research and studies. Keeps informed of developments in the management and treatment of diseases and illness through continuing medical education, both formal and informal.
7. Successfully integrates patient care activities on Clinical Services and other patient care programs at the medical center and in the community such as Social Work, Prosthetics, Home Based Primary Care (HBPC), and private nursing homes.
8. Consistently demonstrates expertise in diagnosing and treating seriously ill, multi-symptomatic patients when clinical assignments so dictate.
9. Completes all medical record documentation in CPRS within prescribed timeframes and accuracy.
10. Includes patient/family/significant other/health care provider in establishing realistic and measurable goals related to health education and treatment plan and in planning care on a continuum; assists staff in the process of mutual goal setting.
11. Demonstrates skill in implementation of clinical practice guidelines and protocols for patients with complex medical care needs.
12. Utilizes problem solving methodologies to resolve problems that impact patient care or staff performance and makes decisions based on professional standards.
13. Prescribe pharmacotherapeutic and non-pharmacotherapeutic regimes according to clinical privileges.
14. Monitors and evaluates patients' responses to treatment plans.
15. Promote professional development through independent study and by attending education programs to increase knowledge base and maintain professional certification

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

Work Schedule: Part-Time, 20 hours per week, discuss with Supervisor