Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Physician Opportunity Job at Memphis VA Medical Center-Department of Veterans Affairs, Memphis, TN

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  • Memphis VA Medical Center-Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Memphis, TN

Job Description

The Memphis VA Medical Center has an opening for a Pulmonary Critical Care Sleep (PCCS) Staff Physician with a dual academic appointment with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). The position reports directly to the Chief of Specialty Care and will work in conjunction with other members of the PCCS and/or subspecialty team to provide evidence-based patient-centered care to Veterans. Above all, the PCCS Physician is expected to provide care that exhibits patience, compassionate, appropriateness, effective for the promotion of health, prevention, and treatment of diseases.

The Medical Center consists of one main campus and ten community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). It’s a 1a complexity tertiary care VA healthcare system located in one of the fastest growing Veteran population regions in the United States. The facility provides comprehensive care to over 47,000 Veterans in a 52-county area of Western Tennessee, Northern Mississippi, and Northeast Arkansas. It includes 236 inpatient beds with a 26-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs.

Duties include but are not limited to:

The PCCS Staff Physician will provide care and lead daily patent care clinical rounds, and discharge planning with members of the interdisciplinary team in ICU, Pulmonary outpatient service and Pulmonary consult service, as well as Sleep services when required. The PCCS Staff Physician will participate in the call schedule by rotation as assigned by the Service/Section Chiefs. The PCCS Physician is required to be able to demonstrate sound decision-making skills in both clinical and administrative areas, including participation in committees as a member, or as chair if the situation arises. In addition, the PCCS Physician will serve as a preceptor to Residents, Medical Students, and Fellows in PCCS discipline.

Requirements:

  • MD/DO
  • BE/EC in PCCS
  • Eligible for a Faculty Appointment at UTHSC
  • Full and unrestricted license from ANY state
  • US Citizenship
  • Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language
  • Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to establish professional relationships: Patients, Colleagues, VA Staff

Job Tags

Full time,

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