Staff Physician (Allergy/Immunology)
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Description: Department of Veterans Affairs is employing Staff Physician (Allergy/Immunology) right now, this vacancy will be settled in Texas. More complete informations about this vacancy opportunity please read the description below. VACANCY
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (VIN): 945753
This position is Part-Time with potential to Full-Time.
OUR MISSION To fulfill Preside! nt Lincoln's promise - "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" - 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 care to Veterans?
The South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) is comprised of two inpatient campuses: the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San Antonio and the Kerrville VA Hospital in Kerrville, Texas. The STVHCS serves one of the largest primary service areas in the nation, with 63 counties, and is part of the VA Heart of Texas Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN 17), with offices located in Arlington, Texas. Providing a service to Veterans with a working staff of more than 3,100 employees, South Texas provides health care services for 93,000 Veterans. The STVHCS is a facility providing primary, secondary and tertiary health care in medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and rehabilitati! on medicine. It also supports a 90 bed Extended Care Therapy C! enter, a 30-bed Spinal Cord Injury Center, an eight-bed Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, and a Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center. Affiliated with the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, the system has an active ambulatory care program with numerous satellite outpatient clinics.
VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities.
City of San Antonio Information
:
http://www.sanantonio.gov/
As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities and leadership positions at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the Nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits A! dministration and National Cemeteries. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work
and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities. For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to
http://www.vacareers.va.gov/
NOTE:
Applicant's education and length
of practice (experience) will be considered by a Professional Standards Board
and Compensation Panel in determining the salary of the applicant selected.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply.
The health related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered
by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
Applications that are received by 11:59
PM (EST) on September 9, 2013, will be considered first. If no selection is
made from the first group of applications, applications that are received after
Se! ptember 9, 2013, will be reviewed and referred for consideration as the! y are
received.
This is an open continuous announcement. We accept
applications for this occupation on an ongoing basis.
A
relocation or recruitment
incentive
is not authorized.
Relocation
expenses: Relocation
expenses
are not authorized.
The
payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) is not authorized.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
Must pass pre-employment examination.
Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.
Background and/or Security Investigation required.
DUTIES:
The Medicine Service Mission is to lead
satisfied staff dedicated to providing high quality patient centered care here
at STVHCS, a great tertiary training and research Veteran's Hospital. The Staff
Physician (Allergy/Immunology) position supports this mission through
administrative dependability, direct patient care, and support of their
Sec! tion's educational and research activities.
The physician must identify health
problems and design diagnostic and therapeutic plans to meet patient needs.
Incumbent will coordinate activities of other health service personnel, resolve
problems affecting patient care and provide appropriate education for patient
and/or family members regarding the patient's illness, care and management.
Administrative
Duties
include, but are not limited to, Leadership responsibilities; HR;Staff
Management; Time/Leave Management and Clinical Management.
Clinical Duties
include, but are not limited to, Patient Care; Medical/Clinical Knowledge;
Clinical Judgment; Interpersonal & Communication Skills; Professionalism
and System-Based Practice; Allergy/Immunology.
Education/Teaching Duties:
Practitioners are
expected to show effective in teaching, monitoring, and coordinating
educational activ! ities, and comply with necessary trainee supervision
requirements. !
Research Duties,
(if applicable): Physician researchers will show an ability to identify and
define significant Research and Development problems, to plan and execute a
precise research program, and to generate effective reports and results worthy
of publication.
Researchers are
responsible for oversight of any research staff that they supervise.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
A pre-placement physical examination will be completed prior to
appointment to determine the physical and mental fitness of candidates. The
examination will be concerned with the mental and physical ability of the
applicant to satisfactorily perform the duties of the proposed assignment and
will include requisite laboratory and other screening as required by Federal
regulatory agencies. Physician applicants must have the mental and physical
ability to perform core privileges required by the specialty position in
! addition to any specialty privileges requested.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
In
order to qualify for this position you must meet the following:
Basic Requirements
:
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
Degree
of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of
education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
Current,
full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State,
Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia
First-Year
Residency (Internship)
Preferred
Experience:
It is desirable that the physician be board certified/eligible in Allergy and Immunology.
Proof of
current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) training at the time of credentialing and privileging
and re-privileging will be required.
IN
DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERI! ENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE
ASSUMPTIONS REG! ARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
Reference:
VA
Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification
Standard.
This can
be found in the local Human Resources Office.
PLEASE
NOTE
:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the
U.S. Department of Education.
Applicants
can verify accreditation at the following website:
http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html
.
All education claimed by applicants will be
verified by the appointing agency accordingly.
If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements,
you will be asked to produce a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency.
Veterans'
Preference:
When
applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on the
Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and p! rovide a legible copy
of your DD-214(s), SF-15 (as applicable) and/or documentation related to your
active duty service which shows dates of service, character of service
(honorable, general, etc.), or dates of impending separation.
For more information, please review the information
for disabled Veterans in the application
checklist
or visit
http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx
.
HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:
Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting
documentation will be reviewed.
Please
follow all instructions carefully.
Errors
or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
In
describing your experience, please be clear and specific.
We may not make assumptions regarding your
experience.
BENEFITS:
Working
for the Department of Veterans Affairs offers a comprehensive benefits
packag! e that includes, in part, paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, life
Federal Employees Retirement System. This link provides an overview of the
benefits currently offered. For more information please visit
us at
http://www.va.gov/JOBS/Job_Benefits/benefits.asp
.
NOTE:
Applicant's education and length of practice (experience)
will be considered by a Compensation Panel in determining the salary
of the applicant selected.
OTHER INFORMATION:
This job opportunity announcement may be used to
fill additional vacancies.
VA encourages persons with
disabilities to apply.
The health
related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the
Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
- .
If you were eligible to this vacancy, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Department of Veterans Affairs.
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