Without Compensation Vascular Surgeon

This position serves as Without Compensation Vascular Surgeon within the San Francisco VA Medical Center, Surgical Service. The SFVA Surgical Service strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experiences and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings, and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden. Please note: There is no pay associated with this position.

Vascular Surgery Duties: Percutaneous diagnostic angiography and venography Endovascular therapy including transluminal angioplasty, placement of stents and stent grafts, pharmacomechanical thrombectomy and placement of thrombolysis catheters Endovascular aortic aneurysm and acute aortic dissection repair Open arterial embolectomy, endarterectomy, direct repair and bypass surgery Open aneurysm repair Carotid angioplasty and stent Wound incision and drainage, fasciotomy and limb or digit amputation Surgical ICU: Surgical ICU- Routine Post-Op, Care within board specialty area includes all routine post-op care including: pain management, fluid and electrolyte administration, wound care, drains, bronchodilator & other respiratory therapy medications.

Nutritional support including central venous access and TPN and enteral nutrition includes: Current competence placement of central lines and the indications for and administration of TPN and enteral feedings. Hemodynamic monitoring & resuscitation includes: placement and use of central venous lines, arterial lines, and/or pulmonary artery catheters. Resuscitation with fluids, blood and vasoactive/isotropic medications.

Must have current competence in placement and use of central-arterial lines and the management of patients in shock. Management of single multiple organ system failure includes: Experience in managing critically ill patients with one or several organs involved. This includes coordinating the management of the patient with the use of specialty consulting teams. Ventilator management includes: Current Competence in the use of ventilators in critically ill patients, including criteria for extubation, weaning protocols, etc.

Other duties as assigned. Pay: This is a Without Compensation position. Work Schedule: On-Call (Without Compensation) Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Without Compensation Vascular Surgeon/PD00000

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.

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. Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA), in the list published for the year the residency, or fellowship if applicable, was completed; OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship, first year of residency, or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States; OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.' Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs).

PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs. In rare and unusual circumstances, the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer, who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience, accomplishments, performance, and qualifications warrant such action.

Proficiency in spoken and written English. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: Applicants must meet physical standards for the position. A physical examination prior to placement is required. This is a designated drug testing position. After appointment, you will be subject to random testing for illegal drug use.

Requires lifting 15-44 pounds; pushing (approx. 2 hours); reaching above shoulder; use of fingers and both hands; walking and standing from 3-5 hours and kneeling. Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously. Must have depth perception and ability to distinguish basic colors and shades of colors. Hearing aid is permitted.