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EM/IM Physicians NEEDED FAYETTEVILLE, NC
Greenbelt, Maryland, United States
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Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Emergency Medicine
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time Locums/Travel Part-Time/Contract
Work Environment Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) Academic/Training Program Hospital Clinic/Private Practice
Location Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 2/13/15
PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT
1.1 Services Required
1. Scope of Work: The Contractor shall provide Board Certified Emergency Department (ED) Physician Services for the VA Medical Center Fayetteville, North Carolina. ED physician services shall be required twenty-four (24) hours per day, three hundred sixty five (365) days per year, including all weekends and federal holidays observed by VAMC Fayetteville, NC. The current needs assessment conducted by the Fayetteville VA indicates that (5) physicians are the ideal number of personnel to meet the overall need, 2 for dayshift, 2 for nightshift, 1 for weekends.
a. Contractor personnel shall support the ED and shall be responsible for evaluation, treatment and disposition of all patients to the ED including writing short term orders on patients that are admitted. Each physician shall be spending 100% of time performing patient care services which includes the input of data entry requirements into CPRS.
b. Improve current ED processes by: 1) meeting customer’s needs, 2) assuring that physicians provide consistent and timely coverage, and 3) ensuring that all patients who present to the ED shall be evaluated and disposition made in a timely manner, making for seamless patient flow throughout the facility.
c. Increase the number of positive peer reviews, reducing the need for monitoring of competencies and assessments and improving computerized data entry of chart documentation and appropriate disposition of patients.
d. Improve overall customer satisfaction by decreasing wait times to be seen, increasing responsiveness to patient questions and minimizing customer complaints.
e. Obtain appropriate consultation from on-call specialists and communicate pertinent medical information to other health care providers or institutions, and be prepared to communicate pro-actively regarding patient status for transition of patients to other facilities and services.
f. Have active, verifiable, quality control procedures that will provide an accurate assessment of performance objectives. These measurements will be indicative of quality of service being provided and will be used to improve services to VA.



1.2. Place of Performance: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), 2300 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301
Period of Performance: Base year, plus four (4) one (1) year options
This position will accept BC Internal Medicine Physicians or BC EM Physicians