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Physician (Fee-Basis, Covering Spinal Cord Injury Ward)
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Orthopedics-Spine
Salary
$520
– $520
• yearly
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
East Orange, New Jersey, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
6/29/16
This position is a Lump-Sum Fee Basis attending Physician for Spinal Cord Injury/Disorder Service (SCI/D). The pay listed is per day. This announcement is open to SCI, PM&RS, Internal Medicine and Family Medicine trained physicians. The Spinal Cord Injury/Disorders Department of the VA New Jersey Health Care System is recruiting providers to do per diem inpatient coverage on the weekends and holidays at the East OrangeCampus. Eligible candidates are thosetrained in Spinal Cord Medicine or who have experience with caring for patients with spinal cord injury or disordersor who have experience with working in acute or sub-acute rehabilitation settings. The inpatient SCI/D unit onlyhas 14 beds and the attending physician is expected to come in to do rounds with the on call PM&RS resident which usually takes no more than 2-3 hours in the facility (rounds, care discussions, resident supervision and documentation of notes). The attending physician is also expected to be available by phone to take calls and give direction as indicated. This is usually at a minimum especially if all issues are addressed while on rounds. Emergencies and urgent change in patients' conditions are appropriately addressed via the Rapid Response System the facility has in place. We will provide the covering attendings with access from home to the VA's electronic medical record system for easy access to perform chart review, etc as the patient care dictates. Work Schedule: Intermittent, Weekends, Holiday, On-Call Functional Statement Title/#: Physician /.jb-duties Wrapper for estimated pay section $520 $520 End Wrapper for estimated pay section Job Details Application Open Date 11/10/2015 Application Close Date 11/9/2016 end job-details left Organization Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration Who May Apply This is an open and continuous announcement. Qualified applicants will be referrd to the selecting official on a regular basis. Status Intermittent end job-details right end mystery div end job-details