*The all-in Locum Tenens rate for this position is $250.00/hour.*

Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is currently recruiting Locum Tenens and Full-time Cardiologists to support Veterans Affairs (VA) medical activities at the Wilkes-Barre VAMC located at 1111 East End BLVD, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711. Multiple positions are available. The Cardiologists shall cover the range of general cardiology services as would be provided in a state-of-the-art civilian medical treatment facility and the standard of care shall be of a quality, meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards. Hours are Mon-Fri, 8:00am-4:30pm.

Ansible Government Solutions, LLC (Ansible) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) providing Federal customers with solutions in many arenas. Our customers face wide-ranging challenges in the fields of national security, health care, and information technology. To address these challenges, we employ intelligent and committed staff who take care of our customers’ success as if it is their own.

Responsibilities

• 99% of the time involved in direct patient care
• Provides diagnostic cardiology care
• Patient assessment and cardiac care management, including but not limited to seeing and assessing patients in the cardiology clinic, and as a backup to staff physicians echo, holters, and ECG interpretation; stat studies will be interpreted and signed off the same day; routine studies need to be completed and signed off within 5 (five) working days; all outpatient clinic notes and encounters will be completed and signed off within 24 hours of seeing the patient, inpatient notes and encounters must be completed same day
• Correspondence with VA providers
• Provides clinical, diagnostic cardiology services
• Present on time for any scheduled clinics/procedures as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time
• Maintains a collegial relationship with all staff members
• Approximate case load is as follows: 18x 20-min slots per day for F/U patients and new patients get 2x 20-min slots
• Provides consultative services at the patient’s bedside if the patient is not ambulatory and in the clinic setting if the patient is able to report to the outpatient clinic
• Follows all established medication policies and procedures; no sample medications shall be provided to patients.
• Provides discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all cardiology patients
• 1% related administrative duties and meetings

Qualifications

• Current, full, and unrestricted license(s) to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia
• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) certification
• Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Current American Heart Association Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• DEA license
• 3x professional references (name, title, facility, email and/or telephone)
• Copy of medical degree