Seeking Critical Care - Pulmonologist in beautiful Clarksburg, West Virginia VA Medical Center

Location: Clarksburg, WV (26301)
Job Type: Full Time
Sector: Healthcare
Company: Department of Veteran Affairs
Posted: 18 days ago
Reposted: 4 days ago

1 License/50 States ~ Over 49 days' off annually

Beautiful Clarksburg with its cozy population of 18,000 citizens is located at the center of West Virginia's 1-79 High Tech Corridor. The High Tech Corridor is anchored on the north by Morgantown, which is the home of West Virginia University Mountaineers, a Carnegie Foundation Research Institution and training academy for Cisco Systems and Oracle. Morgantown was recently rated the best small city in America bybizjournals.com .

Major Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Perform duties as an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Attending Physician for critical care or pulmonary patients.
  • Inpatient pulmonary consultations.
  • Perform and/or supervise procedures, including central line placement, intubation, bronchoscopy, thoracentesis, and others as required.
  • Outpatient pulmonary clinic evaluations for new and follow-up patients.
  • Interpretation of pulmonary function tests.
  • Actively involved in teaching residents and students, and will periodically direct noon conferences for their didactic training.

Tour of Duty: Monday - Friday, 8 A.M. - 4:30 P.M., with potential for some weekends, as well as on-call coverage.

Incentives:

Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP): Selectee may be eligible to apply for the EDRP.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive: Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may authorized for highly-qualified candidate.

VA Total Compensation: VA physicians enjoy all the above-mentioned benefits which increase total compensation by an average of 39% over your annual salary.

Medical License: A clean, valid medical license from any US State or Territory is all that is required to practice medicine in a VA Federal Hospital anywhere in the nation.

Salaries: VA Physician salaries are determined by a compensation panel of physicians at the facility where you practice medicine. VA salaries are very competitive and are based on physician salaries of the local market, your experience and credentials as a physician.

Job Satisfaction: VA Physicians enjoy the luxury of practicing medicine with the latest technologies and do so with no overhead costs, staff to pay, no rent on a building and no filing insurance claims. A 40 hour work week makes this a dream job for a physician with lots of time off for family and friends.

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