This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT & will remain open until April 4, 2025, or until all positions are filled. The first cut-off date is November 20, 2024. Eligible applications received after that date will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on an as-needed basis until positions are filled.
Applicants will remain active for 3 months after their initial application is received and/or updated. After that time, you must update your application through your USAJobs account if you would like to be made active again for possible consideration during the open period.
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Responsibilities/Duties:
- Provide treatment to patients suffering from heart problems
- Be updated on the latest heart procedures and studies as new breakthroughs are made in this field on a daily basis as it is one most researched human organ
- Design a healthy diet chart for the patient as diet affects the heart the most
- Design and educate patients on a good exercise regimen to help in quick recovery
- Keep up to date with latest CME and other continuing education, certifications
- Maintain detailed reports on each patient and also a report on their progress
- Coordinate with any other specialist the patient might be seeing
- Complete medication reconciliation with each patient encounter
- Advise patients on any alternative treatment they might be seeking
- Help the patient to fully recover from acute illnesses with properly scheduled follow up intervals.
- Fluoroscopy Procedures
- Right and left heart catheterization
- Valve studies
- Ventriculography
- Coronary Angiogram
- Endomyocardial biopsy
- Implantation of cardiac devices, including permanent pacemakers, percutaneous leadless pacemaker, ICD, and bi-ventricular ICD
- Diagnostic electrophysiology studies for brady and tachyarrhythmias
- Radiofrequency and cryotherapy catheter ablations for supraventricular tachycardias, ventricular tachycardias, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutters, and atrial tachycardias
- Three-dimensional electroanatomic mapping
- Trans-septal catheterizations
- Intracardiac echocardiography
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 0800 - 1630
Bargaining Unit Status:This position is part of the bargaining unit.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
VHA Physician Total Rewards.
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
Starting at $385,000 Per Year (VM 15)