Physician - Emergency Medicine

OUR MISSION: Together, we honor and serve America's Veterans.

Located in the heart of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, the Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) can be found on 175 acres in historic Berkeley County and has a service area of more than 70,000 Veterans in West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The Medical Center, part of the VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5), offers a comprehensive range of services, including internal medicine, ambulatory surgery, audiology and speech pathology, dental, nursing home, nutrition, podiatry, prosthetics, women's health, mental health and rehabilitation medicine. Patient care is provided through an integrated primary care concept, and each veteran is assigned to a team of health care providers that follows the patient's care both as an inpatient and an outpatient. It is the mission of the Medical Center to honor America's Veterans as heroes by providing the highest quality health care. The employees of the Martinsburg VAMC are dedicated to improving the quality of life for eligible veterans through excellent health care.

Basic Qualifications:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, (copy of ECFMG certificate must be provided).
• Completion of residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Current, Full Unrestricted License to practice medicine.
• Board Eligible or Board-Certified in Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine or Internal Medicine physicians.
• 2 years of experience working in an Emergency Department preferred.

Duties:

• The physician working in ED must determine if a patient s symptoms may be caused by a serious medical condition. If a patient presents to the emergency department in distress, the emergency physician may be expected to do any of the following:
• Evaluation and treatment of the following body systems: skin, eye, ear, nose, throat, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, urologic, reproductive, nervous, endocrine, musculoskeletal and hematology of patients in the Emergency Room.
• Perform invasive and non-invasive procedures in ED patients, based on the ED guidelines, such as emergency resuscitation, placing intravenous line etc.
• Initial and ongoing assessment of patients' medical, physical, and psychosocial status.
• Obtain and document a comprehensive medical and psychological history and physical examination. Order appropriate diagnostic tests and interpret laboratory, studies and take appropriate action.
• Taking whatever steps are necessary to stabilize the patient for transport to another area of the hospital or transport to another hospital.
• Determining if patients need to be admitted to the hospital for further evaluation.
• Discharging some patients with instructions for self-treatment and follow-up with their personal care       physician for additional evaluation on an outpatient basis
•  Provide medical advice to patients, families, and community health providers by telephone.
•  Document patient care in the electronic health record within the prescribed time limits.
•  Attends Medical Center and community meetings, seminars, conferences.
•  Follow processes established by the Chief of ED, guidelines, MCM, Metrics and policies of VHA and facility.
•  Have the capacity to work in a teamwork environment where the priority will be to follow the VHA cores    of integrity, commitment, advocacy respect and excellence.
•   Other duties as assigned.

      Work Schedule: Rotating schedule of 8 hours shifts /7 days / 24 hours to complete 80 hours per PP                 (every 2 weeks).