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Physician (Ophthalmologist) Medical Retina

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Dayton, Ohio, United States, 45444

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Physician (Ophthalmologist) Medical Retina 1 week ago Be among the first 25 applicants

Base pay range $350,000.00/yr - $400,000.00/yr

Summary The 2-page Resume requirement DOES NOT apply to this occupational series. For more information - refer to Required Documents below. The Dayton - Ohio VAMC is seeking a full-time Ophthalmologist to join their Surgical Care team. The Ophthalmologist will perform primary clinical and surgical duties. The incumbent will be expected to manage and treat a wide variety of general ophthalmic conditions.

Qualifications To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements

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

Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia

Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification

(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) -OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences

Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs)

PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis

PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged

rather - they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision

Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs

Proficiency in spoken and written English

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/

Physical Requirements: The incumbent must be able to perform all activities of the position without restriction

This position may involve standing - walking - stooping - bending - reaching - lifting - and turning

The work may involve going up and down flights of stairs.

Duties

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)

L icensure: 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

Duties include but are not limited to:

A-and B-mode ultrasound examination

Anterior limbal approach or pars plana automated vitrectomy

Conjunctiva surgery - including grafts - flaps - tumors - pterygium - pinguecula

Corneal surgery - including diathermy - traumatic repair but excluding keratoplasty - keratotomy and refractive surgery

Corneal/scleral laceration repair

Cryotherapy for ciliary body for uncontrolled painful glaucoma

Glaucoma surgery with intraoperative/postoperative antimetabolite therapy - primary trabeculectomy surgery

Glaucoma - reoperation - Seton/tube surgery

Injection of intravitreal medications

Intra and extracapsular cataract extraction with or without lens implant - or phacoemulsification

Laser procedures - including peripheral iridotomy - trabeculoplasty - pupilloplasty - gonio/iridoplasty

suture lysis

pan-retinal photocoagulation - macular photocoagulation - repair of retinal tears/retinopexy - capsulotomy - cyclophotocoagulation - sclerostomy

Lid and ocular adnexal surgery - including plastic procedures - chalazion - ptosis - repair of malposition - repair of laceration - blepharospasm repair - tumors - flaps - enucleation - evisceration

Nasolacrimal surgery including dacryocystectomy - dacryocystorhinostomy - excision of lacrimal sac mass - probing and irrigation - balloon dacryoplasty

Orbit surgery - including removal of the globe and contents of the orbit - exploration by lateral orbitotomy - exenteration - blowouts - rim repairs - tumor and foreign body removal

Perform History and Physical exam

Removal of anterior or posterior segment foreign body

Retrobulbar or peribulbar injections for medical delivery or chemical denervation for pain control

Strabismus surgery

Use of local anesthetics and parenteral sedation for ophthalmologic conditions

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 7:30am - 4:00pm

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Health Care Provider

Industries: Government Administration

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