Physician / North Carolina / Permanent / Pulmonologist/Critical Care Job
Kurz Solutions
Salisbury, NC, 28144, USA
Salisbury, NC, 28144, USA
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- Pulmonologist
- Critical Care
- Bronchoscopy
This position is for a board-certified Pulmonologist/Critical Care physician providing inpatient and outpatient pulmonary services at the Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, North Carolina. Responsibilities include performing pulmonary procedures such as bronchoscopies and thoracentesis, offering 24/7 consultative care, managing patient rounds, and participating in quality management and peer review activities. This role requires strong clinical skills, adherence to VA policies, and collaboration to ensure timely and effective veteran healthcare delivery.
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The Community - Salisbury, North Carolina
Calm and quaint, Salisbury North Carolina has a bit of a hometown feel for everybody. It's not a big place, and not filled with the loud, hustle-bustle that you would find in a big city and thank goodness for that! Its old center is well preserved and the beauty this country holds abounds. Because it's a small town, don't be so quick to write it off as a boring, droll place to be as there are always so many things happening in Salisbury! From festivals to concerts, to craft shows and sporting events. Not to mention Salisbury and the surrounding areas offers an ample selection of choices for outdoor recreation, from walking the parks to enjoying nearby High Rock Lake. Take advantage of its arts and theater opportunities including taking in a visit to their museums and galleries, or at one of their three theaters, or even enjoy taking in a show with their world class symphony! Whether you're here short or long term, you're sure to have a grand old time!
Learn more about Salisbury here!
About the Facility - W. G. Salisbury VAMC (Hefner VA Medical Center)
Since 1953, Hefner VAMC has been improving the health of the men and women who have so proudly served our nation. We consider it our privilege to serve your health care needs in any way we can. Primary and secondary inpatient health care are available to more than 287,000 veterans living in a 21-county area of the Central Piedmont Region of North Carolina. This includes the Charlotte area with over 100,000 veterans, and the Winston-Salem area with 65,000 veterans. In addition to our main facility in Salisbury, we offer services in three community-based outpatient clinics/health care centers. These clinics are located in Charlotte and Kernersville.
Inpatient services include acute medicine, cardiology, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, as well as sub-acute and extended care. Primary and specialized outpatient services are provided at the medical center complex and the outlying clinics. Services are also provided at the Veterans Outreach Centers in Greensboro and Charlotte. Contractual extended care is provided through an extensive residential care treatment program and a community nursing home program.
Facility Address: 1601 Brenner Ave, Salisbury North Carolina, 28144
RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to)
REQUIREMENTS
KurzSolutions is committed to improving health outcomes by providing well-managed companies with the top healthcare talent in the market.
The Community - Salisbury, North Carolina
Calm and quaint, Salisbury North Carolina has a bit of a hometown feel for everybody. It's not a big place, and not filled with the loud, hustle-bustle that you would find in a big city and thank goodness for that! Its old center is well preserved and the beauty this country holds abounds. Because it's a small town, don't be so quick to write it off as a boring, droll place to be as there are always so many things happening in Salisbury! From festivals to concerts, to craft shows and sporting events. Not to mention Salisbury and the surrounding areas offers an ample selection of choices for outdoor recreation, from walking the parks to enjoying nearby High Rock Lake. Take advantage of its arts and theater opportunities including taking in a visit to their museums and galleries, or at one of their three theaters, or even enjoy taking in a show with their world class symphony! Whether you're here short or long term, you're sure to have a grand old time!
Learn more about Salisbury here!
About the Facility - W. G. Salisbury VAMC (Hefner VA Medical Center)
Since 1953, Hefner VAMC has been improving the health of the men and women who have so proudly served our nation. We consider it our privilege to serve your health care needs in any way we can. Primary and secondary inpatient health care are available to more than 287,000 veterans living in a 21-county area of the Central Piedmont Region of North Carolina. This includes the Charlotte area with over 100,000 veterans, and the Winston-Salem area with 65,000 veterans. In addition to our main facility in Salisbury, we offer services in three community-based outpatient clinics/health care centers. These clinics are located in Charlotte and Kernersville.
Inpatient services include acute medicine, cardiology, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, as well as sub-acute and extended care. Primary and specialized outpatient services are provided at the medical center complex and the outlying clinics. Services are also provided at the Veterans Outreach Centers in Greensboro and Charlotte. Contractual extended care is provided through an extensive residential care treatment program and a community nursing home program.
Facility Address: 1601 Brenner Ave, Salisbury North Carolina, 28144
RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to)
- Shall perform Pulmonary services, to include providing Intensive Care/Critical Care services and inpatient/outpatient services for the Department of Veteran Affairs at the Shreveport location.
- Shall perform procedures such as: thoracentesis, central line placement, arterial line placements, bronchoscopies, bedside bronchoscopies, intubation procedures, patient rounding, bedside echo, PFT interpretations. Additional skill sets such as sleep study interpretations and EBUS procedures will be supported.
- Shall provide inpatient consultation. Pulmonologist(s) shall be available for consultative care 24/7 for all inpatient care. The pulmonologist physician shall be reachable by pager or other telecommunication device(s), at the request of a referring physician, to discuss a patient's case to ensure the patient is seen in a timely fashion and to expedite any required care.
- Shall provide on-call services. Schedule of this TBD.
- Shall provide review of consults and triaging daily.
- Medications: Physician(s) shall follow all established medication policies and procedures.
- Discharge education: Shall provide discharge education and follow-up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all emergency department patients.
- Shall provide post-procedure evaluation, follow-up and clinical consultation regarding complications of procedures.
- Clinical Notes and Encounters: ALL notes and encounters must be completed in a prompt and timely fashion relative to the occurrence of the encounter.
- Participate in mandatory VA training requirements, including Information Security, Privacy Training, and CPRS (computerized patient record system).
- Shall be responsible for signing in and out when in attendance. Time sheets will be used to confirm hours/day and services provided against the contractor's invoices.
- Shall complete the appropriate QM/PI documentation pertaining to all procedures, complications, and outcome of examinations.
- That physician shall be available to perform peer reviews.
REQUIREMENTS
- Must hold a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree from an accredited graduate school of medicine.
- Must have successfully completed an accredited residency and fellowship program.
- Must be board certified or board eligible in Pulmonology.
- Must have 3 years' experience as a Pulmonologist.
- Must be in good standing, and under no restrictions, with the state licensure board in any state in which a license is held.
- Must hold and maintain current certification in the American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) for healthcare providers.
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must have an active DEA.
KurzSolutions is committed to improving health outcomes by providing well-managed companies with the top healthcare talent in the market.
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