Dermatopathology Opportunity in Historic Bluff City
Memphis VA Medical Venter
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Posted: 20-Sep-24
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Type: Full Time
Salary: 300,000-322,000
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Required Education:
MD/DO
Additional Information:
Employer will assist with relocation costs.
Internal Number: 77777777
The Memphis VA Medical Center has an opening for a Dermatopathologist that comes with a dual academic affiliation appointment with the University of Tennessee.
The Medical Center consists of one main campus and ten community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). The Medical Center is a 1a complexity tertiary care VA healthcare system located in one of the fastest growing Veteran population regions in the United States. The facility provides comprehensive care to almost 69,000 enrolled Veterans in a 52-county area of Western Tennessee, Northern Mississippi, and Northeast Arkansas. It includes 236 inpatient beds with a 26-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs. Comprehensive primary, secondary, and tertiary health care is provided in areas of medicine, general cardiovascular, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, neurology, oncology, rheumatology, geriatrics, women’s health, and dentistry.
Duties include but are not limited to:
Diagnose and treat diseases of skin, hair, and nails
Experienced in Mohs micrographic surgery to treats skin cancer
Provide direct patient care in outpatient setting
Observe patient responses, testing procedures, use of equipment and review of patient records
Consistently monitor and report on outcomes in the Dermatology Clinic
Provide education to other physicians and healthcare professionals regarding dermatology
Provide education, supervision, and mentoring to medical students, residents, and fellows
Highlights of this position include:
Experience Based Salary $300,000 - $322,000 (Negotiable)
Recruitment Incentive Bonus
Annual Performance Bonuses
Work Schedule: Mon-Fri: 8AM-4:30PM
CME Reimbursement: Possible $1000 per year (must be Board Certified)
Malpractice Liability Protection with tail coverage
No Contracts
We Offer:
Paid Time Off: 26 paid vacation days, 13 paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays, 5 paid CME attendance days
Pay Incentives: Regular salary increases and annual performance bonus
Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
Retirement: Traditional Federal Pension (5-year vesting) and Federal 401K with up to 5% agency match
No Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
Predictable work schedules with a focus on quality rather than volume
Requirements:
Board Eligible/Board Certified in Dermatopathology
Experience/training in Mohs Micrographic Surgery
Full and unrestricted license from ANY state
US Citizenship: Non-citizens may be considered when it’s not possible to recruit qualified citizens
Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.