The role of the staff vascular surgeon is to provide comprehensive care to patients with disorders of the Vascular System. This includes conditions of the abdominal aorta, lower and upper extremity vasculature, and extracranial cerebral circulation. The care to be provided includes consultations, nonoperative management, open surgical operations, and endovascular procedures.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. Duties include but are not limited to the following: Consultations: Reviewing and providing consultations promptly. Seeing new outpatients with nonemergent problems within 30 days. Seeing inpatient consultations and patients with urgent conditions promptly. Patient transfer requests: Evaluate and response promptly by direct communication with referring providers and transfer coordinators at CGVAMC.
Evaluate outpatients in: The Vascular Surgery clinic and Vascular surgery post operative clinic. Work with wound therapy nurses in inpatient and outpatient settings. Read and interpret studies generated in the Noninvasive Laboratory promptly. Prepare patient for operative management.
Follow the standard of care and established policies including the marking of operative sites, performing preoperative briefings and Time-Out assessments prior to the commencement of any operation. Keep patients' families or designated surrogates well informed of the patients condition and progress. This is to include a postoperative conversation informing them of the findings, conduct of the operation, expected results and areas of concern.
Care for inpatients on the Vascular Surgery Service in the operating room, intensive care unit and ward. Arrange dispositions for follow up appointments for patients prior to discharge. Attend and present at morbidity and mortality conferences. Provide summaries of all deaths using the required reporting format. Medical Record Duties: Outpatient consultation reports and progress notes. Inpatient progress notes- daily notes on patients in the intensive care unit.
History and Physical examinations. Operative Reports View alerts Keep up with new developments in the vascular literature, and maintain the required CME activities. Participate in performance improvement projects. Participate in resident education and supervision in the: Outpatient clinics. Emergency Department. Inpatient settings. Operating room.
Participate in Surgical Resident Preparation and Evaluation: At the beginning of the rotation, this includes a review of duties and expectations. Review of performance at mid-rotations and provide feedback. Exit interview and final evaluation at the end of the rotation.
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 Work Schedule: Intermittent Weekends, Days, Nights & Holidays (According to the needs of the facility)
Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are: Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted.
Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made that the medical school meets (or met) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirement for year graduated.
NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities.
The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.
priscilla.brown2@va.gov · (202) 676-6960
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $325000 – $400000/yr.
Applications close on 2026-11-23.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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