The Fee Basis Physician will provide intermittent care to the Rheumatology Department in the Medical Center for VA Providence Healthcare System. This is a Fee Basis position and payment will be made on a fee-for-service basis.
Pay: Yearly salary limitation of $15,000 can be earned in a calendar year.
Unit Work Description/Pay Per Unit: 99205-Office o/p new hi 60 min $168.36 99215-Office o/p est hi 40 min $133.08 Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided The Fee Basis Physician Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Needs to work weekends Evaluate, diagnose, provide consultation, medically manage and treat rheumatology patients including systemic diseases with rheumatic manifestations.
Privileges include medical management of general medical conditions which are encountered in the course of caring for the rheumatology patient. Admit to inpatient or appropriate level of care Ordering and Preliminary interpretation of EKG and Imaging and Laboratory Studies. Diagnostic aspiration and analysis of synovial fluid under light and compensated polarized light microscopy.
Therapeutic injection of diarthrodial joints, bursae, tenosynovial structures, and entheses Biopsies of tissues relevant to the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases Synovial biopsy Work Schedule: Appointment is intermittent and based soley on the needs of the Department. -No guaranteed hours or fixed schedule.
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.
deborah.feiereisen@va.gov · 385-378-2895
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $133 – $15000.
Applications close on 2026-10-28.
This is a Intermittent Shiftwork - Work will be assigned on an as needed basis. position.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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