The Detroit VA Medical Center is recruiting for a full time Sleep Medicine Physician.
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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: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; subject to change based on needs of the service; may need work and provide coverage on weekends or holidays.
As a Sleep Physician, the duties and responsibilities will be distributed between these domains and include but are not limited to the following: Attending in the sleep clinics and the tele-sleep medicine program ICU coverage as assigned Pulmonary clinic/bronchoscopy/procedural responsibilities as assigned Ordering and interpreting complex in-lab and limited channel home sleep studies Perform inpatient sleep consultations Perform evaluative testing and readings of PAP/sleep related disorder testing Participation as a faculty member in an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited sleep medicine fellowship program Teaching and supervising mid-level providers, sleep fellows, residents, ancillary staff and multidisciplinary teams Fulfilling all requirements for an AASM accredited sleep center Active participation in the clinical quality improvement initiatives of the sleep center Maintain, strategize, and expand clinical, telesleep and EMR-related initiatives of the sleep center Actively collaborate on VISN 10 and VHA supported sleep medicine initiatives Collaborating with the Behavioral sleep medicine program/specialist, ENT and Dental sleep medicine Active participation in the clinical sleep research program with expectation for scholarly activity Other duties as assigned The candidate should be highly customer-service focused, an effective role model, innovative thinker, and have clinical excellence, with exceptional interpersonal, teaching and communication skills.
Board certification or board eligibility in sleep medicine is a requirement. The selected candidate is expected to participate in training sleep fellows, as well as precepting resident, medical students and other trainees in the field of Sleep Medicine. In addition to an active clinical practice the person will be responsible for supporting an academic environment oriented to fellows and medicine residents with strong emphasis on education and research. The John D.
Dingell Sleep-Wake Disorders Center is an AASM-accredited sleep center with multiple sleep clinics and a state-of-the art sleep laboratory with 8 beds. The Sleep Center includes an active behavioral sleep medicine program, collaborations with Dental Sleep and ENT-Sleep specialists. The ENT specialists and sleep center collaborate on providing sleep apnea therapy via hypoglossal nerve stimulation.
The Center serves as a referral center for VA medical centers in VISN 10 of the Department of Veterans Affairs (Battle Creek VA, Saginaw VA and Chillicothe VA) and provides diagnostic and therapeutic services for Veterans via face-to-face and telemedicine visits.
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.
Mitchell.Underwood@va.gov · 734-834-2968
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $250000 – $295000/yr.
Applications close on 2026-09-14.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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