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A Palliative Care consultant is a physician who is responsible for improving the palliative medical care delivered by the Palliative Care Consultation Team (PCCT) at the Memphis VA Medical Center with outpatient experience and Hospice & Palliative Medicine (HPM) experience.
10/28/2020 to 07/12/2021
$107,569 - $243,000 per year
Education and length of practice are considered through a formal pay-setting process to determine the final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay)
VM 15
1 vacancy in the following location:
No
Not required
Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocation expenses in accordance with agency policy.
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
15
No
Yes
CBTG-10949805-21-OE-OCA
582835200
Duties include but are not limited to:
o Provide physician services, clinical input and oversight for all patient treatment plans consistent with hospice and palliative care philosophy.
o Improve access to Hospice and Palliative care as experienced by patients, their families and providers.
o Amplify the awareness of the concepts, role and availability of Hospice and Palliative Care services among ambulatory, home-based, specialty and acute care clinicians. Facilitate access to appropriate supportive care services.
o Consult with attending staff as requested so that symptom management for patients is effectively and expeditiously accomplished.
o Complete full and appropriate documentation of patience care services.
o Actively contribute to the educational experience for medical students, residents, fellows and Nurse Practitioners assigned to Hospice and Palliative Care.
o Collaborates with other VA Palliative Care leaders, VISN leadership, and VA Central office on program development issues.
o Updates, monitors and promotes compliance with VA regulations to include updates for changes in applicable VA memos, directives and guidelines.
o Collaborates with community home health and hospice agencies as needed for Palliative Care patients currently under his/her care.
o Maintain an active license to practice Medicine and all related credentials within the VA Medical Center of Memphis,
o Attain and provide information about federal, state, and local regulations and codes applicable to Hospice and Palliative Care programs, applicable to the Joint Commission (JC), and the professional service and administrative requirement and expectations of third party payers.
o Improves patient outcomes through the implementation of strategies such as clinical practice guidelines and critical pathways, health risk
assessments, provider profiling use of electronic medical record and clinical reminders, and case management. o Effectively communicates with service employees, patients and their families, employees from other services, stake holders, the Executive Leadership team, the VISN and VACO staff when required.
o Other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am until 4:30 pm
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.
VA offers a comprehensive benefits package. This link provides an overview of the benefits associated with a VA practice: VHA Physician Brochure.
Annual leave shall accrue for full-time physicians at the rate of eight (8) hours per biweekly pay period.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
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If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE MAY NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
NOTE: A formal pay-setting process will be used to determine your salary. The salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes (upload C.V. as resume document type):
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the full questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 09/30/2021 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10949805.
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