Permanent Emergency Medicine Job in Dallas, Texas
Emergency
Medicine Physician
Dallas VA Medical
Center
VA
North Texas Health Care System (VANTHCS) is a progressive health care provider
in the heart of Texas. Poised as VA's second largest health care system, we
serve more than 117,000 Veterans and deliver 1.4 million outpatient episodes of
care each year to Veterans in 38 Texas counties and two counties in southern
Oklahoma. We have about 5,000 employees and 1,700 community volunteers who are
driven by the passion to serve our Veterans.
Requirements (duties include, but are not limited to)
- Initial evaluation,
emergent treatment and management of minor wound care, respiratory illness,
gastrointestinal illness, burns, musculoskeletal trauma, dermatological
illness, ENT, eye and urological problems.
- Initial evaluation,
emergent treatment and management of abdominal and gastrointestinal disorders
- Initial evaluation,
emergent treatment and management of cardiovascular disorders
- Initial evaluation,
emergent treatment and management of emergent disorders of psychiatric origin
including depression, anxiety reactions, suicide and psychosis.
- Initial evaluation,
emergent treatment and management of emergent OB/GYN disorders such as trauma,
infection and pregnancy (ectopic and intra-uterine)
- Review all admissions
to inpatient hospital care recommended by Mid-level (Physician Assistant or
Nurse Practitioner) provider
- Perform in the VAMC
emergency department when safe and appropriate to do so for various procedures
- Provide consultation
with and instruction to referring physicians regarding appropriate indications
for procedures so that the most expeditious and clinically appropriate work-up
can be done
- Determine the
appropriate course of treatment and communicate in person or by phone with the
referring clinicians
- Follow all established
medication policies and procedures
- Provide discharge
education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care
setting for all emergency department patients
- Provide care consistent
with the national standard of care, based on best clinical judgment, VA/VHA
clinical guidelines, VA/VHA directives, pertinent VA/VHA performance measures
and guidelines.
- 95% of the time
involved in direct patient care
Qualifications
- Must have a minimum of
one (1) year experience practicing Emergency medicine in a hospital as defined
by 1,000 hours.
- Must be Board
Certified/Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine as defined by the following: 1)
Board certified by either the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) or
the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM), 2) physicians
eligible for regaining ABEM certification, 3) board eligible (BE) Emergency
Medicine (EM) physicians as defined by ABEM’s Jan 2015 definition (within 5
years of graduating from an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education (ACGME) accredited EM residency).
- Must have and maintain
a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth
of the United States or the District of Columbia.
- Must have and maintain
a current DEA certificate.
- Must have and maintain
current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life
Support (ACLS) as certified by the American Heart Association (AHA).
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