Established in 1994, Nite Lines USA has successfully delivered contract support services to more than 144 government institutions and medical treatment facilities across the country. We’re a dynamic and growing health care organization, offering a wide range of employment opportunities. We are seeking professionals and dedicated individuals to be part of our team, where integrity, respect, accountability, and collaboration are among our core principles. Work with a dedicated and caring organization and start doing your life's best work.

Location: VA Medical Center, Spokane, WA

Responsibilities:

• Assure the most effective delivery of care in General Surgery, while meeting and exceeding compliance standards.
• Performance of general surgical procedures, patient admission, discharges, consultation, evaluation and treatment to manage various conditions, illnesses, and injuries requiring general surgery.
• Conduct weekly clinics.
• Answer inpatient and outpatient consultations, make referrals, recommendations for treatment and/or medication and follow care of veteran patients experiencing surgical problems.
• Perform major and minor procedures.
• Oversee the administration of medications to patients.
• Assignment will include rotational on-call coverage.
• Attend Medicine/Surgery Service staff meetings as well as meetings of the Medical Staff.
• Completes medical records in accordance with Bylaws and Rules and Regulations of the Medical Staff.
• Work with multiple Divisions/Services throughout the facility to improve outcomes and efficiencies.
• Collaborates on a frequent basis with nursing and others to facilitate the operations of the ICUs/wards/ECU, etc. to meet common goals.
• Performs the administrative components of patient care management, such as dictation of progress notes, OP reports, discharge summaries; signatures; and consultation referrals for both in-patients and outpatients; etc.
• Participates in ward/ICU rounds, morbidity and mortality conferences, grand rounds, Joint Commission (JC) activities, and any other relevant activities.
• Participates in quality improvement activities.
• Provides clinical coverage as needed.
• Meets continuing education requirements.
• Establishes and promotes an atmosphere of unity through collaborative practice and effective communication between all staff disciplines. Fosters a high level of patient and staff satisfaction.
• Supervise and train physician assistants, residents, and medical student trainees.
• Participates in research activities in order to promote the delivery of emerging treatments to the Veteran population and for the advancement of science

Qualifications:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.