Physician

We are hiring a Board Certified or Board Eligible Hospital Medicine Physician Services for one of our clients in Clarksburg WV.

Job Description:

Please ensure each profile includes:

• License: Physician(s) must hold a current license to practice medicine in any State Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia when services are performed onsite on VA property.
• Board Certification and Experience: Physician(s) must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine.
• Certifications: VHA-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• DEA
• NPI
• 2 References

Qualifications:

• Staff/Facility:
• License: The Contractors physician (s) assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia) when services are performed onsite on VA property.
• All licenses held by the key personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contractors physician (s) who have current full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states but who have or ever had a license restricted suspended revoked voluntarily revoked voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.
• Board Certification and Experience: All contractors physician (s) shall be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine have experience in providing scope of care as described herein and be currently certified in VHA-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalency. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times. Documentation verifying current certification shall be provided by the Contractor to the VA COR on an annual basis for each year of contract performance.
• Technical Proficiency: Contractors physician (s) shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the governments requirements including the ability to speak understand read and write English fluently. Contractor shall provide documents upon request of the CO/COR to verify current and ongoing competency skills certification and/or licensure related to the provision of care treatment and/or services performed. Contractor shall provide verifiable evidence of all educational and training experiences including any gaps in educational history for all contractors physician (s) and contractors physician (s) shall be responsible for abiding by the Facilitys Medical Staff By-Laws rules and regulations (referenced herein) that govern medical staff behavior.
• Direct Patient Care: estimated 95% of the time involved in direct patient care.
• Scope of Care: Contractors physician (s) (as appropriate and within scope of practice/privileging) shall be responsible for providing Hospital Medicine Physician care including but not limited to:
• Evaluation Treatment and Management: Contractors physicians shall admit and coordinate all aspects of care for hospitalized medical patients including:
• Admission including history and physical examinations
• Appropriate placement within the Hospital
• Evaluation and treatment including the ordering and interpretation of diagnostic studies including laboratory diagnostic imaging and electrocardiographic examinations and the administration of medications normally considered part of the practice of hospital medicine.
• Discussion of end-of-life preferences/advanced care planning
• Consultations with sub-specialists
• Timely and proactive discharge planning
• Coordination of care with primary care physicians
• Discharge including ensuring appropriate follow-up is arranged
• Perioperative care
• Contractors physicians shall provide care to patients in critical/acute care settings in conformance with VA policies. Contractors physicians shall assess stabilize and determine the disposition of inpatients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services. This includes running code teams and rapid response teams.
• The core privileges in this specialty include the procedures on the procedures list (below) and such other procedures that are extensions of the same techniques and skills. This is not intended to be an all-encompassing procedures list. It defines the types of activities/procedures/privileges that the majority of practitioners in this specialty perform at the VA and inherent activities/procedures/privileges requiring similar skill sets and techniques.
• The core privileges in this specialty include the procedures on the procedures list (below) and such other procedures that are extensions of the same techniques and skills. This is not intended to be an all-encompassing procedures list. It defines the types of activities/procedures/privileges that the majority of practitioners in this specialty perform at the VA and inherent activities/procedures/privileges requiring similar skill sets and techniques.

1. Abscess incision and drainage
2. Thoracentesis
3. Nasogastric tube insertion
4. Reinsertion of gastric tube
5. Fecal occult blood testing
6. Paracentesis
7. Placement of transurethral catheter
8. Aspiration and injection of joints except ankle and hip Injection of lateral epicondyle (tennis elbow)
9. All ACLS procedures
10. Removal of lines and tubes
11. Lumbar Puncture

• Clinic: Contractors physician (s) shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time.
• Inpatient Admissions: Contractors physician (s) shall review all admissions to inpatient hospital care recommended by Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner providers. Every admission to inpatient care shall have a person-to-person hand-off/hand-over from the admitting Provider to a responsible member of the admitting team.
• Consultation and Referral Responsibilities: Contractors physician (s) shall 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. Contractors physician (s) shall determine the appropriate course of treatment and communicate in person or by phone with the referring clinicians.
• Contractors physician (s) shall initiate appropriate social work referrals for all identified homeless veterans and for patients who do not have primary care providers.
• Medications: Contractors physician (s) shall follow all established medication policies and procedures. No sample medications shall be provided to patients.
• Discharge education: Contractors physician (s) shall provide discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all Hospital patients.
• Communication of Test Results: Mechanisms must be in-place to provid notification of test results for patients receiving care in accordance with VHA Directive 1088 Communicating Test Results to Providers and Patients.
• Administrative: estimated 5% of time not involved in direct patient care
• Quality Improvement Meetings: The contractors physician (s) shall participate in continuous quality improvement activities and meetings with committee participation as required by the facility Chief of Service Chief of Staff or designee.
• QA/QI documentation: The contractors physician (s) shall complete the appropriate QM/PI documentation pertaining to all procedures complications and outcome of examinations.
• Specialized EHR Documentation Procedures: Patient documentation is completed using the current Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Procedure Documentation: Contractors physician (s) shall document care given and select appropriate Evaluation and Management (E&M) procedure codes in CPRS as required by the VAMC Chief of Service Chief of Staff or designee. Documentation must be sufficient to support both the E&M and procedure codes. Documentation and coding functions must be completed by the end of each patient care encounter.
• Patient Safety Compliance and Reporting: Contractors physician (s) shall follow all established patient safety and infection control standards of care. Contractors physician(s) shall make every effort to prevent medication errors falls and patient injury caused by acts of commission or omission in the delivery of care. All events related to patient injury medication errors and other breeches of patient safety shall be documented in the medical record of those impacted and disclosed to the patient or surrogate. As soon as practicable (but within 24 hours) Contractors shall notify COR of incident and submit an entry in the Patient Safety Reporting System following up with COR as required or requested.
• Customer Service: Contractors physician (s) shall refer all patient/customer service issues to the Supervisory Physician and/or Nurse Manager or designee.
• It is essential that continuity of services is maintained to the maximum degree possible hence substitution of contractor provided Physicians shall be limited to urgent/emergent absences of approved assigned providers. The Contractor shall be responsible for providing coverage to the VA during periods of vacancies of the Contractors personnel due to sick leave personal leave vacations and additional coverage as required.
• Clinical Personnel Required: The Contractor shall provide contractors physician (s) who are competent qualified per this performance work statement and adequately trained to perform assigned duties.

VA hours of operation/scheduling:

• VA Business Hours: The hospital operates 24 hours a day 7 days a week 365 days a year including Federal Holidays.
• Schedule: Normal business hours for the hospitals are 7:00am to 7:00pm and/or 7:00pm to 7:00am Wednesday through Tuesday.
• Patients must be seen by a contractors physician (s) on-site at the facility in a timely manner in accordance with VA Rules and Regulations on clinic wait times and consult completion. Contractor shall notify the COR at least monthly about any obstacles to meeting this performance measure.
• Contractors Physician(s) shall be available to be scheduled to work during all hours of operation of the facility or as required by the facility Chief of Staff or designee.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or protected veteran status.

Additional information:

• Start Date: 12/15/2025
• End Date: 06/14/2026
• # of Openings: 4
• Position Type: Contract
• Locations: Clarksburg WV

About Us:

We are specialized in recruiting and deliver the best professional talent of industry and we are committed to deliver best experience for our clients and job seekers. With over two decades of experience in the recruitment industry we proudly help you to find the next job that matches your professional skills. Our team understands your needs or requirement before starting the recruitment that enables to find the high quality of talent with high success rate of talent delivery keeps us continue to be the best in the industry. By responding to this job posting you are consenting to receive text/SMS messages from us. Thank you.