Physician (Hospitalist)

General duties include but are not limited to:

• Supervision training and teaching of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and other affiliate General Internal Medicine house staff and students. All applicants assigned must meet the qualifications for working on the Teaching Services (must be eligible for UT faculty appointment).
• Responsible for inpatient care and follow-up for patients admitted to the General Medicine units of the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC).
• Responsible for medical consultation to inpatients admitted to other services at Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) including consultation services on the inpatient psychiatry and substance abuse residential treatment units.
• Additional clinical responsibilities can include Perioperative outpatient clinic overseeing medical students and residents. Clinical duties may be indicated in any area that the medicine hospitalist team is needed to provide quality care to our Veterans.
• Administrative and Committee responsibilities as assigned. Which include but are not limited to case peer reviews physician utilization management advisors and select essential committees.
• Lead and manage the team of General Medicine fellows residents medical students Pharmacists Mid-Level Providers etc. while on inpatient service or in a clinical setting.
• Ensure appropriate care promotion of Health education counseling of family members and control of risk factors for all General Medicine patients.
• Ensure timely and efficient discharge of General Medicine In-patients on teaching or non-teaching services and ensures appropriate follow-up with a specialty clinic and/or with primary care.
• Provide medical evaluation and direct the overall management of acutely ill hospitalized patients with general medical problems on teaching or non-teaching services (no Intensive Care Unit care patients).
• Ensure that treatment is safe timely efficient productive evidence-based and patient-centered.
• Work in collaboration with assigned NPs to perform the General Medicine evaluation treatment and notes on inpatients admitted to Mental Health wards while assigned to the Medicine/Psychiatry rotation.
• Work in collaboration with the residential treatment program to satisfy regulatory requirements for medical assessment of patients admitted. Additionally weekly medicine clinic to address acute needs and help keep patients out of the emergency department for minor medical issues. This entails developing medical care plans for admitted patients and changing them as needed for patients who have been out of the health care system for extended periods.
• Admit examine treat and discharge assigned patients; assess acute care admissions confirm accuracy and completeness of the History and Physical (H&P)performed by house staff and enter appropriate attending admission notes on all patients.
• Provide weekday in-patient medicine consultation to non-medical services and in-patient perioperative consultation to surgical specialties.
• Work closely with the Chief Medical Residents and ensure proper teaching and supervision of the Medical Residents assigned to General Medicine.
• Any other duties as assigned by the supervising physician or his/her designee as it relates to scope of practice.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• 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.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) b) OR
  (2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)OR
  (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
  Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as Physician Resident Providers (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather they are to have a scope of practice that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.