Physician Neurology

The Neurologist employed within the Medical Staff at Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center shall perform comprehensive clinical consultative and leadership functions related to neurological care.

Duties will include but are not limited to:

• Diagnosing and managing a variety of neurology disorders in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Developing and implementing individualized treatment plans for patients with neurological disorders including complex neurological disorders.
• Providing consultations and expert guidance to other healthcare providers on neurology cases.
• Monitoring patient progress and adjusting treatment plans as necessary based on clinical findings and diagnostic results.
• Educating healthcare staff on best practices for neurological prevention and control.
• Engaging in clinical research and quality improvement projects to advance the understanding and treatment of neurological disorders.
• Implementing evidence-based practices and contributing to the development of clinical guidelines and protocols.
• Participating in staff meetings hospital committees and the peer review process.
• Maintaining VA training requirements timely completion of documentation and upkeep of credentials required for privileging and re-privileging.
• Participating in the Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE)/Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) process.
• Adhering to employee health requirements and participating in Clinical Pertinence Reviews
• Providing patient care either direct or virtual that is compassionate appropriate and effective for the promotion of health prevention of illness treatment of neurological disorders and care at the end of life.
• Is qualified to diagnose treat and manage patients with neurological disorders according to standard usual and acceptable methods and techniques.
• Desired but not required: Interpretation of EEG recordings and dictate reports; performs all electro-diagnostic studies (both nerve conduction studies and EMGs) and dictates interpretations of the studies and notes on examinations and procedures performed
• Cooperates with and participates in medical duties or functions related to quality of care peer review and with other performance improvement activities as directed. Attend assigned meetings or process action teams.
• Expert in history taking physical examination test interpretation patient counseling and differential diagnosis and medical therapeutics of these conditions
• Documents observation assessments and changes in patients condition; collaborating with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes. Demonstrating leadership within interdisciplinary teams fostering collaborative decision-making.
• Ordering interpreting and utilizing laboratories radiologic and other diagnostic studies to guide clinical management.
• Prescribing appropriate pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions.
• Providing comprehensive patient and family education regarding neurological disorders and treatment plans.
• Ensuring practice-based learning and improvement by using scientific evidence and methods to investigate evaluate and improve patient care.

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.

• Completion of an ABPN-approved fellowship program in Neurology. Must have passed the Certifying Examination of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). The Physician will have completed at least a three-year Neurology residency and will have passed the Certifying Examination of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.