Physician (Neurologist)

This position is authorized to provide the right candidate with pay up to $200000 toward education costs and is approved to offer a sign-on bonus of up to 15% of annual salary per year for up to four years!!!! In addition salary can go above the maximum amount shown if candidate meets annual performance metrics.

The Staff Physician - Neurologist is assigned to the VA Wilkes-Barre Health Care System Medical Service providing comprehensive efficient compassionate high-quality healthcare to all patients functioning as a member of the inter-disciplinary team providing clinical care to the patients at VA Wilkes-Barre Healthcare System in both inpatient and outpatient settings. As a staff Physician - Neurologist the responsibilities include providing medical evaluation and directing overall management of patients in collaboration with other members of health care team. Supervision and education of Internal Medicine Residents and medical students may be required.

Neurologist will conduct outpatient neurologic consultations and follow-up care as well as nerve conduction testing and botulinum toxin injections (preferred). This includes subspecialist for consultations in the fields of epilepsy movement disorders neuromuscular medicine MS and dementia. Wilkes-Barre VA also has EEG testing and neurology inpatient service.

The major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Participate in an effective clinical program with attention to patient outcome indicators
• Practice within the scope of assigned privileges
• Comply with the bylaws rules and regulations of the facility and agency
• Meet medical staff criteria for initial appointment and reappointment including ongoing CME
• Comply with prescribed record keeping practices in accordance with the rules regulations and bylaws
• Comply with prescribed information security policy and procedures
• Work effectively with patients families staff coworkers and other health care professionals
• Participate in Medical Service educational activities and scheduled meetings
• Participate in research activities with regard to the subspecialty of Internal Medicine as assigned
• Comply with assigned Peer Reviews and maintaining quality assurance standards
• Complete all assigned health record reviews peer reviews MAOs etc. within the identified timeframes

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:

• Citizenship: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) encourages any eligible non-citizens to apply. Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Education: 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.
• Licensure: 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:
  • Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
  • OR
  • Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA)
  • OR
  • 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.
• Language: Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Experience: The individual must qualify to perform duties as a physician have completed an accredited residency and/or possess experience which has qualified the individual to perform general duties and some specialized functions and procedures without supervision. Staff physicians may also include attendings who train physician residents assigned in facilities with residency training programs and consultants who are capable of giving authoritative views and opinions on subjects in their field of medicine.