Podiatrist

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Providing podiatric services in outpatient urgent care inpatient and telehealth settings including the diagnosis/treatment/management of podiatric medical and surgical disorders and conditions.
• Performing podiatric procedures in the operating room and office setting.
• Performing clinical review triage and management of podiatric consults.
• Actively involved in the teaching of trainees including residents medical students and others when appropriate.
• Ensuring accurate and timely medical record documentation.
• Participating in committees peer review process and other administrative responsibilities as assigned by the Chief of Specialty Service the Medical Director of Specialty Medicine/Surgery or other designee.

• Biomedical Evaluation of the Lower Extremities to assist in the management of Pathology by controlling the contribution of abnormal gait and foot functions to the patients symptomology.
• Identifying/treating of static foot problems (e.g. heel pain flatfoot deformity hammer toes) by performance of bio mechanical evaluation of the lower extremities and utilization of highly specific devices which place the foot or digits in a more functional position and redistribute weight bearing to reduce or eliminate discomfort ulceration.
• Neuropathic or Vascular Ulcerations.
• Osteoarthritis of the bunion joint.
• Development and use of devices which disperse or remove weight bearing from certain parts of the foot which are ulcerated or painful together with necessary local care of local pathology.
• Local care of corns calluses and pedal ulceration.
• Local care of deformed painful and/or infected nails which may result in significant extension of infection ulceration disability or gangrene; particularly in patients predisposed to infection or its extension by systemic disease (diabetes mellitus).

• All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• 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.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Basic Requirements

• United States Citizenship: Must be a US Citizen.
• Education: Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine or its equivalent resulting from a course of education in podiatric medicine and surgery. The degree must have been obtained from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted.
• License: Currently hold or will hold a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State Territory or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency: Completed or currently completing residency training or its equivalent approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. VA Podiatrists involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status. Approved residencies are:
  1. Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education the Council on Podiatric Medical Education in the list published for the year the residency was completed or
  2. Other residencies and training experiences or their equivalents which the local medical review board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training.
• English Language Proficiency: In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d) no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.