Vascular Surgeon (Physician)

Quick Facts

• Role: Vascular Surgeon (Physician)

• Scope: Comprehensive care for vascular system disorders (abdominal aorta, upper/lower extremities, extracranial cerebral circulation)

• Clinical activities: Consultations, nonoperative management, open surgical operations, and endovascular procedures

Description

Provide comprehensive vascular care across a full clinical spectrum, including outpatient and inpatient consultations, nonoperative management, open vascular surgery, and endovascular procedures. Duties also include perioperative preparation, interpreting studies from the noninvasive laboratory, inpatient care across OR/ICU/ward, documentation, and coordination of follow-up before discharge. The position requires participation in CME, performance improvement, morbidity and mortality conferences, and resident education.

Responsibilities

• Provide timely outpatient and inpatient consultations; evaluate urgent and nonemergent vascular problems

• Manage patient transfers by coordinating promptly with referring providers and transfer coordinators

• Evaluate patients in vascular surgery clinic and post-operative clinic

• Coordinate with wound therapy nurses in inpatient and outpatient settings

• Read and interpret noninvasive laboratory studies

• Prepare patients for operative management; follow standard of care and policies (operative site marking, preoperative briefings, and time-out)

• Provide postoperative communication to patients’ families/surrogates

• Provide inpatient care across operating room, ICU, and ward settings

• Arrange follow-up appointments prior to discharge

• Present at morbidity and mortality conferences and complete required death-reporting summaries

• Maintain CME and stay current with vascular literature

• Participate in performance improvement projects

• Educate and supervise residents in outpatient clinics, emergency department, inpatient settings, and operating room rotations

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship (non-citizens only if VA cannot recruit qualified citizens)

• MD or equivalent degree from an approved allopathic/osteopathic program

• Current full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state/territory/commonwealth or DC

• Residency training approved by VA leading to board certification eligibility (with specified exceptions)

• Proficiency in written and spoken English

• Subject to background/security investigation

• Pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination

• Complete required onboarding process and pre-employment documentation

• Selective Service registration for eligible males

• Ability to physically perform open and endovascular operations and associated physical demands

Benefits

• Competitive salary and annual performance bonus

• 50–55 days of paid time off per year (annual leave, sick leave, federal holidays; possible CME-related paid absence)

• Traditional federal pension (with vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% employer contribution

• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care insurance options

• Free malpractice liability protection with tail coverage

• CME reimbursement possible up to $1,000/year for qualifying board certification status

• Work schedule includes rotation of on-call and variable Monday–Friday hours (7:00am–3:30pm)