VA Northern California Health Care System is looking for Neurologist trained and board certified in Sleep Medicine to join our team supporting our Stockton VA Community Based Clinic by providing a combination of tele-medicine and periodic on-site care in Stockton.
Qualified candidate will diagnose, treat, and manage patients with sleep disorders including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, REM behavior disorder, periodic limb movement disorder and others. The physician must know how to prescribe initial positive airway pressure (PAP) settings, evaluate and manage all modalities of PAP including making necessary changes to pressure settings, evaluation and management of sleep-related ventilatory disorders. Must be board certified in sleep medicine and able to independently interpret home and in-lab sleep studies and sleep oximetry. The candidate should be comfortable with providing telemedicine care modalities including video and telephone, across several geographical clinic locations. Travel to the Stockton clinic is periodically required. Responsibilities include inpatient telemedicine consultation, outpatient sleep clinic, sleep study testing procedure interpretation, CPAP prescribing and management, and periodic on-call telemedicine coverage in general neurology. The candidate will work closely with the team of other Neurologists as well as with support staff including nurse practitioners and medical technicians.
Work Schedule: 40 hours/week; this is not a virtual assignment. On-call coverage is via tele-health only during after hours, weekends and on holidays.
Benefits: 26 days paid vacation (1 day accrued each pay period upon employment); 13 days sick leave (1/2 day accrued each pay period upon employment, no cap); 10 paid Federal holidays/Competitive Salary/Malpractice protection with tail coverage covered by the Federal government/Annual Physician Performance Pay (Up to $15,000 possible)/CME- 1 week paid authorized absence to attend and after 1 year of employment $1,000 per year stipend toward CME if BC/No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
Incentives: Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) offers up to $200,000 over 5-years, tax-free and/or Recruitment Incentive with minimum 3-year service obligation.
Interested candidates may apply by emailing current CV to VA Healthcare Recruiter:
Alisa.Merriott@va.gov
Candidate must be: 1) US Citizen or PRA, 2) Board Eligible/Certified in Neurology, 3) Have a full, unrestricted medical license in any State, and 4) confirm vaccination for seasonal influenza and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) which are both requirements for all Health Care Personnel (HCP) employed by Department of Veterans Affairs. Preferred experience: Preference is given to individuals with experience in VA systems and strong familiarity with general neurology and sleep medicine, including management of PAP and interpretation of home sleep testing and polysomnography studies.
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