The VA Pacific Islands Health Care System provides access to patient care to over 130,000 veterans across a 2.6M square mile area of the Pacific Ocean. Remote Island locations, separated by great distances of ocean, is the environment in which the VAPIHCS delivers a full range of comprehensive health care services. The VAPIHCS operates seven community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) covering seven county areas. These outpatient clinics are in America Samoa, Guam, Hilo, Kauai, Kona, Leeward, and Maui. VAPIHCS is a Level 3 facility within the VA Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21).
Major duties include but are not limited to:
- Conduct physical examinations and treatment, including echocardiography, stress testing, event/holter monitoring and other modalities related to the practice of Cardiology.
- Coordination of medical care with primary care providers, other subspecialists, social workers, data managers, pharmacists, dietitians, nursing, and other personnel as a leader of a multidisciplinary team.
- Utilize telemedicine to provide care to veterans.
- Ensure that high quality patient care is delivered in a resourceful and efficient manner.
- Evaluate, diagnose, and manage patients with Cardiology disorders.
- Perform procedures related to the Cardiology subspecialty.
- Provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, and treatment of disease.
- Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.
- Potentially expand on a Clinician-Educator role as part of an Academic Affiliation with University of Hawaii.
- Provide resident and/or trainee supervision, as necessary and/or appropriate.
- Work collaboratively with other specialists and Primary Care PACT teams to ensure patients receive continuous quality care and to provide endocrinology training as requested.
- Other duties as assigned by the Section Chief of Cardiology and/or Associate Chief of Staff for Specialty Care and/or Chief of Staff.
Requirements:
- 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.
- You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- Subject to background/security investigation.
- Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- 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).
- Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
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