Physician Full Time -Neurologist Trained in Sleep Medicine Stockton VA

VA Northern California Health Care System (Location: Stockton VA French Camp, CA)

Veteran Affairs Physicians. Because you're in high demand as a VA physician, you start your career in the highest available leave tier, which provides 50 days of paid time off each year. Paid vacation, unlimited accumulated paid sick leave and 11 paid federal holidays accrue right away.

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.

The qualified physician 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. Incumbent 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. Incumbent 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.

 Requirements-

• Board certified/eligible in Neurology

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, preferred to have formal training and board certification in both Neurology and Sleep Medicine

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. Recruitment/Relocation may be authorized for highly qualified candidates.

Salary    $245,000 - $400,000 per year

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00AM-4:30PM

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Interested candidates may apply by emailing current CV to VA Healthcare Recruiter:Alisa.Merriott@va.gov

The Department of Veteran Affairs Northern California Health Care System (VANCHCS) is an integrated health care delivery system, offering a comprehensive array of medical, surgical, rehabilitative, mental health and extended care to veterans in Northern California. The health system is comprised of a medical center in Sacramento; a rehabilitation and extended care facility in Martinez; outpatient clinics in Martinez, Fairfield, Vallejo, Stockton, Modesto, Sonora, Sacramento (Mather and McClellan Park), Auburn, Yuba City, Redding, Chico, and Yreka; and dental clinics in Vallejo, Sacramento and Redding.

Our outpatient clinic offers primary care and specialty health services, including addiction and substance abuse treatment, mental health care, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), smoking and tobacco cessation, physical and occupational therapy, and more. 

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Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 Federal holidays with pay annually
• 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses

Insurance:

• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits, 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits (pension), and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 12.2% of the employee’s salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 16.6% of the employee’s salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2020, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $19,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $25,500.
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years service