Amazing Dermatologist Opportunity in beautiful Greenville, North Carolina

We are seeking a highly motivated Dermatologist Board-Certified or Board-Eligible clinician to join our VA Dermatology Section.

The Dermatologist is responsible for assuring the most effective delivery of dermatological care while meeting and exceeding compliance standards. The Dermatologist will provide expert consultation and treatment to patients in the outpatient Dermatology Clinic as well as perform procedures as appropriate. Primary duties will include day-to-day care of Veteran patients in an outpatient setting. Primary duties include seeing consults as well as new and established patients with dermatological diseases who present at the facility in Greenville, North Carolina. The physician must have expertise and experience with minor dermatological procedures.

Responsibilities:  The Dermatologist will be responsible for consultative services, evaluating patients, and developing   and executing treatment plans for the management of dermatological conditions in an outpatient setting.   The incumbent should have strong interpersonal skills to establish professional working relationships with other clinicians and staff throughout the facility and the Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs).The staff Dermatologist will be responsible for, but not limited to the following duties:

• Provide comprehensive care to include diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and education of patients with Dermatologic conditions in the outpatient setting.

• Complete documentation and coding of visits accurately and in a timely manner.

• Evaluate, triage, and prioritize Dermatology consult requests to ensure timely care for patients.

• Perform excisional or diagnostic skin biopsies and minor skin surgeries.

• Review images from store and forward telehealth program to make treatment recommendations or determine urgency of need for face to face evaluation.

• Perform administrative tasks as assigned, such as peer reviews, Compensation and Pension evaluations, and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE).

• Coordinate care at VA or non-VA referral centers for patients requiring services not provided at the facility such as Mohs surgery.

• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, process improvement teams and workgroups as requested.

• Complete CME as required to maintain competency in Dermatology and medical licensure.

• Complete HIPAA, Privacy and Security and other mandatory VA training in a timely manner.

Work Schedule:  Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Opportunities encompass, though are not restricted to, shaping this department and establishing education affiliations with institutions such as ECU and DUKE, although such affiliations are not required.

This position is eligible for  the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP),  a student loan payment reimbursement program, up to $200k/$40k reimbursement per year for 5 years.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives available

About the Durham VA Health Care System

Since 1953, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center has been improving the health of the men and women who have so proudly served our nation. We consider it our privilege to serve your healthcare needs in any way we can. Services are available to more than 200,000 Veterans living in a 27-county area of central and eastern North Carolina.

Community-Based Outpatient Clinics 

In addition to our main facility in Durham, we offer services in three community-based outpatient clinics. These clinics are located in —

Raleigh, North Carolina
Greenville, North Carolina
Morehead City, North Carolina 

Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 paid Federal holidays per year
• 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

In the late 1860s, Washington Duke left the Confederate army and walked 137 miles back to his farm in Durham, where he took up life again as a tobacco farmer. That first year, he started grinding and packaging the crop to sell in small packets. In 1880, he decided that there was a future in cigarettes -- then a new idea -- and, along with his three sons, set to work to manufacture them on a small scale. By 1890, the family had formed the American Tobacco Company, and a legendary American manufacturing empire was underway.
Durham, a small village when Duke returned, blossomed into an industrial city, taking its commercial life from the "golden weed." And it still does. From September until the end of December, tobacco warehouses ring with the chants of auctioneers moving from one batch of the cured tobacco to the next, followed by buyers who indicate their bids with nods or hand signals.

Even Duke University, the cultural heart of Durham, owes its life's breath to tobacco. The university was quiet little Trinity College until national and international prominence came with a Duke family endowment of $40 million in 1924. Along with a change in name, the university gained a new West Campus, complete with massive Gothic structures of stone, flagstone walks, and box hedges. Its medical center is one of the most highly respected in the world.