Ophthalmology (Part-time) Opportunity in Historic Bluff City

The Memphis VA Medical Center has an opening for a part-time Ophthalmologist that comes with a dual appointment to the University of Tennessee as an academic affiliate. 

The medical center consists of one main campus, which includes a sixty-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit, a Women’s Health clinic, and ten Community-Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC). It is a 1a tertiary care facility classified as a Clinical Referral Level 1 Facility and one of the most complex medical centers in the VA healthcare system. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs. Comprehensive primary, secondary, and tertiary health care is provided in areas of primary care, extensive surgical care, general cardiovascular, psychiatry, pain management, physical medicine and rehabilitation, spinal cord injury, neurology, oncology, rheumatology, geriatrics, optometry, and dentistry. Services are available to more than 200,000 veterans living in a fifty-three-county, tri-state area (Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi).

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Position reports directly to the Chief of Surgery
• Primarily provides outpatient services to include admission, work-up, diagnosis, consultation, and order/prescribing medications to treat ophthalmology patients.
• The position is responsible for operative and non-operative care for ophthalmology patients in an outpatient setting, inpatient care units, intensive care units, operating suites, telemedicine settings, and any area deemed clinically appropriate for the medical center to correct or treat conditions, illnesses, and injuries of the eye to include prescriptions of lenses and aids for low vision and surgical treatments; surgery on the orbit, extra ocular muscles, anterior and posterior segments of the eye and surrounding structures.
• Participates and supervises residents and cover all in an academic setting
• Provides consultative services for the Surgery Department

Highlights of this position include:

• Experience Based Salary $280,000-$290-000 (Negotiable)
• Work Schedule: Mon-Fri: 8AM-4:30PM
• Annual Performance Bonus and regular salary increases
• Possible $1000 per year CME Reimbursement (must be board certified)
• Malpractice Liability Protection with tail coverage

Requirements:

• Board Eligible/Board Certified in Ophthalmology
• Full and unrestricted license from ANY US State or territory
• Current BLS/CPR certification
• Be proficient in the written and spoken English language
• US Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens

We Offer:

• Annually: 26 paid vacation days, 13 paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays, 5 paid CME attendance days
• Federal health/dental/vision/term life/long-term care insurance
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and separate 401K with up to 5% in contributions
• Predictable work schedules with a focus on quality rather than volume
• Clinical research opportunities and possible academic affiliation
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

The Memphis VA Medical Center is located on the beautiful Bluffs of the Mississippi River. It offers a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs. It consists of one main campus and ten community-based outpatient clinics, servicing more than 250,000 Veterans that reside in a fifty-three-county, tri-state areas of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. 

Memphis is a metropolitan city that’s known for it’s small-urban feeling with a large taste of Southern hospitality. It’s located in the Mid-South of the United States and is known as the birthplace of barbeque, Blues, and Rock & Roll, as well as the home of the NBA Team, the Memphis Grizzlies. From nature to nightlife, there’s something for every enthusiast. Join the team and take advantage of riverboat cruises on the “Mighty Mississippi”, a stroll on historic Beale Street, or a tour of Elvis Presley’s Graceland…the options are unlimited!

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