Full-Time Pulmonary Medicine and/or Critical Care and Sleep Medicine BE/BC physician position open in Beautiful Tampa, FL!!

The VA Tampa Healthcare System is actively recruiting a Board Certified or Board Eligible physician in Critical Care and/or Pulmonary Care to help care for our Veterans – America’s Heroes. A PCCSM physician candidate with a Sleep Board certification is preferred for this position. 

Practice Highlights:

• Management of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine patients in the outpatient, inpatient consult, and telehealth setting

• Work in close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of experts in providing comprehensive care.
• Basic and translational research in pulmonology, critical care, and sleep medicine
• State-of-the-art bronchoscopy advanced diagnostic and interventional procedures, including diagnostic and titration DISE studies.

The Pulmonary, Critical care, and Sleep Medicine team at the James A. Haley VA hospital include multiple Board-Certified physicians to cover all areas of the subspecialty. Tampa VA PCCSM physicians actively participate in the education of USF Pulmonary and Critical care, and Sleep Medicine in-training fellows, and Internal Medicine residents. Registered Respiratory therapists under the PCCSM section, covers all settings from the MICU, outpatient procedures, sleep studies, and home respiratory care program and works together with our physician in providing the best care anywhere.  Case manager registered nurses facilitate the care of outpatient clinic veterans, and APP provide additional coverage and our very successful Lung Cancer Screening program. Recently inaugurated a new bed tower with brand new intensive care unit patient rooms further facilitates best outcomes for our veterans. The VA Tampa Healthcare offers a great work-life balance with extraordinary federal benefits including savings plan and pension.

Duties and responsibilities include, but is not limited to: 

• Pulmonary procedures bronchoscopy/EBUS, Pulmonary diagnostics PFTs, CPET, critical care cover Medical ICU.
• Provide timely pulmonary, critical care and sleep medical care to new and established Veterans in the inpatient and outpatient setting.
• Interpretation of pulmonary function tests and both portable and in-lab sleep studies.
• Provides adequate clinic access in Sleep Medicine and Pulmonary including complex sleep medicine care.
• Engage in multidisciplinary care of the growing number of Veterans with pulmonary and sleep related disease following military toxic exposures. Assessing chemical/inhalation exposures including asthma, RADS, ARDS and chemical pneumonitis.
• Engage in multidisciplinary care of the growing number of Veterans who are recognized through lung cancer screening programs to be at risk for lung cancer and facilitate early diagnosis and treatment.
• Address the increased number of diagnostic bronchoscopies because of a robust lung cancer screening program as well as acquisition of the Ion Robotic Bronchoscopy system which allows for sampling of more distal lesions.  This will allow for early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer in our Veterans.
• Serve as teaching faculty for USF Internal Medicine, USF Pulmonary Critical Care and USF Sleep Medicine.

Our main campus provides primary care and specialty health services, including cardiology, foot care (podiatry), mental health care, treatment for spinal cord injuries, prosthetics, and more. Below, you’ll find our address and hours, parking and transportation information, and the other health services we offer at James A. Haley Veterans' Hospital.

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

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