Excellent Hematology Oncology Physician Opportunity!
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Hematology/Oncology
Salary
$320,000
– $400,000
• yearly
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Location
510 Butler Avenue, Martinsburg, West Virginia, United States
Visa Sponsorship
Yes
Job Description
Last Update:
12/12/24
This is a full-time Hematology Oncology opportunity located in the heart of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle at the Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in historic Berkeley County, a part of the beautiful Shenandoah Valley.
This opportunity is approximately 85 miles West of Baltimore, Maryland, and 75 miles Northwest of Washington DC. Martinsburg VA Medical Center has approximately 42,000 Veterans enrolled. Our catchment area includes West Virginia, Western Maryland, Southern Western Pennsylvania, and Northern Virginia.
Martinsburg VA Medical Center comprises the main medical campus in Martinsburg and seven Community Based Outpatient Centers; and provides care to veterans from a wide variety of socioeconomic, multicultural, and educational backgrounds.
This opportunity is approximately 85 miles West of Baltimore, Maryland, and 75 miles Northwest of Washington DC. Martinsburg VA Medical Center has approximately 42,000 Veterans enrolled. Our catchment area includes West Virginia, Western Maryland, Southern Western Pennsylvania, and Northern Virginia.
Martinsburg VA Medical Center comprises the main medical campus in Martinsburg and seven Community Based Outpatient Centers; and provides care to veterans from a wide variety of socioeconomic, multicultural, and educational backgrounds.
Job Responsibilities
patients, determination whether patients need to be admitted to the hospital or managed in the
outpatient setting, and management of chronic disease.
-Comprehensive initial medical/psychosocial history and physical examination
-Refer patients with appropriate consultations both within the VA and in the community
-Provide clinical guidance to patients, families and other health care providers over the phone, secure
messaging or through the mail to coordinate health care, educate and give advice
-Responsible for supervising and teaching medical residents and students. May be required to oversee
mid-level practitioners, such as nurse practitioners or physician assistants
- Enter orders into CPRS for medications, consults, testing etc.
- Attend Medical Center and community meetings, seminars, conferences
- Establishes inter-personal and intra-departmental relationships to enhance optimal patient care
-Maintains familiarity and compliance with hospital infection prevention policies and procedures,
ensuring the use of antiseptic methods of all in-clinic procedures.
-Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
1. United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit
qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
2. Education: Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education
in medicine or osteopathic medicine.
3. Licensure and Registration: Physicians must possess current, full and unrestricted license to practice
medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of
Columbia. The physician must maintain current registration in the state of licensure if this is a
requirement for continuing active, current licensure.
4. Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board
certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be
board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
(1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
(3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of
verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to
have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the
physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
5. Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would
otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician
Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may
only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners
and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform
certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be
appointed as PRPs.
6. English Language Proficiency: Physicians appointed to direct patient-care positions must be
proficient in spoken and written English.
7. Additional Requirement: Preferred Board Eligible or Board Certified in Oncology or
Hematology/Oncology.
Working Hours
Skills
-Review and interpret diagnostic tests and take appropriate action
-Formulate and record diagnostic impressions
-Ensure accurate documentation of medical assessments, interactions and observations.
- Demonstrates competent and effective oral and written communication and provides appropriate
patient/family member teaching and education.