Podiatrist (Surgery Forefoot)

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

01Basic Requirements

United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.

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.

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.

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. Proficiency in spoken and written English.

02Preferred Experience

Surgery Forefoot Board certified or qualified Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

03Physical Requirements

The Physical Requirements of this position are concerned with the mental and physical ability of the applicant to satisfactorily perform the duties of the proposed assignment and may include requisite laboratory and other screening as required by Federal regulatory agencies.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Clinical podiatry providers duties: evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to adult patients with acute, chronic, and complex pedal problems. Ordering and providing preliminary interpretation of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Privileges also include supervision, teaching, and involvement of medical students, trainees, residents, and fellows in the same setting.

Outpatient clinical procedures including Surgical and chemical nail procedures, soft tissue procedures (including Incision/biopsy soft tissue lesions, repair of simple lacerations, I&D-localized abscess, ulcer debridement), Foreign body removal (superficial/subcutaneous) and non-surgical treatment of tendons and non-displaced fractures of the foot and ankle.

Forefoot Specific Procedures: Surgical procedures of Midfoot/Rearfoot including: Soft tissue of ankle -Tarsal tunnel release, tendon repair/augmentation, fasciotomy; Bone -arthroplasty/arthrodesis/arthroscopy, Osteotomy, excision of ossicle/exostosis, ORIF (fibular), coalition, dislocation.

ForefootComplex Procedures: Surgical procedures of Rearfoot including: Amputation -forefoot/ankle (Symes) Bone- ORIF (calcaneus, cuboid, navicular, pilon, talus, trimalleolar), Cavus/Charcot/flatfoot, Reconstruction, Ilizarov/Delta Frames, Total ankle replacement, Talus replacement, Arthrodesis (Ankle/Subtalar/Talonavicular/Calcaneocuboid/Naviculocuneiform) Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday; may be required to work some weekends and evenings (Schedule is variable based on needs of the service and at supervisor's discretion) Compressed/Flexible: Compressed or Flexible Work Schedule may be available at supervisor's discretion Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized