Physician / Gastroenterology / Louisiana / Locum or Permanent / Gastroenterologist Needed - Veteran Affairs Job

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Gastroenterologists - VAMC, Shreveport, LA

•  Must have BLS & ACLS
•  Board Certified or Board Eligible
•   Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., with a ½ hour lunch; Monday through Friday on-call, 4:30 p.m.- 8:00 a.m. two weekend Saturday, Sundays and Federal Holidays. On-Call frequency: One week of call; every other week to every third week. 104 days of coverage in 24-hour blocks on Sunday - Saturday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.
Clinic and Surgical Care: Contractor’s physician (s)) shall provide clinical Gastroenterology services. Contractor’s physician (s) shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics/surgeries as documented by physical presence in the clinic or operating room at the scheduled start time.
Operative Services: Contractor’s physician (s) shall provide comprehensive clinical gastroenterology services including the full range of colonoscopy and Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) procedures such as:
Colonoscopy
Colonoscopy via colostomy
Colonoscopy w/biopsy(ies)
Colonoscopy w/ablation of tumor/polyp/lesion
Colonoscopy w/removal of tumor/polyp/lesion by hot forcep
Colonoscopy w/removal of tumor/polyp/lesion by snare technique
Colonoscopy w/out biopsy
Colonoscopy w/ submucosal
Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
EGD diagnostic
EGD w/biopsy(ies)
EGD w/removal of tumor/polyp/lesion by hot forcep
EGD w/removal of tumor/polyp/lesion by snare technique
Contractor’s physician (s) shall provide consultative services at the patient’s bedside if the patient is not ambulatory and in the clinic setting if the patient is able to report to the outpatient clinic. Procedures shall be scheduled for completion within 30 days of the date of the consult.
Medications: Contractor’s physician(s) shall follow all established medication policies and procedures. No sample medications shall be provided to patients.
Discharge education: Contractor’s physician(s) shall provide discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all Gastroenterology clinical or surgical patients

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