Job Location : Syracuse,NY, USA
Donald L. Mooney Enterprises, LLC dba NURSES Etc STAFFING is sourcing qualified Cardiology Physician's for the Syracuse VA Medical Center in Syracuse, NY.QUALIFICATIONS:License: Shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia) when services are performed onsite on VA property. All licenses held by the key personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Board Certification: Shall be Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease American Board of Internal Medicine An ABMS Member Board and be currently certified in BLS, ACLS or equivalency. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times. Scope of Care: Shall be responsible for providing Cardiology Physician care, including, but not limited to: Consulting and attending services: Shall supply Cardiology physicians to function as Attending Physicians to ensure adequate supervision of Residents and Interns at the Syracuse VA. Involvement within the Medical Service shall include both inpatient and outpatient activity. In addition, the Cardiology Physician shall provide consultative services as required and ordered by VA. The on-call team must be available within 30 minutes of being verbally notified. This contract is intended to ensure high quality patient care, teaching of medical students and pursuit of continuing education for staff. Call Coverage: Shall provide on-call services as described below. The on-call team must be available within 30 minutes of being verbally notified. Providing 24 hour on-call coverage on weeknights and weekends 52 weeks per year as scheduled.Providing 24 hour on-call coverage for 10 national holidays per year beginning 7:00 AM until 7:00 AM the following day.Providing coverage in the absence of the VA physician for sick and vacation days and authorized absences.Providing medical and technical support to RNs, PAs and NPs.Dictate/direct enter all patient documentation in a note which details the contract provider s assessment, history and physical findings, the results of diagnostic testing such as laboratory and radiology, the contract provider s plan of care, medication administration, patient education (disease, condition, anatomy and physiology and expectation of patient compliance) and the risks and benefits.Be available for informal questions and requests for information regarding individual patients and to consult with other members of the medical staff via telephone consultation for emergent treatment of patients.Contribute to Medical Service operations by advising nursing staff of supplies needed to be ordered.Contribute to staff education/in-service training to clinical personnel.Required Documentation: