Montana VA Health Care System (MTVAHCS) is seeking a full-time Emergency Medicine physician to join their team at Fort Harrison in Helena, Montana. The physician will deliver effective, timely, and high-quality medical care to patients seeking emergency services while assisting with hospital-wide emergencies when required. This exciting career opportunity combines professional excellence with the unmatched natural beauty and lifestyle of Big Sky Country.
Practice Info
- Montana VA Health Care System (MTVAHCS), Fort Harrison
- Fort Harrison (Helena) is a 50-bed acute care, medical-surgical facility offering a broad range of acute, chronic, and specialized inpatient and outpatient services
- Serves veterans through a series of community-based clinics, a community living center, and an acute care medical center
Shift & Schedule
- Full-time position
Responsibilities
- Evaluate, manage, and treat all patients who seek emergency care, consistent with delineated clinical privileges
- Comply with policies, procedures, plans, and professional standards that guide and support Emergency Medicine operations
- Support all existing safety and infection control practices relevant to this position
- Participate in the Rapid Response Team and Code blue Team per hospital policy
- Assist in the appropriate transfer of patients and request specialty care consultation as appropriate
- Participate in educational programs for the Emergency Medicine personnel as well as the medical staff
- Participate in quality assurance programs and chart reviews
- Attend Emergency Medicine Staff meetings, complete medical records, and participate in Medical Staff committee assignments
Compensation
- Salary range: $300,000 - $330,000
- Potential recruitment bonus
Benefits
- Loan forgiveness availability - up to $200,000
- 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
- Annual Leave Max Carryover 86 days
- Health insurance plans with partial premium payments by the VA and lifetime healthcare insurance options available
- Vision and dental plans with partial premium payments by the VA
- Flexible Spending Accounts for tax-free medical, dental, and vision care expenses
- Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options with cost shared by the Federal Government
- Long-term care insurance option
- Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) pension plan with VA contributing 12.2% and employee contributing 4.4%
- Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) 401(k)-type plan with 1% automatic basic contribution and up to 4% matching contributions
- Disability Retirement
- Vested in a federal pension after only 5 years of service
Qualifications
- Must maintain continuing medical education and required certifications, including Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS)
- Must maintain professional and technical competencies and skills to deliver effective, timely, and high-quality medical care
Emergency Medicine Physician in Fort Harrison at Veterans Health Administration
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This position is listed as full time and onsite. It was posted 3 days ago.