Job at a glance
The Fee Basis Physician will provide intermittent care to the Rheumatology Department in the Medical Center for VA Providence Healthcare System. This is a Fee Basis position and payment will be made on a fee-for-service basis. Major duties: Pay: Yearly salary limitation of $15,000 can be earned in a calendar year. Unit Work Description/Pay Per Unit: 99205-Office o/p new hi 60 min $168.36 99215-Office o/p est hi 40 min $133.08 Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided The Fee Basis Physician Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Needs to work weekends Evaluate, diagnose, provide consultation, medically manage and treat rheumatology patients including systemic diseases with rheumatic manifestations.
Privileges include medical management of general medical conditions which are encountered in the course of caring for the rheumatology patient. Admit to inpatient or appropriate level of care Ordering and Preliminary interpretation of EKG and Imaging and Laboratory Studies. Diagnostic aspiration and analysis of synovial fluid under light and compensated polarized light microscopy. Therapeutic injection of diarthrodial joints, bursae, tenosynovial structures, and entheses Biopsies of tissues relevant to the diagnosis of rheumatic diseases Synovial biopsy Work Schedule: Appointment is intermittent and based soley on the needs of the Department.
-No guaranteed hours or fixed schedule. Requirements: U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period.
Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. Education: Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed.
Approved schools are: Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made that the medical school meets (or met) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirement for year graduated.
NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.