U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Required

• • 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 allopathic 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
• • Board Certification
• • Physicians are generally not required to be board certified for employment in VA
• • however, three circumstances in VA require Physician board certification: 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 accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA), in the list published for the year the residency, or fellowship if applicable, was completed
• • OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship, first year of residency, or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States
• • OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement), 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
• • Exceptions: 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 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
• • In rare and unusual circumstances, the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer, who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience, accomplishments, performance, and qualifications warrant such action
• • Proficiency in spoken and written English
• • Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/
• • Physical Requirements: Lifting up to 35 pounds, intermittently
• • moderate carrying (15-35 pounds), intermittently
• • lifting over 35 pounds with assistive devices in accordance with the Safe Patient Handling Policy except in emergent situations requiring prompt patient care
• • pulling, intermittently
• • pushing, intermittently
• • reaching above the shoulders, intermittently, both hands required
• • walking, intermittently
• • standing, intermittently
• • kneeling, intermittently
• • and repeated bending.
• • Broad clinical and administrative expertise is required in order to coordinate Veteran care in collaboration with the section chiefs with Radiology, Medical Center Clinical Service Chiefs and with other VA and non-VA entities within and outside the VISN
• • The incumbent must possess a clinical knowledge that provides the ability to manage these programs, specifically with regard to customer satisfaction, quality of services provided, and efficiency of service delivery
• • To affect the policies, have the skills in management theory, cost-benefit analysis, and statistical analysis
• • demonstrate knowledge and skills in interpersonal relations, especially the ability to appropriately and courteously relate to internal and external customers
• • Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.