Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Harry S Truman VAMC is seeking a Cardiothoracic Surgeon to work in beautiful Columbia, MO!

Columbia is centrally located between St. Louis, Kansas City and the stunning Lake of the Ozarks. Columbia offers a wide variety of recreation options, including biking, jogging or walking on Columbia's beautiful greenbelt. Columbia is a great place to work and live, offering small-town friendliness with big city features!

Full time or part time options will be considered.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus) :    Available to qualified candidate

Pay :  Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off :  50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement :  Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance :   Federal health / vision / dental / term life / long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure :  1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME :  Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice :  Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract :  No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule :  Monday - Friday 8 : 00 a.m. to 4 : 30 p.m. - some occasions may require work outside of this core schedule as this is a 24 / 7 hospital facility. Subject to change based on agency needs.

CARDIOTHORACIC (CT) SURGEON DUTIES

• Design and conduct comprehensive examinations, diagnosis, and implementation of treatment plans, admission orders, discharge summaries, ordering special labs, and radiographic studies
• Provide medical education / counseling to patients & their families
• Verify, establish, and ensure that identified pre-operative surgical requirements are met, ensure appropriate arrangements have been established for admission, and coordinate inpatient activities on the floor
• Primarily responsible for admissions and medical care of patients
• Perform bedside procedures including placement of arterial lines, swan-ganz catheters, and central lines, bronchoscopy, changing of tracheostomy tubes, wound care and debridement, thoracentesis, removal of chest tubes, temporary pacing wires, intra-aortic balloon pump, central lines, arterial lines, and drains
• Demonstrate ability to diagnose and treat CT surgery patients seen in consultation with other health care providers
• Promote patient care programs for the CT surgery patients
• Integrates the activities of the CT surgery service with other patient care programs at the facility
• Provides education, teaching, and support to surgical residents and fellows
• Participates in Quality Improvement (QI) projects as deemed necessary by the department, Quality Management (QM), and / or the Chief of Staff
• Participates as a key member of the CT surgery Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) to ensure optimized outcomes for all CT surgery patients

SURGICAL INTENSIVE CARE DUTIES