Otolaryngology Physician

Aspire Medical Staffing is in search of an onsite Otolaryngologist to perform services to eligible beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Columbia VA Health Care System VAMC . The physician's care shall cover the range of Otolaryngology services as would be provided in a state-of-the-art civilian medical treatment facility and the standard of care shall be of a quality, meeting or exceeding currently recognized national standards as established by the American Academy of Otolaryngology (AAO). Location : Columbia VH Health Care VAMC 6439 Garners Ferry Road Columbia, SC 29209 VA HOURS OF OPERATION/SCHEDULING * * VA Business Hours : 8- hour Tour of Duty Monday thru Friday * Work Schedule : 0800 to 1630 Monday thru Friday Qualifications: * Board Certification: shall be Board Certified Otolaryngology Physician * 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. Contractor s physician(s) who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract. * Certification: certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). * All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must always be kept up to date. * DEA: shall provide copy of current DEA certificate. Duties: * Contractor physician(s) shall provide clinical Otolaryngology services. Contractor physician(s) shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics/surgeries as documented by physical presence in the clinic or operating room at the scheduled start time. * Operative Services: Contractor physician(s) shall provide comprehensive clinical Otolaryngology services including the full range of ENT Surgical procedures: Typical surgical procedures include, but are not limited to: * * Thyroidectomy * Parotidectomy * Sinus Surgery * Head/Neck cancer removal * Pan endoscopy * Intraoperative Follow-up: The Contractor physician(s) shall be present in the operating suite for all Otolaryngology procedures. * Postoperative Follow-Up. Contractor Physician rounds shall be conducted on postoperative ENT patients in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) and on the wards. All cases will be discussed in morbidity and mortality conferences, and the contractor physician(s) will provide appropriate information to the COR for inclusion in departmental reports. * Contractor physician(s) shall provide consultative services at the patient s bedside if the patient is not ambulatory and in the clinic setting if the patient is able to report to the outpatient Procedures shall be scheduled for completion within 30 days of the date of the consult.