Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS) in scenic sunny Tucson, Arizona is currently looking for a gynecologist.
Position Information:
The Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS) is recruiting a full-time Staff Gynecologist to join a dynamic team of dedicated providers and ancillary staff. The hired applicant will join a team providing compassionate healthcare to our female veteran population. The selected provider will report directly to the Section Chief of Gynecology, under the Surgical Service Care line.
Gynecology Responsibilities:
- Offer patient care for female veterans including prevention, health maintenance, comprehensive contraception, infertility assessment, as well as evaluation and management of uterine bleeding, prolapse, urinary incontinence, and pelvic pain.
- Perform gynecologic surgeries, including advanced laparoscopic and operative hysteroscopic cases. Robotics experience is a plus, but not required. Newly renovated OR suites with Olympus towers and a da Vinci Xi system are available on site.
- Provide office based gynecologic procedures, including LEEPS and same day insertion of IUDs and Nexplanon subdermal implants.
- Educate other providers on women's health needs via electronic, phone, or in person consultation. Didactic presentations to medical staff on women's health are encouraged.
- Take low volume home-based call after hours.
The VA Medical Center located at Tucson Arizona is the "Flagship" for the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), which serves over 170,000 veterans located in eight counties in Southern Arizona and one county in Western New Mexico. This 295-bed hospital provides training, primary care and sub-specialty health care in numerous medical areas for eligible Veterans. It is a state-of-the-art network of health care facilities throughout Southern Arizona comprised of the medical center in Tucson, Arizona and seven Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Casa Grande, Green Valley, Safford, Sierra Vista, Yuma, Northwest, and Southeast Tucson. Through an environment of compassion, education, and research, SAVAHCS is a national model with opportunity to gain clinical faculty status at the University of Arizona.
Benefits:
- Low patient-provider ratios
- Robust insurance coverage
- The ability to work anywhere in the country with one active license.
- $275,000 - $400,000 annual salary
- Stable employment with competitive salary and regular pay increases
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign on Bonus) – approved for a highly qualified candidate
Requirements:
- US Citizen
- Must have an active and unrestricted license in any of the US States
- Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine
- Completion of Residency Training in any of the US States
- Board Certified/Eligible in Gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG)
- Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Please send your CV to virginia.deutsch@va.gov
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