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Medical Officer of the Day (Physician)

VA Northern Indiana Healthcare System (NIHCS), Marion Campus  •  USGP is hiring across 1 position under this federal contract — details for each below.

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Medical Officer of the Day (MOD) - Internal Medicine Physician (Urgent Care)

Schedule: Coverage 12:00am-8:00am Monday-Friday, all weekend from 12:00am Saturday through 8:00am Monday, and 11 federal holidays; contractor fills all shifts not covered by VA staff during non-business hours (M-F 4:30pm-8:00am, 24 hours on weekends/holidays); covered units operate 24/7/365; replacement physician within 2 hours if a shift cannot be completed

Education

  • Physician qualified as Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine, meeting or exceeding American Board of Internal Medicine guidelines
  • Verifiable evidence of all educational and training experiences, including explanation of any gaps in educational history

Licensure & Certifications

  • Current, full, unrestricted license to practice medicine in any U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or DC
  • Physicians who have ever had a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action, or denied upon application will not be considered
  • Board Certified/Board Eligible in Internal Medicine
  • Current BLS and ACLS certification
  • Credentialed and privileged per VHA Handbook 1100.19 and VHA Directive 1100.20, approved by the NIHCS Professional Standards Board, Medical Executive Board, and Medical Center Director before providing any services
  • Current CME hours reported to the credentials office, required for privileging and re-privileging

Experience

  • Technically proficient in the skills needed for urgent care/MOD coverage, with documentation of current competency on request
  • Fluent in speaking, understanding, reading, and writing English

What You'll Do

  • Serve as the sole on-duty physician covering Urgent Care, the Community Living Center, acute/chronic Mental Health units, and the SARRTP residential program
  • Evaluate, stabilize, and manage life/limb threats: resuscitation, triage, diagnosis, and disposition or transfer
  • Treat urgent conditions across all systems: wounds, respiratory, GI, cardiac, neurologic, psychiatric, renal/urologic, ENT/eye, musculoskeletal, endocrine, hematologic, environmental, and OB/GYN emergencies
  • Perform minor procedures: local anesthesia, incision and drainage, laceration repair, nail trephination, nasal cautery, bladder catheterization, peripheral IV insertion, spinal immobilization, and splinting (no major procedures)
  • Stabilize and transfer patients requiring a higher level of care per 38 USC 1784A
  • Review all inpatient admissions recommended by PAs/NPs with person-to-person hand-off to the admitting team
  • Provide consultation to referring clinicians, initiate social work referrals for homeless veterans and frequent UC patients without primary care
  • Document care and E&M/procedure coding in the EHR by the end of each encounter; report patient safety events within 24 hours; provide coordinated discharge education

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Requirements for all positions on this contract

  • At least one Board Certified/Board Eligible Internal Medicine physician on site at all times during coverage hours; the Urgent Care may never be left without a qualified physician
  • Annual TB testing (TST or IGRA, with chest x-ray if positive); proof of MMR and varicella immunity; one Tdap dose; annual influenza vaccine (mask during flu season if contraindicated); COVID-19 compliance per VHA supplemental requirements; bloodborne pathogen training and contractor-provided Hepatitis B vaccination series with surface antigen testing - all current within the past year and provided within 5 days of award, before the first shift
  • Complete all VA mandatory training and EHR training; CME kept current and reported for privileging
  • Abide by facility Medical Staff By-Laws and VA rules on clinic wait times and consult completion
  • Conflict-of-interest disclosure to CO/COR; self-referral of VA patients to the contractor's or physician's own practice prohibited
  • Follow all medication policies (no sample medications), patient safety and infection control standards, and VHA Directive 1088 on communicating test results
  • Substitution limited to urgent/emergent absences; contractor covers vacancies due to sick leave, personal leave, and vacations

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