Podiatrist (Surgery Advanced Rearfoot/Ankle)
What you'd do
The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for a Podiatrist (Surgery Advanced Rearfoot/Ankle). The Podiatrist (Surgery Advanced Rearfoot/Ankle) will function in Surgical Service.
Major duties
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Clinical podiatry providers duties: evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation to adult patients with acute, chronic, and complex pedal problems. Ordering and providing preliminary interpretation of appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Privileges also include supervision, teaching, and involvement of medical students, trainees, residents, and fellows in the same setting. Outpatient clinical procedures including Surgical and chemical nail procedures, soft tissue procedures (including Incision/biopsy soft tissue lesions, repair of simple lacerations, I&D-localized abscess, ulcer debridement), Foreign body removal (superficial/subcutaneous) and non-surgical treatment of tendons and non-displaced fractures of the foot and ankle. Rearfoot Specific Procedures: Surgical procedures of Midfoot/Rearfoot including: Soft tissue of ankle -Tarsal tunnel release, tendon repair/augmentation, fasciotomy; Bone -arthroplasty/arthrodesis/arthroscopy, Osteotomy, excision of ossicle/exostosis, ORIF (fibular), coalition, dislocation. Rearfoot Complex Procedures: Surgical procedures of Rearfoot including: Amputation -rearfoot/ankle (Symes) Bone- ORIF (calcaneus, cuboid, navicular, pilon, talus, trimalleolar), Cavus/Charcot/flatfoot, Reconstruction, Ilizarov/Delta Frames, Total ankle replacement, Talus replacement, Arthrodesis (Ankle/Subtalar/Talonavicular/Calcaneocuboid/Naviculocuneiform) Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday; may be required to work some weekends and evenings (Schedule is variable based on needs of the service and at supervisor's discretion) on call expectations will include weekends holidays and evenings Compressed/Flexible: Compressed or Flexible Work Schedule may be available Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Podiatrist Basic Requirements Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted. ~AND~ Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. VA Podiatrists 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 Council on Podiatric Medical Education, in the list published for the year the residency was completed, or (2) Other residencies and training experiences, or their equivalents, which the local Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training. ~AND~ Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia. Preferred Experience: Surgery Rearfoot Board certified or qualified surgical fellowship training preferred Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: The Physical Requirements of this position are concerned with the mental and physical ability of the applicant to satisfactorily perform the duties of the proposed assignment and may include requisite laboratory and other screening as required by Federal regulatory agencies.
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