Board Certified/Board Eligible Gastroenterologist
About The Position
Posterity Group LLC is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Gastroenterologist to staff The VA Northern California Healthcare System (VANCHCS). The Gastroenterologist will provide primary, secondary, and tertiary care in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Responsibilities include identifying patient health problems, designing diagnostic and therapeutic plans, coordinating health service personnel, resolving patient care issues, and educating patients and families about their care and illness management. A significant portion of time will be dedicated to patient care, with sufficient time allocated for administrative duties. The role involves performing a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal procedures.
Requirements
- Board Certified/Eligible in Gastroenterology
- Fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine (Residency)
- Three to five years of Gastroenterologist experience
- Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine.
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
Responsibilities
- Provide primary, secondary, and tertiary care in hospitalized and outpatient settings.
- Identify patients' health problems and design diagnostic and therapeutic plans.
- Coordinate activities of other health service personnel.
- Resolve problems affecting patient care.
- Provide appropriate education for patients/family members regarding patient's care, illness, and its management.
- Perform diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures.
- Perform Liver Biopsy.
- Perform Small Bowel Biopsy.
- Perform Dilation of the esophagus (bouginage).
- Perform Esophageal motility.
- Perform Upper Gl endoscopy.
- Perform Colonoscopy & Flex Sigmoid.
- Perform Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
- Perform Polypectomy.
- Perform Laparoscopy (Peritoneosopy).
- Perform Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.
- Perform Laser: Photocoagulation of vessels.
- Perform Laser: Tumor Ablation.
- Perform Gastric lavage & cytology.
- Perform Sclerotherapy of esophageal varices.
- Perform Esophageal ligation or banding of varices.
- Perform Endoscopic ultrasonography with or without fine needle aspiration biopsy.
- Perform Placement of esophageal stent.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
