Podiatrist -Telehealth

This is a telehealth position. The work to be performed must be provided by a Podiatrist who is preferably board-certified either the American Board of Podiatric Medicine (ABPM) or the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery (ABFAS). The candidate will examine, diagnose, and medically treat disorders, diseases, deformities, or injuries of the foot and ankle according to evidence-based practice and VHA standards, usual and acceptable methods, and specialty-specific management guidelines.

Qualifications:

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: Experience in telehealth and as Podiatrist at the VA.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: This position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires mostly periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients/residents who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be a mature, flexible, sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations, able to shift priorities based on stakeholder needs.

Responsibilities:

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Work Schedule: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday-Friday
Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized.
Telework: Authorized.
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Location: This position will report to the Greenville, NC VA and will report to the respective ORH EWI HELPP Program Lead(s) with eventual transition to local station leadership within a 36 month period or less.

Duties:
This is a telehealth position. The work to be performed must be provided by a Podiatrist who is preferably board-certified either the American Board of Podiatric Medicine (ABPM) or the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery (ABFAS). An active license to practice in a state or territory is required. The candidate will examine, diagnose, and medically treat disorders, diseases, deformities, or injuries of the foot and ankle according to evidence-based practice and VHA standards, usual and acceptable methods, and specialty-specific management guidelines.

Manages outpatients in a telehealth setting to manage patients with general, adult podiatry specific diseases and conditions to include (as appropriate):

• Provide podiatry telemedicine to patients at increased risk for amputation who are assigned to rural and/or highly rural VA clinics.
• Work collaboratively with intermediate care technician(s) (ICT) (or equivalent personnel) and/or other departments to ensure comprehensive management of the high-risk patient.
• Telesupervise basic foot care, including basic wound care, and be committed to limb preservation to rural and/or highly rural high-risk patients
• Manage outpatient consults in a timely manner
• Manage podiatry Clinical Video Telehealth (CVT) clinics to include management of clinic modifications and/or clinic closures as necessary
• Provide appropriate telesupervision of ICTs in all care settings
• Complete all medical records in accordance with Bylaws, Rules, and Regulations of the medical staff
• Coordinate transfer of specialty-specific patients from/to other hospitals or clinics if necessary
  Collaborate with other departments and sections including, but not limited to, specialists, nursing staff, social services, utilization management, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team to coordinate the care
• Maintain an unrestricted medical license

In addition, when appropriate, the physician will also perform the following:

• Participate in quality improvement and/or research of High-Risk Eye and Limb Preservation Program (HELPP), Office of Rural Health (ORH) activities
• Adhere to all HELPP ORH data and metrics reporting requirements
• Attend all scheduled meetings as requested by the station, ORH or HELPP leadership
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with other hospital departments and administration

Salary : $180,000