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Venesco, LLC is a government contractor providing Healthcare, IT, Research & Development and administrative services to government agencies. Venesco prioritizes employee connectedness and work life balance. Our field employees are highly valued members of the Venesco team.

Venesco, LLC is recruiting two Hospitalists to provide services at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, WV. Positions are six months with possible extension. Due to start in December 2025. Hospitalists will care for the needs of our nation's veterans.  This is a great opportunity to give back to those who served our country!

Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package offered.

Hours: Hospital operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year including Federal Holidays

• Normal Business hours for the hospitalist is 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. or 7.00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. 

Duties:

 Direct Patient Care: estimated 95% of the time involved in direct patient care. 

Scope of Care: Contractor’s physician (s) (as appropriate and within scope of practice/privileging) shall be responsible for providing Hospital Medicine Physician care, including, but not limited to:  

Evaluation, Treatment, and Management: Contractor’s physicians shall admit and coordinate all aspects of care for hospitalized medical patients including:   

• Admission, including history and physical examinations   

• Appropriate placement within the Hospital   

• Evaluation and treatment, including the ordering and interpretation of diagnostic studies, including laboratory, diagnostic imaging, and electrocardiographic examinations, and the administration of medications normally considered part of the practice of hospital medicine.  

• Discussion of end-of-life preferences/advanced care planning   

• Consultations with sub-specialists   

• Timely and proactive discharge planning   

• Coordination of care with primary care physicians   

• Discharge including ensuring appropriate follow-up is arranged   

•  Perioperative care   

• Contractor’s physicians shall provide care to patients in critical/acute care settings in conformance  with VA policies. Contractor’s physicians shall assess, stabilize, and determine the disposition of   inpatients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services. This includes running code teams and rapid response teams.  

• The core privileges in this specialty include the procedures on the procedures list (below) and such other procedures that are extensions   of the same techniques and skills. This is not intended to  be an all-encompassing procedures list. It defines the types of activities/procedures/privileges that the majority of practitioners in this specialty perform at the VA and inherent activities/procedures/privileges requiring similar skill sets and techniques.   

1. Abscess incision and drainage  

2. Thoracentesis  

3. Nasogastric tube insertion  

4. Reinsertion of gastric tube  

5. Fecal occult blood testing  

6. Paracentesis  

7. Placement of transurethral catheter   

8. Aspiration and injection of joints except ankle and hip Injection of lateral epicondyle (tennis elbow)  

9. All ACLS procedures   

10. Removal of lines and tubes   

11. Lumbar Puncture Clinic: Contractor’s physician (s) shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time.   

Inpatient Admissions: Contractor’s physician (s) shall review all admissions to inpatient hospital care recommended by Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner providers. Every admission to inpatient care shall have a person-to-person hand-off/hand-over from the admitting Provider to a responsible member of the admitting team.  Consultation and Referral Responsibilities: Contractor’s physician (s) shall provide consultation with  and instruction to referring physicians regarding   appropriate indications for procedures so that the  most expeditious and clinically appropriate work-up can be done.  Contractor’s physician (s) shall  determine the appropriate course of treatment and communicate in person or by phone with the  referring clinicians.   Contractor’s physician (s) shall initiate appropriate social work referrals for all identified homeless veterans and for patients who do not have primary care providers.   

Medications: Contractor’s physician (s) shall follow all established medication policies and procedures.   No sample medications shall be provided to patients.  

Discharge education: Contractor’s physician (s) shall provide discharge education and follow up  instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all Hospital patients.  Communication of Test Results: Mechanisms must be in-place to provid notification of test results for patients receiving care in accordance with VHA Directive 1088, Communicating Test Results to Providers and Patients.  

Administrative: estimated 5% of time not involved in direct patient care   

Requirements

1. Degree/Residency: Must hold a DO or MD from an accredited university. Have completed a residency, preferably in internal medicine.

2. License: The Contractor’s physician (s) assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia) when services are performed onsite on VA property.  All licenses held by the key personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contractor’s physician (s) who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.   

3.  Board Certification and Experience: All contractor’s physician (s) shall be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine, have experience in providing scope of care as described herein and be currently certified in VHA-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalency. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times.  Documentation verifying current certification shall be provided by the Contractor to the VA COR on an annual basis for each year of contract performance.  

4. Technical Proficiency: Physician (s) shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the government’s requirements, including the ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently. 

5.  Continuing Medical Education (CME)/ Certified Education Unit (CEU) Requirements: Contractor’s physician (s) registered or certified by national/medical associations shall continue to meet the minimum standards for CME to remain current.