Physician - Surgical Hospitalist

Job Description

Join our Team at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA as a Physician - Surgical Hospitalist.

The primary responsibility of the Surgical Hospitalist is in-house medical coverage of General, Vascular, and Cardiothoracic patients. The Surgical Hospitalist will function in a primary role managing inpatients for these sections. The incumbent would be expected to manage medical care not requiring specialty skills unique to surgeons. In support of the surgical hospitalist, surgical attendings for these specialties will be available for immediate consultation by telephone or in the hospital as necessary.

The major duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 

1. Medical management of surgical inpatients; including patients on the ward, transitional care units, and intensive care units
2. Notify the on-call surgical attending of any major change in a patient's medical status or when alterations to treatment are needed.
3. Consult and coordinate with appropriate services as required for patient care management including but not limited to neurology, renal, cardiology, pulmonary, gastroenterology, hematology, anesthesia, ICU etc.
4. Evaluations
5. Initial evaluation of General, Vascular, and Cardiothoracic surgical consults in the hospital or emergency department.
6. After initial evaluation.
7. Support of surgical patient care
8. Perform simple procedures such as wound vac changes, central line placement, arterial line placement, drain removal, chest tube removal, and other procedures as granted through competency assessment.
9. Prepare patient for emergency operations including consent, booking of case, coordination and notification of services.
10. Additional duties as assigned 

Benefits and Features

• Expected Salary Range from $270K – $315K (negotiable based on candidate's qualifications, credentials and experience
• Work Schedule: 07:30am-4:00pm Mon-Fri
• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized
• Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• Licensure:1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
• CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

We encourage you to consider VA employment in San Francisco, CA. We offer both a mission you can put your heart into and a home for fun, new experiences. Join a team that values a healthy home/work life balance and be rewarded by your role in keeping the promise to those who served.

Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 Federal holidays with pay annually
• 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses

Insurance:

• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits, 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits (pension), and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 12.2% of the employee’s salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 16.6% of the employee’s salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2025, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $23,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $31,000.
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years service