General Surgeon

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing the VA Central California Healthcare System with a General Surgeon.The General Surgeon are expected to perform the following:

The General Surgeon will have assigned OR time and clinic time. Surgical Department strives to maintain a safe working environment, in which we identify and address issues and concerns as they relate to safety and well being within the General Surgery Section. The General Surgeon will provide direct patient care in outpatient clinic, inpatient setting, operating room, Emergency department and other locations as deemed necessary by Chief of Surgery or Facility leadership to include:

• Administrative duties designated by the Chief of Surgery.
• Duties involving preventative medicine, emergency preparedness, Joint Commission, and other internal and external health systems requirements deemed by the Chief of Surgery.
• Supervision and training of Surgical Residents, other trainees, and physician extenders.
• Provide fair and equitable on-call services during daytime, after-hours, weekends, and holidays based on a mutually agreed upon and pre-determined schedule.
• Demonstrates courtesy, respect, and a positive attitude toward all stakeholders.
• Has the knowledge and skill to assist customers with questions or concerns.
• Understands the importance of and participates in service recovery.
• Recognizes the need and modifies care as necessitated by patient's age and abilities.
• Ability to provide accurate and understandable instructions to patients.
• Understands the importance and is compliant with participating in-patient identification and time-out processes.
• Ability to recognize patient signs of physical distress and monitors the patient's condition during treatment.
• Knowledge of computerized patient records systems, and their application to surgical patients, to include approved abbreviations and the format for completion of progress notes.
• Compliant with maintaining patient confidentiality per HIPAA regulations relative to both written and verbal patient information.
• Compliant with VHA cyber-security policies and directives.
• Other duties as assigned.

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• 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.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience 

Employer profile

Posterity Group is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that provides all manner of medical staff to the Federal, State, and commercial customers.

Job ID: 9376352 / Ref: b379139b31dfa2d53d85102b67e7da1a