Physician Services- Gastroenterologists

Elite Staffing Network is seeking a Gastroenterologist for the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System in Little Rock, AR.

Contractor shall provide Board Certified /Board Eligible Gastroenterology Physician Services on site in accordance with the specifications contained herein to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System.

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

Clinic and Surgical Care: Contractor physician(s) shall provide clinical Gastroenterology services. Contractor physician(s) shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics/surgeries as documented by physical presence in the clinic or operating room at the scheduled start time.

Operative Services: Contractor physician(s) shall provide comprehensive clinical Gastroenterology services including the diagnosis and treatment of Gastroenterology disease and surgical procedures. Typical procedures include EGD, Colonoscopy, Endoscopic Ultrasound & ERCPs, but are not limited to the procedures indicated.

Licensure/Board Certification/Board Eligibility

License: The Contractors 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. Contractors 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.

Board Certification: All contractors physician(s) shall be Board Certified /Board Eligible by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM.org) and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) and ACLS or equivalent. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must always be kept up to date. Documentation verifying current certification shall be provided by the Contractor to the VA COR on an annual basis for each year of contract performance.

Schedule

Normal Business Hours 8:00am 4:30pm, Monday - Friday

Clinic Schedule: 8:00am 4:30pm, Monday Friday. Rotating weekends and holidays. Rotating weeks after normal working hours call coverage. 4:30pm 7am

Patients must be seen by a contractors physician(s) on-site at CAVHS in a timely manner in accordance with VA Rules and Regulations on clinic wait times and consult completion. Contractor shall notify the COR at least monthly about any obstacles to meeting this performance measure.

Contractors physician(s) shall be available and present in clinic during normal CAVHS clinic hours, which will be established, and may be revised, as deemed appropriate for patient care by the Chief of Staff. Currently, normal clinic hours are 8:00am 4:30pm. Monday Friday. Rotating weekends and holidays. Rotating weeks after normal working hours call coverage. 4:30pm 7am.

Clinic duties: Perform endoscopic procedures in GI lab, staffing and supervising GI fellows in endoscopy lab and inpatient consult service, supervising Fellows in gastroenterology clinic when required.