Job Summary

The VA St. Louis Health Care System seeks a board-certified Plastic Surgeon to provide complex reconstructive care, including breast, facial, chest wall, abdominal wall, lower extremity, and body contouring procedures. Duties include operative, inpatient, and outpatient care, team leadership, documentation, and quality improvement. Must be eligible for SLU faculty appointment and serve as Site Director for Health Professions Trainees (HPTs).

Job Description

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation. Basic Requirements: 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. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences. Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs. Proficiency in spoken and written English. Preferred Experience: Must be eligible for and maintain Faculty Appointment through St Louis University, the established Academic Affiliate Partner of VA St. Louis Experience in a wide range of plastic and complex reconstructive surgical procedures, including: Abdominal wall reconstruction, Post-mastectomy reconstruction, Sternal and chest wall reconstruction, Spine reconstruction, Lower extremity reconstruction Reconstructive vascular graft coverage, facial reconstruction, management of pressure sores in spinal cord injury patients (e.g. flap coverage of sacral, ischial, and trochanetric ulcers), Body contouring post massive weight loss. Supervises and teaches residents, APPs, and nursing staff. Also teaches and supervises health professions trainees if present. Experience with surgical services meetings, peer review, and quality improvement activities. Experienced as a Physician Utilization Coordinator (PUC). Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: More details can be found in the VA Handbook 5019.