If you love the BBQ, enjoy music / art, and appreciate the military-look no further and come care for veterans as a Physician in Neurology
The following duties are required of the position; they include, but are not limited to :
- Provide evidence-based care in an outpatient clinical setting and provide consultation services in an inpatient setting or emergent need.
- Sign notes, close encounters, address consultations and queries, and all required documentation per VA policy and KCVA medical staff bylaws.
- Work collaboratively with other specialties.
- Communicate effectively with veterans, their representatives, and VA staff.
- Compliance with all health care system policies, rules, regulations, and by-laws.
- Maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) and ACLS. Must enroll in RQI and maintain compliance.
- Participation in clinical trainee education including supervision of clinical rotation.
- Cooperate with and participate in medical duties or functions related to quality of care, peer review, and other performance improvement activities as directed.
Neurology Specific Duties :
Provide diagnosis and treatment of adult patients presenting with neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, migraines, Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, epilepsy and other seizure disorders, etc.Ability to perform neurological procedures : Lumbar punctures (LP's), evoked potentials, electroencephalogram (EEG), electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction studies (NCS), botulinum toxin injections.