Beckley VA Medical Center is a Joint Commission accredited, complexity level II facility serving Veterans in 11 counties in southern West Virginia. The medical center opened its doors to Veterans on March 1, 1951, and today it is a 25-bed general medical/surgical and 5-bed intensive care facility with a 50-bed community living center. The community living center offers skilled nursing care, post-acute rehabilitation and restorative care, hospice, palliative care, and respite care for eligible Veterans.

• Assist in collaboration with other providers in administering emergency cardiac care for life threatening heart conditions such as cardiac arrest.
• Provide consultations for Emergency Department, Inpatient, and Intensive Care Unit.
• Provide daily ongoing notes concerning progress of care and discharge planning concerning cardiology recommendations in conjunction with hospitalist.
• Provide documentation and if needed, collaborative communication with accepting cardiologist during transfer of patient to a higher level of care, whether in the ED or Inpatient, with documentation in the Electronic Health Record to support.
• Conduct electrocardiogram (EKG), phonocardiogram, echocardiogram, or other cardiovascular tests to record patients' cardiac activity, using specialized electronic test equipment, recording devices, or laboratory instruments including conducting exercise electrocardiogram tests to monitor cardiovascular activity under stress by using VA approved modalities of documentation.
• Design and explain cardiology treatment plans based on patient information, such as medical history, reports, and examination results.
• Provides daily Inpatient notes on cardiology patients and consultation notes for Emergency room patients on day of occurrence.
• Diagnose medical conditions of patients using records, reports, test results, or examination information.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients for both inpatient and outpatient encounters.
• Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary during hospitalization and upon discharge or transfer if indicated.
• Obtain and record patient information, including patient identification, medical history, and examination results.
• Order medical tests, such as cardiac stress tests, echocardiograms, electrocardiograms, Holter monitors, and consultations through VA or Care in Community for Cardiac Catheterization if warranted.
• Prescribe cardiovascular medication to treat or prevent cardiovascular problems.
• Recommend cardiac surgical procedures with appropriate consultations with collaboration to referring provider in VA or Care in the Community.
• Prescribe heart medication to treat or prevent heart problems.
• Recommend surgeons or surgical procedures.
• Provide patient consultation within the ICU and the ED for critical patients.
• Provide education and supervision for medical students and Family Practice Residents in Cardiology.
• Talk to other physicians about patients to create a treatment plan.

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Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
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

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday 8 am to 430pm, with some on call weekends.

About the region:
Beckley West Virginia is southern West Virginia's largest population center and a major shopping and entertainment area for thousands of the "Mountain State's rural residents. Tourism, technology and transportation thrive here amid 3 national parks. Beckley is an ideal place to live with affordable cost of living and a low crime rate, which WV has had the lowest for 50 years.

The city offers dining options of authentic local food as well as a diverse variety of well-known franchise restaurants. Entertainment included the performing arts, fine arts, museums, festivals, live music as well as movie Galleria 14 movie theater, bowling, miniature golf and other fun activities. The region has some of the most beautiful parks, trails and lakes for outdoor recreation.

General Area:
Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center
Raleigh County Memorial Airport
YMCA of Southern West Virginia

Entertainment:
City of Beckley Sponsored Events
Tamarack

Arts:
Beckley Concert Association
Theatre West Virginia
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine
Youth Museum

Outdoors:
Parks and Recreation
Burning Rock West Virginia Off Road Park
Winterplace Ski Resort
Summit Bechtel Reserve
Resort at Glade Springs
Cabins at Pine Haven
New River Gorge National Park & Preserve
West Virginia State Parks

Schools:
Raleigh County School District
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
Valley College
New River Community and Technical College

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).

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About Beckley VA Medical Center

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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