The VA Loma Linda Healthcare System is a Joint Commission accredited, complexity level 1a facility serving over 76,000 unique Veterans in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Inyo Counties of Southern California. The Healthcare System operates 159 inpatient beds and a Community Living Center (Nursing Home) with 110 beds. In addition to the Medical Center, VA Loma Linda Healthcare System consists of Ambulatory Care Center, five contracted community clinics and one Telehealth clinic. In fiscal year 2020, with a medical care budget more than $686 million and over 3,000 employees, VALLHCS outpatient clinics logged more than a 900,000 outpatient visits, 1.1 million unduplicated encounters, providing over 63,000 total bed days of care and completed 7,000 total admissions. The Medical Center is equipped with the most modern technology and infrastructure. To learn more about the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, visit: https://www.lomalinda.va.gov

We are seeking a staff physician who will report to the Chief of Gastroenterology. The applicant Duties would include but are not limited to outpatient clinic consultations and follow-up appointments, inpatient consultations, education of gastroenterology fellows, medical residents and students. Diagnosing, treating, and managing patients referred for management of gastrointestinal disease is the main focus of the position. There would be some need to diagnose and manage patients with acute and chronic liver disease. They will perform endoscopic procedures and cares for patients in the outpatient clinic and inpatient setting with procedural duties that will include performing diagnostic and therapeutic upper and lower endoscopy procedures (including PEG placement and esophageal dilation). Also, performing histories and physical examinations, endoscopy consultations, virtual visits (telehealth) and developing treatment and follow up plans. Further, performing advanced therapeutic procedures for patients who have gastroesophageal reflux disease, Barrett’s esophagus, small bowel disease, inflammatory bowel disease and pancreatobiliary disease would be plus, but is not required. The successful candidate will ideally also qualify for a potential academic appointment at Loma Linda University and University of California Riverside and additional clinical, teaching, research, and administrative responsibilities are possible. They will also have an affiliation with two robust ACGME-accredited fellowship training programs in gastroenterology / hepatology provides ample teaching opportunities.

A Recruitment Incentive is authorized for a highly qualified applicant.

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Opening period 06/15/2021 to 12/31/2021 (11:59 p.m. EST). 

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