Department Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Salary $1.00 to $999,999.00
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 3/5/2009
Close Date 6/5/2009
Who may apply Public
Locations: BOISE, ID
Job Description (Please follow all instructions carefully)
Department: Department Of Veterans Affairs
Agency: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Sub Agency: Medical Service
Physician (Infectious Disease)
Competitive Salary Commensurate with Education and Experience as determined by Professional Standards Board and Compensation Panel.
Open Period: Thursday, March 05, 2009
to Friday, June 05, 2009
Position Information: Full-Time Permanent
Promotion Potential: ^
Duty Locations: 1 vacancy – Boise, ID
Who May Be Considered:
Applications will be accepted from United States citizens and nationals.
Job Summary:
The VA Medical Center, Boise, ID in association with the University of
Washington is recruiting for a full time Board Certified, Infectious
Disease Physician with strong research commitment to investigations of
pathogenic mechanisms of Gram positive infections.
Relocation expenses are authorized for this position; those who meet required criteria may be authorized the Guaranteed Home Buyout Program (GHBO). Relocation/Recruitment Incentives may be authorized.
Boise is located in the southwest corner of Idaho, midway between the cities of Salt Lake City, Portland, and Seattle. It is an ideal western community of 185,000 people (500,000 in the metropolitan area) offering an easy lifestyle and a wealth of outdoors and nature activities just outside your front door. The weather offers four distinct seasons, but extremes are blunted by the proximity of mountains both NE and SW of the area. Excellent housing and schools are found here, and the city hosts a string of parks along a 35-mile long paved Greenbelt along the Boise River, giving rise to its nickname, The City of Trees. As the capital of Idaho and the state’s largest city, Boise also offers a strong and thriving economy supported by government, high-tech industries, higher education, agriculture and outdoor recreation.
Major Duties:
The Boise, Idaho VA Medical Center, in association with the University of Washington, is recruiting for a full-time Board Certified Infectious Disease physician (MD or MD-equivalent) with strong research commitment to investigations of pathogenic mechanisms of Gram positive infections. The Boise VAMC is a Dean’s Committee Hospital affiliated with the University of Washington, as well as Boise State University, the University of Idaho and Idaho State University, and has an excellent residency training program in Primary Care Internal Medicine, Psychiatry and Family Practice. The incumbent will be appointed to the full-time faculty at the University of Washington at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the physician/scientist pathway. University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research and service. The Boise VAMC and the University of Washington are building a culturally diverse faculty and staff and strongly encourage applications from women, minority, individuals with disabilities and covered veterans.
Qualifications:
Citizenship: Must be a United States Citizen.
Board Certified in Infectious Disease.
License: Must have and maintain a current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. Copy of license must be included with application package.
English Language Proficiency: Physicians, including residents, appointed to direct patient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d).
A degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
How You Will Be Evaluated:
Evaluation will be based upon Education, Experience and interview results.
Benefits:
You may participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, with costs shared with your employer. Life insurance coverage is provided. Long-Term Care Insurance is offered and carries into your retirement. New employees are automatically covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). If you are transferring from another agency and covered by CSRS, you may continue in this program. You will earn annual vacation leave. You will earn sick leave.
You will be paid for federal holidays that fall within your regularly scheduled tour of duty. If you use public transportation, part of your transportation costs may be subsidized. Our human resources office can provide additional information on how this program is run.
You can use Health Care Flexible Spending Accounts for expenses that are tax-deductible, but not reimbursed by any other source, including out-of-pocket expenses and non-covered benefits under their FEHB plans. More Info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#FSA
Other Information:
This position will be filled on a full-time permanent basis. Selectee will be eligible for health and life insurance, annual (vacation) and sick leave and will be covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Selectee may be required to complete a probationary period. Applicants for this position must pass a pre-employment medical examination. A background security investigation will be required for all new hires. Appointment will be subject to the applicants successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication. Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination. All Federal employees are required by Public Law 104-134 to have federal payments made by Direct Deposit.
All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment are subject to random drug testing prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with the VA.
Management retains the right to fill positions from any appropriate recruitment source. The selecting official will decide which source(s) to utilize and if circumstances warrant, may at any time change the area of consideration or make other such appropriate changes.
This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify Human Resources Management Service, VA Medical Center, Boise, ID. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THE CLOSING DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AND WILL BE DESTROYED
APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, AGE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, OR ANY OTHER NONMERIT FACTOR.
Privacy Act Information: The information you are submitting for this position contains information subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (P.M. 93-579, 5. U.S.C. 552a). We are requested to provide you with information regarding our authority and purposes for collecting this data, the routine uses which will be made of it, the effect, if any, of nondisclosure. You are entitled the same information as it pertains specifically to disclosure of your social security number. Publication of this information would result in announcements of unreasonable length and complexity; therefore, it is available to you from the office issuing this announcement.