Excellent Academic Parkinson's & Movement Disorders Opportunity - Portland, OR

The VA Portland Healthcare Center actively recruiting to fill Board Certified Staff physician in Neurology – Parkinson’s & Movement Disorders (BE considered) to help care for our Veterans – American’s Heroes.

The Portland Veterans Affairs Healthcare Center Neurologists manages a variety of neurological movements disorders conditions of Veteran patients with Parkinson’s disease, Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders, Dystonia, Huntington’s Disease, and others. You will see general neurology patients inpatient Neurology duties, which included both a ward and consult service. Participate in all aspects of a Movement Disorders Neurology program, to include clinical, administrative, academic, and research components. Patient caseload may be inpatient, outpatient, or both and include a range of neurological disorders. Must be comfortable with DBS programming for multiple platforms. Have some procedural experience with botulinum toxin injections for hemi-facial spasm, migraine, blephospasm, dystonia and occipital nerve blocks, but training can be an option.   Manageable volume & on-call, maximim of 4 weeks per year. BC / BE in Neurology is required.

VAPORHCS is a major teaching site and research site closely affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) with an opportunity to teach medical students, residents & fellows and obtain an academic appointment. VAPORHCS hosts about 2,000 health professional learners annually and ranks in the top 10 nationwide among VAs in research grant support, with over 170 investigators in basic science, clinical, and health services research and over 1000 active protocols.

Work Schedule : Part-time, Monday-Friday, (May be required to work evenings or weekends while on call-likely a total of 4 weeks a year).

• Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in the U.S.
• Board Certification in Neurology and Movement Disorders Fellowship preferred, but Board Eligibility may also be considered.

Community Information

Portland, Oregon is a great city with distinct and interesting neighborhoods, full of good restaurants and bars, coffee shops on every corner, locally made beer pubs, and hundreds of food carts where you can try out food from around the world. Portlanders are friendly and helpful. Even though Portland has 2.2 million people living in it and has all the benefits and amenities of a big city it has a friendly, small-town feel. Portland has one of the best bus and city-train systems in America. Portland is also the most bicycle friendly city in America. You do not need a car to enjoy living in and exploring Portland! Portland is often called the "beer-capital of the world", with more varieties and brands of beer made in local breweries than anywhere else and with over a dozen of beer festivals held in the city every year! Oregon is also becoming more known for wine, with over a hundred wineries in and near Portland, where you can sample all kinds of wine pinot noir and pinot gris wines are an Oregon specialty. Oregon is a place of natural beauty & exciting adventures. It is the state with the most diverse climate in all the United States. Oregon has cool rainforests and hot deserts, ocean beaches and snow-covered mountains. View more details at Portland - Official City Guide & City of Portland

Benefits and Features

Expected Salary range will be competitive for the academic rank and include a full benefits and features package to support high quality professional practice and favorable work-life-family balance. The VA provides employees with a robust benefits package and fosters an environment where more time is spent on medical practice and less on business tasks. VA does this by offering : Paid Time Off in the form of 1 hour of paid time off for every 10 hours worked, 1 hour of sick leave for every 20 hours worked, 11 Federal holidays with pay, and possible to supported time and cost coverage for CME courses. Insurance to include Health-Dental-Vision care insurance programs to choose from with premiums partially paid by VA; Flexible Spending Accounts; Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government; and Long-term care insurance available as an option. Federal Retirement Plan thru the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) - A three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS-FRAE basic benefits (pension); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan, with up to five percent government matching contributions.

To Explore This Physician Opportunity Further

Please forward copy of your Curriculum Vitae to Henry "Hank" Laguatan, VA National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant @ Henry.Laguatan@va.gov or call (206) 459-7927.