Nephrology Physician

The Memphis VA Medical Center has an opening for a Nephrologist that offers a dual academic appointment with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). The position reports directly to the Chief of Specialty Medicine and works as a member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team that collaborates with other members of the team to provide care to veterans.

The Medical Center consists of one main campus and ten community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). Its a 1a-complexity tertiary care VA healthcare system located in one of the fastest-growing Veteran population regions in the United States. The facility provides comprehensive care to over 47,000 veterans in a 52-county area of Western Tennessee, Northern Mississippi, and Northeast Arkansas. It includes 236 inpatient beds with a 26-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit.

It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs.

• Provide consultation on various forms of nephrology disease states, both for diagnosis and treatment in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Nephrology clinical practice, supervising, and teaching Nephrology fellows, residents, and medical students.
• Share attending call responsibilities with other Nephrologist in covering some nights, weekends, and holiday calls as needed.
• Lead, manage, and round with teams of fellows, residents, medical students, and pharmacists while on inpatient service or in a clinical setting.
• Clinical assessment and evaluation - inpatient and outpatient.
• Ordering and interpreting laboratory and diagnostic studies.
• Ordering consultation and referrals - inpatient and outpatient.
• Health promotion and disease prevention for patients, family members, and staff education and counseling.

• Experience-based salary
• Work Schedule:
  Mon-Fri: 8AM-4:30PM
• CME Reimbursement:
  Possible $2000 per year (Must be Board Certified)
• Malpractice Liability Protection with tail coverage
• Possible Recruitment Incentive for highly qualified candidates
• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment)

• BE/EC in Nephrology
• Eligible for a Faculty Appointment at UTHSC
• Full and unrestricted license from ANY state
• US Citizenship
• Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language