Odyssey Systems has an exciting opportunity for Hospitalist, providing Board Certified or Board Eligible Hospital Medicine Physician Services on site in accordance with the specifications contained herein to beneficiaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Louis A Johnson VAMC, located at  Med Center Dr. Clarksburg, WV 26301.

***Contingent upon contract award***

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Contractor’s physicians shall admit and coordinate all aspects of care for hospitalized medical patients including: 

• Admission, including history and physical examinations.
• Appropriate placement within the Hospital.
• Evaluation and treatment, including the ordering and interpretation of diagnostic studies, including laboratory, diagnostic imaging, and electrocardiographic examinations, and the administration of medications normally considered part of the practice of hospital medic.
• Discussion of end-of-life preferences/advanced care planning.
• Consultations with sub-specialists.
• Timely and proactive discharge planning.
• Coordination of care with primary care physicians.
• Discharge including ensuring appropriate follow-up is arranged.
• Perioperative care.
• Contractor’s physicians shall provide care to patients in critical/acute care settings in conformance with VA policies.
• Contractor’s physicians shall assess, stabilize, and determine the disposition of inpatients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services. This includes running code teams and rapid response teams.
• Contractor’s physicians shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time.
• Contractor’s physicians shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time.

• Contractor’s physicians shall review all admissions to inpatient hospital care recommended by Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner providers. Every admission to inpatient care shall have a person-to-person hand-off/hand-over from the admitting Provider to a responsible member of the admitting team.

• Contractor’s physicians shall provide consultation with and instruction to referring physicians regarding appropriate indications for procedures so that the most expeditious and clinically appropriate work-up can be done. Contractor’s physicians shall determine the appropriate course of treatment and communicate in person or by phone with the referring clinicians.

• Contractor’s physicians shall initiate appropriate social work referrals for all identified homeless veterans and for patients who do not have primary care providers.

• Contractor’s physicians shall follow all established medication policies and procedures. No sample medications shall be provided to patients.

• Contractor’s physicians shall provide discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all Hospital patients.

• Mechanisms must be in-place to provid notification of test results for patients receiving care in accordance with VHA Directive 1088, Communicating Test Results to Providers and Patients. 

• The core privileges in this specialty include the procedures on the procedures list (below) and such other procedures that are extensions  of the same techniques and skills. This is not intended to be an all-encompassing procedures list. It defines the types of activities/procedures/privileges that the majority of practitioners in this specialty perform at the VA and inherent activities/procedures/privileges requiring similar skill sets and techniques. 

1. Abscess incision and drainage
2. Thoracentesis
3. Nasogastric tube insertion
4. Reinsertion of gastric tube
5. Fecal occult blood testing
6. Paracentesis
7. Placement of transurethral catheter
8. Aspiration and injection of joints except ankle and hip Injection of lateral epicondyle (tennis elbow)
9. All ACLS procedures
10. Removal of lines and tubes
11. Lumbar Puncture

***Contingent upon contract award***

Minimum Required Qualifications

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen or Green Card holder

Clearance: Ability to Obtain NACI

Certifications: 

•  License: The Contractor’s physicians assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia) when services are performed onsite on VA property. 

• All licenses held by the key personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contractor’s physicians who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract. 

• Board Certification and Experience: All contractor’s physician (s) shall be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine, have experience in providing scope of care as described herein and be currently certified in VHA-approved Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalency. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date at all times. Documentation verifying current certification shall be provided by the Contractor to the VA COR on an annual basis for each year of contract performance.

• Technical Proficiency: Contractor’s physicians shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the government’s requirements, including the ability to speak,  understand, read and write English fluently. Contractor shall provide documents upon request of the CO/COR to verify current and ongoing competency, skills, certification and/or licensure related to the provision of care, treatment and/or services performed. Contractor shall provide verifiable evidence of all educational and training experiences including any gaps in educational history for all contractor’s physician (s) and contractor’s physician (s) shall be responsible for abiding by the Facility's Medical Staff By-Laws, rules, and regulations (referenced herein) that govern medical staff behavior.

Additional Information

Required Documents for submission:

• Updated Resume (With all gaps explained)
• Copy of Board Certified/Board Eligible Locum Hospitalists
• Copy of National Provider Identifier Number
• BLS, ACLS are good to have or willing to take if awarded before initiating credentialing
• OIG Search Result (Print page in PDF format) (https://exclusions.oig.hhs.gov/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1)
• SAM Search Result (Print page in PDF format) (https://sam.gov/search/?page=1&pageSize=25&sort=-modifiedDate&sfm%5BsimpleSearch%5D%5BkeywordRadio%5D=ALL&sfm%5Bstatus%5D%5Bis_active%5D=true)

Location: Louis A Johnson VAMC, located at  Med Center Dr. Clarksburg, WV 26301.

Travel: NA

Remote, Onsite, or Hybrid:  Onsite, VAMC, Clarksburg, WV

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***Contingent upon contract award***

Odyssey Systems is a world-class technical, engineering, and integration company serving the warfighting ecosystem with airborne integration, ISR, C2, and warfighter readiness capabilities. Odyssey meets the military’s operational needs by integrating layered defense systems from equipment, technology, and services to data, information, and business operations. We streamline defense acquisition and sustainment, engineering the technical battlefield with domain-specific proficiency to ensure lethality. Odyssey is dedicated to excellent contract execution, peak organizational performance, and fostering a workplace built on employee care.

Odyssey is proud to live out our core values of commitment, ambition, and respect in our work and communities through OdysseyCares, a philanthropic group focused on giving back through direct donations, an employer match program, and volunteering events.

Please note: Final compensation for this position will be determined by various factors such as the Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant work experience, specific skills and competencies, geographic location, education, and certifications.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities