Military / VA Hospitalist: Internal Medicine Job in Hot Springs, South Dakota
This position is offered as a Military/VA arrangement, meaning you would serve as a federal employee caring for active-duty personnel, veterans, and their families. Compensation and benefits follow federal schedules, and malpractice coverage falls under federal protection. This structure typically brings predictable scheduling and separates you from the billing and business administration side of private practice.
This role is also listed under single-specialty group and hospital/clinic/MSO employment arrangements, so the Military/VA option is one of several ways the position is structured. There is no patient call and no emergency department call rotation. The
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Hospitalist: Internal Medicine
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: Yes
- Structure of Position: Single-Specialty Group, Employed by Hospital/Clinic/MSO/Other, Military/VA
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: No call
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
The incumbent will function as a member of the inter-disciplinary team providing clinical care to patients in an inpatient setting. As an attending physician, the responsibilities include providing medical evaluation and directing overall management of patients in collaboration with other members of the health care team. The incumbent will be expected to provide Urgent Care during the shift or limited hour coverage for the Emergency Department depending on the setting. Support from pulmonary/crucial care, cardiology, neurology, and other medical and surgical specialties is available on a 24/7 basis by phone and/or Tele ICU. The incumbent will provide prescribed medical treatment and personal care outcomes; providing a full range of care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavior problems; and accountable for meeting and maintaining the qualification standards and functional statements of completion of work, a demonstrated ability to assume leadership in patient centered program, and the ability to establish effective communication with patients, families, visitors and members of the interdisciplinary team.
- Structure of Financial Support: Straight Employment, Employment Agreement with production bonus
- Financial Offering: National Average
- Median Compensation: $345,073 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Yes
- Signing Bonus: Yes
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Yes
- Practice State: South Dakota
- Practice City: Hot Springs
- Community Size: 10,000 - 24,999, 25,000 - 49,999
- Community Details: Registered Candidates Only
- Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
- Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
- Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Facility Type: Hospital
- Number of Hospital Beds: 18
- Number of ER Visits Per Year: 2000
- Number of Deliveries Per Year: 0
- Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs
