Military / VA Orthopedic Surgery: Sports Medicine Job in Portsmouth, Virginia
This orthopedic sports medicine position in Portsmouth, Virginia is offered as a Military/VA opportunity — federal employment supporting active-duty service members, veterans, and their families. Compensation follows a straight employment structure, with the financial offering for this listing shown as Open. As with other federal roles, malpractice coverage falls under federal protection, and the position is structured without a partnership track.
Call responsibilities include a patient call rotation of 1:6 or better, with no emergency department call required. This is a permanent role open to board-certified physicians trained through allopathic or osteopathic pathways, including both American and foreign medical graduates, and welcomes candidates ranging from recently trained to very experienced. Applicants must hold US citizenship.
Because this is a federal position, it offers the schedule predictability and mission-driven patient population typical of military and VA practice, along with separation from the billing and administrative demands common to private practice settings.
- Position Type: Permanent
- Recruited Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery: Sports Medicine
- Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
- Structure of Position: Military/VA
- Partnership Opportunity: Unknown
- Expected Patient Call Coverage: 1:6 or better
- Expected ER Call Coverage: No call
MD/DO - Sports Medicine Physician
Naval
Medical Center Portsmouth
Naval Medical center
Portsmouth, Virginia has proudly served the military and their families since
1830 making it the Navy’s oldest continuously running hospital in the Navy
medical system. Nationally acclaimed, this state of the art medical center with
ten branch clinics offers premier research and teaching programs designed to
prepare new doctors, nurses and hospital corpsmen for the future. This patient
driven TRICARE facility is entrusted with the health readiness of the United
States armed forces. Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, proudly serving those who
serve us so well.
POSITION OVERVIEW (duties include but are not limited to)
- Evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, provision of consultation and nonoperative management of patient of all ages with acute and chronic medical illnesses and injuries related to sports and exercise.
- Providers may apply basic nutritional principles to exercise and educate patients on the psychological aspects of exercise, performance, competition, physical fitness and healthy lifestyle.
- Sports Medicine physicians educate and monitor effects of performance-enhancing and mood-altering drugs.
- Examine, diagnose, and treat disorders of the musculoskeletal system.
- Assist in educating residents, interns, and medical students, and other teaching duties.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a government security clearance.
- Must possess a Doctorate Degree in Medicine from an accredited college approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association, a Doctorate degree in Osteopathy from a college accredited by the American Osteopathic Association, or permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
- Must be board certified in one of the following ACGME accredited specialties: Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Orthopedics, Preventative Medicine or Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
- Must possess one of the following:
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o Have successfully completed a fellowship program in Sports Medicine, 1-year minimum.
o Have successfully completed a Certificate of Additional Qualification in Sports Medicine.
o Be board certified in orthopedic surgery.
- Possess a minimum of 3 years full-time (40 hours per week) experience as a clinician in Orthopedics or Sports Medicine within the preceding 5 years.
- Must possess and maintain a current, valid, unrestricted license (corresponding to the specialty required by the task order) in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Must have and maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) as approved by the American Heart Association (AHA).
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- Structure of Financial Support: Straight Employment
- Financial Offering: Open
- Compensation Range: $568,850 - $1,101,218 per year
- Relocation Allowance: Negotiable
- Signing Bonus: Negotiable
- Stipends: Negotiable
- Student Loan Assistance: Negotiable
- Practice State: Virginia
- Practice City: Portsmouth
- Community Size: 50,000 - 99,999, 100,000 - 499,999, 500,000+
- 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
- Work Status Requirements: US Citizen
- Preferred Experience Level: Recently Trained, Experienced, Very Experienced
- Accept Local Physicians within 25 mile Radius: Yes
- Agency: KurzSolutions
