Podiatrist- Surgery Rearfoot/Ankle

Full Job Description

This is an Open Continuous Announcement and may be extended beyond the current closing date until the position is filled.

Eligible applications will be referred at regular intervals, as additional vacancies occur and/or on an as-needed basis during the duration of the announcement.

Once a selection is made and offer is accepted the announcement may close pending no additional vacancies.

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Podiatrist Basic Requirements: Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted.

~AND~ Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.

VA Podiatrists involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.

Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, in the list published for the year the residency was completed, or (2) Other residencies and training experiences, or their equivalents, which the local Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training.

~AND~ Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.

Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.

Physical Requirements: Functional Requirements: Use of fingers; Both hands required; Walking (4-5 hours); Standing (5-6 hours); Both legs required, Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; Both eyes required; Depth perception; Ability to distinguish basic colors; Ability to distinguish shades of colors.

Environmental Requirements: Working closely with others. Major Duties:

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Major Duties/Responsibilities: Performs physical examination, assess, and diagnose foot/ankle pathology of non-diabetic as well as diabetic patients.

Provides outpatient and inpatient Podiatry consultation and surgical services such as osseous digital procedures, open management of digital fracture, partial ostectomy/exostectomy, hallux valgus surgery, hallux limitus surgery, as well as a full spectrum of soft tissue foot surgery such as excision of soft tissue tumor, tendon repair, and removal of deep foreign body.

Performs selected reconstructive midfoot, hindfoot, and ankle surgery. Performs biomechanical examinations and procedures related to castings, prosthetics, and orthotics.

Prescription of pharmaceuticals and therapeutic devices, (orthotics, prosthetics, plaster casts, immobilization devices, etc.).

Provides wound care services including debridement of ulcers, nail avulsion, removal of hardware.

Provides local care of calluses and pedal ulceration such as deformed, painful and/or infected nails which may result in significant extension of infection, ulceration, disability, or gangrene; particularly in patients predisposed to infection or its extension by systemic disease (diabetes mellitus).

Performs appropriate consultation, referral, and co-management of patients with complicated systemic conditions.

Provides clinical teaching and coordination of medical educational activities for podiatric students, residents, and staff.

Perform appropriate consultation, referral, and co-management of patients with complicated systemic conditions Provides and promote disease prevention and patient education programs and services.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized