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The Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks, in Fayetteville, AR, is seeking a full-time, board certified/board eligible, Intensivist. We are fully committed to providing top quality medical care by serving and honoring America’s Veterans. 

The staff intensivist will be responsible for, but not limited to the following duties:

• Responsible for the care of critically ill patients to include, but not limited to patient assessment, management, treatment, and airway management/ventilator management. Provide management of life-threatening illness and organ failure.
• Manage patients efficiently with attention to length of stay and care transitions.
• Champion inpatient initiatives to improve overall quality, safety, and patient experience.
• Performs academic bedside rounds with strong interest in medical resident supervision and evaluation.
• Perform daily ICU rounds, coordinating patient care.

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.

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About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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