The Memphis, Tennessee Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) has an opening for a Board-Eligible/Certified Endocrinology Physician, specializing in Diabetic Medicine. This position comes with a dual academic appointment with the University of Tennessee. Clinical activities may include, clinical assessment and evaluation, healthcare management of assigned veteran patients with acute and chronic illnesses; ordering and interpreting laboratory, diagnostic studies, consultations, referrals, patient follow-up, health promotion, disease prevention, clinical research, and patient/family/staff education and counseling. 

• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in any state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States or District of Columbia.
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine.
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism
• Meet requirements for academic appointment at affiliate, University of TN Health Science Center.
• Clinical practice, supervising and teaching fellows, residents, and medical students in the specialties of Endocrinology/Diabetic Medicine.
• Age-specific care, including knowledge of changes associated with aging and principles of growth and development relevant to the adult and geriatric age groups: ability to assess and interpret data about the patient’s status; and ability to identify age-specific needs and provide the appropriate care based upon the age-related factors noted.
• Current BLS/CPR certification.
• Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language.
• US Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.

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About Department of Veteran Affairs

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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