On-site Cardiothoracic Physician Services at Posterity Group LLC – San Juan, Puerto Rico

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing the San Juan VA Medical Center (SJVAMC) with an Onsite Cardiothoracic Physician Surgeons (2FTEs). The Cardiothoracic Physician is expected to do the following:

• Initial patient evaluation in inpatient, outpatient and Emergency Department (ED) settings and surgical procedures in Operating Room and post-operative care settings, including tasks related to Cardiothoracic Surgery Consult (operation not recommended), Permanent Pacemaker Implant (in emergency cases), Pacemaker Lead Extraction (back up), Pericardial Window and/or Pericardiectomy Procedures,
• Back up for Interventional Cardiology (PCI) cases, onsite and on-call in
• One (1) physician surgeon is required to be available on-site for scheduled elective procedures
• One (1) physician surgeon is required to be available on-site for scheduled elective procedures (Operating Room) and patient evaluations at clinics on Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:00am to 3:30pm.
• One (1) physician surgeon will be on call during weeknights Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30pm to 7:00am, and weekdays Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, weekends, and holidays from 7:00am – 7:00am (24 hour daily coverage) for emergency cases and Cath Lab procedures; as needed, surgeon will be called to be onsite as stand by for specific/elective Cath Lab procedures during the week; in addition, this physician needs to attend scheduled meetings on Friday mornings from 7:30–8:30 am for discussion of case

• Have a current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia when services are performed onsite on VA property.
• Shall be Board Certified /Board Eligible by the American Board of Thoracic Surgery and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or equivalency
• at least 5 years of experience