Current certifications in Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Proof of appropriate medical education (e.g., MD or DO degree in Neurology or a related field)

QUALIFICATIONS:

Staff/Facility

License: The Contractor's physician(s) assigned by the Contractor to perform the services covered by this contract shall have a current 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.

All licenses held by the personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contractor's physician(s) who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.

Board Certification: All Contractor's physician(s) shall be Board Certified /Board Eligible Neurologist by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Neurology. http://www.abns.org/content/default.asp , and be currently certified in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), or equivalency. All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must always be kept up to date. Documentation verifying current certification shall be provided by the Contractor to the VA COR on an annual basis for each year of contract performance.

Technical Proficiency: Contractor's physician(s) shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the government's requirements, including the ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently. Contractor shall provide documents upon request of the CO/COR to verify current and ongoing competency, skills, certification and/or licensure related to the provision of care, treatment and/or services performed. Contractor shall provide verifiable evidence of all educational and training experiences including any gaps in educational history for all Contractor's physician(s) and Contractor's physician(s) shall be responsible for abiding by the Facility's Medical Staff By-Laws, rules, and regulations (referenced herein) that govern medical staff behavior.

VA HOURS OF OPERATION/SCHEDULING:

VA Business Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.

Patients must be seen by a contractor's physician(s) on-site at facility in a timely manner in accordance with VA Rules and Regulations on clinic wait times and consult completion. Contractor shall notify the COR at least monthly about any obstacles to meeting this performance measure.

Contractor's physician(s) shall be available and present in clinic during normal facility clinic hours, facility which will be established, and may be revised, as deemed appropriate for patient care by the Chief of Staff.

Off-hours Coverage: Contractor must make the Contractor's physician(s) available on-call during all hours when the facility clinic is closed, including evenings, weekends and holidays.

Monday through Friday, 4:31 p.m. to 7:59 a.m.

Weekends ? 4:31 p.m. Friday to 7:59 a.m. the following Monday morning, unless that Monday happens to fall on a Federal Holiday

On-call Contractor's physician(s) must always be available for phone consultations with VA residents and physicians.

On-call providers must

Direct Patient Care: estimated 98% of the time involved in direct patient care.

Per the qualification section of this PWS, the Contractor shall provide the following staff:

Board Certified /Board Eligible Certified Neurologist.

Scope of Care: Contractor's physician(s) shall be responsible for providing neurology care, including, but not limited to:

Clinic: Contractor physician(s) shall provide clinical Neurologist services. Contractor physician(s) shall be present on time for any scheduled clinics as documented by physical presence in the clinic at the scheduled start time.

Approximate case load is as follows:

# of patients per clinic: 30

Contractor physician(s) shall provide consultative services at the patient's bedside if the patient is not ambulatory and, in the clinic, setting if the patient is able to report to the outpatient clinic. Procedures shall be scheduled for completion within 30 days of the date of the consult.

ADMINISTRATIVE: estimated 2% of time not involved in direct patient care

Staff Meetings: The Contractor's physician(s) shall attend staff meetings as required by the VAMC Chief of Service, Chief of Staff, or designee. Contractor to communicate with COR on this requirement and report any conflicts that may interfere with compliance with this requirement.

QA/QI documentation: The Contractor's physician(s) shall complete the appropriate QM/PI documentation pertaining to all procedures, complications and outcome of examinations.

Patient Safety Compliance and Reporting: Contractor's physician(s) shall follow all established patient safety and infection control standards of care. Contractor's physician(s) shall make every effort to prevent medication errors, falls, and patient injury caused by acts of commission or omission in the delivery of care. All events related to patient injury, medication errors, and other breeches of patient safety shall be documented in the medical record of those impacted and disclosed to the patient or surrogate. As soon as practicable (but within 24 hours) Contractors shall notify COR of incident and submit an entry in the VA Patient Safety Reporting System, following up with COR as required or requested.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.