The VA Loma Linda has an opening for an energetic, driven, and compassionate Physician in healthcare to serve as a Nephrologist.

Facility Details: VA Loma Linda Healthcare System (VALLHCS) is actively recruiting to fill a Board Certified or Board Eligible Nephrologist to help care for our Veterans – America’s Heroes! Selected candidate will be considered for a faculty appointment at Loma Linda University & be involved with the education & teaching of medical students, residents & other providers. This exciting job opportunity awaits you in our state of-the-art VA facility in the city! VA Loma Linda is among the VA Medical Centers in the Western U.S. and has been improving the health of the men and women who have so proudly served our nation.

Position Details:

• Function as the expert for patient care related to acute, chronic, and end-stage kidney disease, fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders.
• Develop treatment plans, including but not limited to dialysis (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy).
• Round on hospitalized patients, attending clinics, writing of prescription medications, writing for consultative services, diet instruction, and other physician-driven or exclusive decisions.
• Provide evaluations and treatment recommendations, including acute dialysis orders, for hospitalized patients.
• Provide on-phone/on-call coverage on an as-needed basis during times when the provider is not present at either campus to include holidays, night, and weekends.
• Ability to perform procedures including temporary hemodialysis catheter placement and ultrasound guided kidney biopsies.
• Active participation in teaching programs/Nephrology fellowship with faculty appointment at academic affiliate expected.

Experience and interest in managing patients with kidney transplant and patients receiving home modalities of dialysis is strongly preferred. Additionally, completion of advanced training in research methodology is highly desirable.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, (Includes participation in On-Call coverage for evenings, weekends and holidays)

Salary Range: $330,000-$360,000

Board certification or Board eligible in Nephrology is preferred.

Community Highlights: Spectacular Loma Linda, (Spanish for Beautiful Hill) CA., is nestled in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains. The city is located approximately 60 miles east of Los Angeles in San Bernardino County. While it is near the highly developed job market of Los Angeles and Orange Counties, it does provide a small-town setting for your home, work, or recreation. Adjacent to California's Interstate 10 freeway, Loma Linda is freeway close to beaches, mountains, and desert resorts.

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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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