Gastroenterology - Physician

The VA St. Louis Health Care System is recruiting for Full-time Gastroenterologist located within Specialty Care Service at our John Cochran Division. The St. Louis VA Health Care System provides cutting-edge surgical and procedural care to veterans. The Gastroenterologist will diagnose, treat, and manage patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary diseases according to standard, usual, and acceptable methods and techniques. Provide services such as inpatient and outpatient consultation services related to GI and liver disease. The physician is responsible for overseeing the administration of conscious sedation. The Physician performs GI procedures including but not limited to EGD (gastroscopy), complex stricture dilation, EGD with percutaneous gastrostomy tube placement, colonoscopies, push enteroscopy. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) experience is preferrable, but not required. Whether you’re interested inacademics ,research , or abetter work/life balance , you’ll find the VA has a lot to offer, including the unmatched satisfaction you’ll get from caring for those who have served our country. In addition tocompetitive payandliability protection , the VA also offers a robust benefits plan that includes:Paid Time Off: 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave– you can carry over up to 86 days into a new year 13 Days paid sick leave each yearwith no limit on accumulation – unused sick leave can be used to extend creditable service time at retirement! 10 Federal holidays per year with pay 5 Days paid absenceto attend approved CME courses (subject to budget availability) Insurance: Health Insurance : VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Dental & Vision : Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA) VA employees have the option to useFlexible Spending Accounts , which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage optionsare available with the cost shared by the Federal Government. Long-term care insuranceis available as an option Federal Retirement Plan: VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits ( pension ); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a401K-type plan How is the pension funded?VA employees hired after January 1, 2014 automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and theVA contributes 8.3% of the employee’s salary each pay periodfor a total annual contribution percentage equal to 12.7% of the employee’s salary Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2014, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to$17,500 , while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $23,000 The Federal Government also provides anautomatic basic contribution (1% of salary)andup to 4% of salary in matching contributions , depending on the amount of the employee contribution For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension In addition to FERS, VA provideshealth care insurance coverage for retired personnel Employees arevested in a federal pension after only 5 years’ service