? (High Salary) Care Staff
Company: Department of Veterans Affairs
Location: Memphis
Posted on: November 3, 2025
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Job Description:
The Memphis VA Medical Center has an opening for a Pulmonary
Critical Care Sleep (PCCS) Staff Physician with a dual academic
appointment with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
(UTHSC). The position reports directly to the Chief of Specialty
Care and will work in conjunction with other members of the PCCS
and/or subspecialty team to provide evidence-based patient-centered
care to Veterans. Above all, the PCCS Physician is expected to
provide care that exhibits patience, compassionate,
appropriateness, effective for the promotion of health, prevention,
and treatment of diseases. The Medical Center consists of one main
campus and ten community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). It’s a
1a complexity tertiary care VA healthcare system located in one of
the fastest growing Veteran population regions in the United
States. The facility provides comprehensive care to over 47,000
Veterans in a 52-county area of Western Tennessee, Northern
Mississippi, and Northeast Arkansas. It includes 236 inpatient beds
with a 26-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit. It is a teaching hospital,
providing a full range of patient care services, with
state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and
research programs. The PCCS Staff Physician will provide care and
lead daily patient care clinical rounds, and discharge planning
with members of the interdisciplinary team in ICU, Pulmonary
outpatient service and Pulmonary consultation service, as well as
Sleep services when required. The PCCS Staff Physician will
participate in the call schedule by rotation as assigned by the
Service/Section Chiefs. The PCCS Physician is required to be able
to demonstrate sound decision-making skills in both clinical and
administrative areas, including participation in committees as a
member, or as chair if the situation arises. In addition, the PCCS
Physician will serve as a preceptor to Residents, Medical Students,
and Fellows in the PCCS discipline. CME Reimbursement: Be
proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language
Patients, Colleagues, VA Staff Paid Time Off: 26 paid vacation
days, 13 paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays, 5 paid CME
attendance days Pay Incentives: Regular salary increases and annual
performance bonus Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance Retirement:
Traditional Federal Pension (5-year vesting) and Federal 401K with
up to 5% agency match No Contract: No Physician Employment Contract
and no significant restriction on moonlighting Clinical research
opportunities and possible academic affiliation The medical center
is located in the metropolitan area of Memphis, TN, on the bluffs
of the Mighty Mississippi River. It’s the hub of the United States
and is known as the birthplace of Blues, Rock & Roll, and low &
slow cooked barbecue. Apply today and become a part of the world’s
largest healthcare system and serve those who served the nation. To
fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have
served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers,
and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are
America's Veterans.
Keywords: Department of Veterans Affairs, Memphis , ? (High Salary) Care Staff, Healthcare , Memphis, Tennessee
