Section Chief, Vascular Surgery in charming Providence, RI
Overview
- Location
- Providence, Rhode Island
- Schedule
- Monday-Friday, daytime hours (compressed schedule possible) · Limited shared call
- Source-listed pay
- $200,000
- Practice
- Comprehensive hospital environment within Providence VA Medical Center · VA Medical Center
Not yet verified against the original posting
Role summary
The Providence VA Medical Center is recruiting a Section Chief of Vascular Surgery to provide clinical care, leadership, and teaching, with a balanced workload including OR, outpatient, and inpatient duties, limited shared call, and federal benefits including loan repayment and generous paid time off.
What the posting highlights
- Limited shared call
- Care setting: Includes OR time (non-cardiac cases), outpatient clinic, inpatient rounding, emergency room consultation, vascular study interpretation
- Patient population: Veterans
- Teaching or an academic practice setting is noted
SalaryDr summary based on the original posting
Posted base pay vs physician-reported total comp
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $200,000
- Pay context
- Source-listed pay · not yet verified
- Evidence
- icine Recruitment/relocation incentive opportunity! Student loan reimbursement available (up to $200,000 over 5 years) Base salary, plus opportunity for performance incentive Benefits Generous Pa
- Observed
- 1 mo ago
- Compensation model
- Base salary plus opportunity for performance incentive
- Loan repayment
- $200,000
- PTO
- 10.7 weeks
Benefits named in the posting
- 50-55 days paid time off annually including 26 annual leave, 13 sick days, 11 paid holidays, up to 5 paid CME days
- up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
- federal pension with five-year vesting
- 401(k)-style Thrift Savings Plan with up to 5% VA match
- comprehensive federal health, dental, vision, and term life insurance
- free malpractice liability and tail coverage
- recruitment/relocation incentive opportunity
- student loan repayment up to $200,000 over 5 years
Employer
Department of Veterans Affairs
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Comprehensive hospital environment within Providence VA Medical Center
- Facility type
- VA Medical Center
- Patient population
- Veterans
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $200,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- How is the productivity component calculated (wRVU rate, threshold, reconciliation cadence), and what did physicians here actually earn from it last year?
- How is the $200,000 loan repayment structured — forgiven over time, contingent on service years, or paid up front?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- Monday-Friday, daytime hours (compressed schedule possible)
- Call burden
- limited shared call
- Shift type
- daytime
- Inpatient / outpatient
- includes OR time (non-cardiac cases), outpatient clinic, inpatient rounding, emergency room consultation, vascular study interpretation
- Coverage model
- limited shared call
- Admin burden
- protected administrative time for leadership duties
- Teaching
- Yes
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Aggregated (ym_careers)
- Salary label
- Pay not verified
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- 5 days ago
- Extraction confidence
- 95%
Full description
Join our respected Providence VA Medical Center as Section Chief of Vascular Surgery, where you'll provide high-quality care to Veterans and mentor the next generation of physicians. Position Highlights This role offers a balanced clinical workload, including OR time (non-cardiac cases), outpatient clinic, inpatient rounding, emergency room consultation, vascular study interpretation, and protected administrative time for leadership duties. Monday-Friday, daytime hours (compressed schedule possible), limited shared call Lead a section within a comprehensive hospital environment including dedicated Nurse Practitioner focused on providing quality, comprehensive care to our Veterans Opportunity to teach and supervise surgery residents and medical students Potential for academic appointment with Brown University School of Medicine Recruitment/relocation incentive opportunity! Student loan reimbursement available (up to $200,000 over 5 years) Base salary, plus opportunity for performance incentive Benefits Generous Paid Time Off: 50-55 days annually, including 26 days of annual leave, 13 sick days, 11 paid federal holidays, and up to 5 days of paid CME leave. Additional paid parental leave opportunity of up to 12 weeks. Retirement Benefits: A traditional federal pension with five-year vesting, plus a 401(k)-style Thrift Savings Plan with up to 5% VA matching contributions. Insurance Coverage: Comprehensive federal health, dental, vision, and term life insurance plans-many portable into retirement. Malpractice Protection: Free liability coverage, including full tail coverage. Qualifications MD/DO degree and completed vascular surgery residency/fellowship Board Certified or Board Eligible in Vascular Surgery Eligible to practice with a current, unrestricted US medical license Strong leadership, clinical, and teaching skills Living in Providence, RI Providence offers the energy of a major city with the ease and affordability of a small one - home to an acclaimed food scene, a vibrant arts and culture community anchored by Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design, and historic, walkable neighborhoods, all within an hour of Boston and the New England coast. Make a difference. Advance your career. Apply now to join our team serving America's Veterans!