The Modern Frontier – Oklahoma City
About the Community – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Named one of the Best Places to Visit by Frommer's Travel and Travel + Leisure, Oklahoma City offers all of the culture, cuisine, attractions, and amenities you'd expect in a modern metropolis. And with its rugged Western past, working stockyards, and title as "Horse Show Capital of the World,” it's rich in cowboy culture, as well. From family fun to romantic retreats to outdoor adventures you won't find anywhere else, Oklahoma City has plenty of hustle without all of the hassle.

Explore Oklahoma City here.

Airport Information: The Closest major airport to Oklahoma City VAMC is the Will Rogers World Airport and supports the following airlines: Alaska Airlines, Allegiant, American Airlines, Breeze, Delta, Frontier, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines. These airlines provide a number of non-stop locations, including Atlanta, Austin, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Destin, Houston, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, Seattle, St. Louis, and Tampa.

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About the Facility – Oklahoma City Veterans Health Care System
This location consists of a 192-operating-bed VHA facility located in Central Oklahoma, serving 48 Oklahoma Counties and two counties in North Central Texas with a veteran population of over 225,000. The Oklahoma City VAMC also includes Community-Based Outpatient Clinics in Lawton, Ardmore, Stillwater, Altus, Ada, Enid, Blackwell, Oklahoma, and Wichita Falls, Texas. The Oklahoma City VAMC is also a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. Comprehensive health care is provided through primary care, tertiary care, and long-term care in areas of medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, geriatrics, and extended care.

Facility Address: 921 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104

Otolaryngologist - RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to)

• The General Otolaryngologist will also have specialized in Sleep Medicine, Rhinology/Sinus/Anterior Skull Base surgeries, to include:
  • Tympanomastoid, Tympanotomy, Simple mastoidectomy, Ventilation tube placement, Nose and sinuses, Intranasal operations, Antrostomy, Ethmoidectomy, Sphenoidotomy, Polypectomy, Submucous resection or septoplasty, facial fractures, benign tumors, cysts, oral cavity and tongue, parotid, other salivary glands, neck, malignant tumors, external nose, nasal space, sinuses, oral cavity and tongue, mandible and adjacent structures, parotid/thyroid, tonsillectomy, larynx, laryngoscopy/esophagoscopy/esophageal dilation, tracheostomy, stoma revision, radical cervical node resection, facial soft tissue excision or repair, bronchoscopy, panendoscopy, endoscopic sinus surgery, excision cervical lymph node, vocal cord stripping, debridement of wound, control of bleeding, change T tube, debridement of wound, control of bleeding, sleep disorders, sleep apnea surgery, sleep investigations, sinusitis/sinus surgery, apnea, snoring.
• Shall provide clinical Otolaryngology services, be present on time for any scheduled clinics/surgeries as documented by physical presence in the clinic or operating room at the scheduled start time.
• Intraoperative follow-up: shall be present in the operating suite for all otolaryngology procedures.
• Postoperative follow-up: rounds shall be conducted on postoperative ENT patients in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit and on the wards.
• Physicians 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 consultation.
• Shall provide discharge education and follow-up instructions that are coordinated with the next setting for all Neurosurgery clinical or surgical patients. Physicians shall follow all inpatient care and discharges in accordance with VA Directives, Handbooks, and Policies.

Qualifications

• License: Any current, clean, and unrestricted license from any state is honored.
• Experience: At least 2 years of continuous working experience within the last 3 years.
• Must be currently certified in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, or equivalent.
• Must have a DEA