Sleep Medicine Physician

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Assess and oversee patients experiencing sleep disorders and conditions that may affect sleep quality.

• Deliver care to new, ongoing, consultation, telehealth, and telephone-care patients.

• Execute thorough outpatient Sleep Medicine services.

• Address associated medical conditions that impact sleep disorders.

• Provide direct patient care via synchronous telehealth.

• Identify suitable sleep testing methods and order clinically relevant sleep studies.

• Review raw sleep study results and patient documentation.

• Analyze sleep studies within a 7-day timeframe.

• Relay sleep study findings to patients and providers within 14 days.

• Complete electronic consultations and review medical records.

• Conduct initial patient appointments lasting about 60 minutes and follow-up consultations of approximately 30 minutes.

• Administer required suicide screenings for new patients.

• Carry out sleepiness and insomnia evaluations when clinically warranted.

• Track the completion of testing and any necessary follow-up actions.

• Oversee remote physiological and therapeutic monitoring programs.

• Communicate securely with veterans through messaging.

• Collaborate with referring providers and interdisciplinary teams for coordinated care.

• Discuss test outcomes and treatment strategies.

• Complete electronic health record (EHR) and billing documentation within facility deadlines, generally within 24 hours of patient encounters.

• Conduct chart reviews and audits related to patient safety initiatives involving Somnoware.

• Engage in quality enhancement efforts, quality assurance/documentation, and monthly quality meetings.

• Participate in team huddles and staff gatherings.

• Adhere to all VA patient safety regulations and reporting protocols.

• Be accessible during assigned clinic hours via Teams, phone, and email.

• Monitor the completion of tests and follow-up procedures.

• Uphold confidentiality and adhere to HIPAA standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Sleep Medicine through the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS).

• Hold an active, full, and unrestricted medical practice license in any U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.

• No prior instances of restricted, suspended, revoked, denied, or voluntarily surrendered licensure.

• Provide NPI report printout.

• Maintain an active DEA license.

• Must successfully pass a federal background check.

• Capability to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, twist, and reach above shoulders throughout the work shift.

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs from the floor to waist level.

• Lift up to 20 lbs.

• Carry up to 40 lbs a reasonable distance.

• Push/pull with up to 30 lbs of force.

• Must have resided continuously in the United States for the three years prior to appointment at a federal facility.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages.

• Opportunities for both full-time and Locum Tenens positions.