About the Role
Seeking a Sleep Medicine Physician to support the Veteran community. This position is open to all candidates, including Locum or Traveling professionals.
Responsibilities
- Manages comprehensive sleep disorders and related medical conditions.
- Performs direct patient care, including synchronous (clinics) and asynchronous care (sleep study interpretation, electronic consultations, and remote therapeutic monitoring).
- Completes new patient visits within 60 minutes and follow-up visits within 30 minutes.
- Completes mandatory setting-specific suicide screening for new patients.
- Completes sleepiness and insomnia questionnaires where hypersomnia and insomnia are relevant to the patient visit.
- Evaluates patients, orders appropriate testing, and facilitates order completion.
- Monitors status and completion of test results, reviews results, and discusses management plans with patients.
- Documents all patient interactions in the electronic health record (EHR) within 24 hours of the clinical encounter.
- Communicates appropriately with Veteran’s providers regarding sleep testing, follow-up, and management.
- Functions efficiently and respectfully within a multidisciplinary and interprofessional sleep team.
- Documents and communicates ordered test results to patients and providers within a timeframe consistent with VHA policy.
- Tracks completion of tests ordered and responds to inquiries from schedulers.
- Maintains board certification, meets CME requirements, and practices within scope of privileges.
Requirements
- Authorization to work in the U.S. permanently, without sponsorship.
- Graduate of an accredited medical school with an MD or DO degree.
- Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).
- Board Certified or Board Eligible in Sleep Medicine by the American Board of Medical Specialties.
- Florida, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, and California state licenses preferred.
- Previous experience with the VA is a plus.
- Must complete credentialing and onboarding requirements consistent with VA medical staff processes.
Location
- Remote/Virtual
Work Type
- Contract
- Full-time
- Part-time
Education Level
- MD or DO degree
Salary/Compensations
- $135.00 per hour
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) match
- Paid sick leave
- Paid vacation
- 11 federal paid holidays
About the Company
- In 2025, Terrestris was ranked 185 out of the top 5,000 fastest growing private companies in America by Inc.
- Terrestris forms strong client and team relationships through transparency.
- Strives to create an environment where team members can let their excellence shine.
- Finds, develops, and incorporates new ideas to provide memorable services.
- Rooted in the USMC values of honor, courage, and commitment.
- Seeks to deliver extraordinary value to the American people by helping the Government become more efficient and effective.
Equal Opportunity
- Terrestris is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
- Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
