Job Details

Major Duties: - Physician is the recognized subject matter expert in all matters related to sleep medicine. - Integrate newly published scientific research on sleep, interpret published professional guidelines and educate other providers. - Develop policies and guidelines for the program with regards to sleep evaluation. - Given the latitude to work within and interpret guidelines as sees fit for the betterment of the program and its patients. - Responsible for the examination, diagnosis and treatment of the full range of outpatients seen in the clinic. - Diagnose multiple chronic conditions and a wide range of sleep and breathing disorders and diseases, complicated diagnoses and treatments. - Manage assigned cases that often have overlapping complex conditions that involve complicated diagnostic and testing procedures. - Order and evaluate the full range of tests to include polysomnography, actigraphy, sleep diaries, unattended sleep studies, appropriate radiographic, pulmonary function testing and laboratory testing when indicated. - Supervise, teach and provide consultation to other health care providers (nurse practitioners, physician's assistants, medical students, interns, residents, and fellows). - Incumbent has direct contact with staff members of OTSG in order to plan and coordinate the provision of sleep medicine in the program as well as to resolve operational issues. - Provide expert advice not only to providers within the program but to the Commanding General and OTSG on sleep health concerns in senior leaders and the impact of that on a wide range of healthcare concerns. - Serve as the primary Sleep Medicine Physician; Board Certified or possess a Certificate of Added Qualifications in Sleep Medicine preferred. PERFORMS OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED.