The Best Hometown in the Army! The Community - Fort Carson, Colorado Fort Carson is a 137,000-acre United States Army installation and census-designated place. It's located approximately 8 miles south of downtown Colorado Springs. Situated in El Paso County, Fort Carson extends south into both Pueblo and Fremont counties as well. It has been nicknamed "The Best Hometown in the Army!" and supports hundreds of community events for the larger Colorado Springs area. Being one of the newest posts in the Army, it joins a myriad of other military posts in El Paso County, including the Air Force Academy, Schriever, Peterson and Buckley Air Force Bases as well as NORAD. Fort Carson hosts a multitude of opportunities for recreation including camping, fishing, hiking, and even swimming! Annual celebrations such as the St. Paddy's Day Crawl 5k, the Spring Flea Market and Festival and the Freedom Fests are festivities that you certainly want to take advantage of.
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About the Facility - Fort Carson - Evans Army Community Hospital Fort Carson military base is one of the newest posts in the Army. It joins a myriad of the other military posts in El Paso County, including the Air Force Academy, Schriever, Peterson and Buckley Air Force Bases and NORAD. Within the base, there is the Evans Army Community Hospital, which is the key component of the Colorado Springs Military Health System. It strives to be the model of an integrated military healthcare system, delivering health and value for its beneficiaries. The 92-bed Evans hospital serves an enrolled population of over 70,000 and supports about 3,500 outpatient visits every day. Other typical daily statistics include 137 emergency room visits, 6 births, 21 operating room cases, 41 inpatients, and 3.300 prescriptions filled. The Evans Army Community Hospital is focused on Readiness and Health, Healthcare Delivery, Force Development, and 'Taking care of Ourselves' - the readiness and health of Fort Carson's Soldiers, innovative healthcare promoting, improving, conserving, or restoring the behavioral and physical well-being of those entrusted to our care, developing agile and adaptive leaders who achieve success, and taking care of each other, our Soldiers for Life, civilians and their families, treating each other and all with dignity and respect.
Facility Address: 1783 Nelson Blvd, Fort Carson, Colorado, 80913
RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to) - The neurologist will see patients in the outpatient general neurology consult and follow-up clinics. The outpatient clinics will consist of both in-person and virtual clinics.
- The neurologist will see inpatient neurology consults.
- The neurologist will take calls from the ED as needed.
- The neurologist will be responsible for the oversight of all aspects of neurologic care delivered to their assigned patients.
- The neurologist will perform neurologic procedures, like Company/EMG, EEG interpretation, and/or Botox administration, commensurate to his/her individual training and expertise, in accordance with local VA credentialing and privileging requirements.
- Staff neurologists will supervise and teach neurology residents and medical students during their Neurology rotation.
REQUIREMENTS - Must be a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) or Osteopathy (D.O.) who has completed an internship and residency in an accredited Neurology Training Program and is board certified or board eligible in Neurology.
- Shall be board certified/Board Eligible in Neurology.
- Shall be required to be certified in BLS or ACLS.
- Must have an active DEA Certificate.
- Must have and maintain a valid, unrestricted license in one of the 50 states in the U.S., the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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