Physician (Family Medicine) - GP 0602-14
About the role
This position falls under the Defense Health Agency, NBR Health Clinic in Little Creek, Virginia Beach, Virginia, providing a full scope of primary and preventive health care services to patients of all ages in the Department of Family Medicine.
Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek (JEB–LC), formerly known as Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, is the major operating base for the Amphibious Forces in the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet. The mission of the Naval Amphibious Base is to provide required support services to over 15,000 personnel of the 27 homeported ships and 78 resident and/or supported activities. The base's combination of operational, support, and training facilities are geared predominantly to amphibious operations, making the base unique among bases of the United States and Allied Navies. The Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek is the largest base of its kind in the world, comprising four locations in three states, including almost 12,000 acres of real estate. Its Little Creek location in Virginia Beach, Virginia, totals 2,120 acres of land. Outlying facilities include 350 acres located just north of Training Support Center Hampton Roads in Virginia Beach and 21 acres known as Radio Island at Morehead City, North Carolina, used for U.S. Coast Guard ships and personnel as well as serving as an amphibious embarkation and debarkation area for U.S. Marine Corps units at Marine Corps Base Camp Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. It is also home to the Naval School of Music.
This position is open to U.S. citizens.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct primary and preventative outpatient care to include gynecologic, prenatal obstetric, pediatric, and geriatric care.
- Perform ambulatory surgical procedures including but not limited to: splinting, suturing, excisional skin biopsies, joint injections. Additional procedures based on applicant's training and credentialing.
- Order and interpret diagnostic and testing procedures to include laboratory and radiological examinations.
- Guide and provide counsel to personnel to include physician assistants, nurse practitioners, medical technicians, and administrative personnel.
- Participate and contribute to medical oversight activities to include peer review programs.
- Participate in local disaster training exercises to maintain preparedness levels.
- Perform other duties as assigned.