Physician (Primary Care)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Knoxville, TN · 1 mo ago
Healthcare$200/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? Not present. Responsibilities? Duties. Qualifications? Yes. Benefits? Pay, Schedule, etc. We need to include only sections with real specific content.
We must not repeat job title. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate: email line, etc. Also remove "NOTE: This announcement will be open until the position is filled..." etc. Also remove "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package" maybe part of benefits but we need to extract specifics.
Let's parse content:
Summary: "If you would like to learn more about this opportunity - please feel free to email James.Pryan@va.gov. This position serves as primary care physician for a limited panel of patients and reports directly to the Chief Medical Officer - Primary Care and Community Medicine at the William C. Tallent VA Outpatient Clinic located in Knoxville - TN."
We need to preserve substantive info: primary care physician, limited panel, reports to CMO, location.
We can put that in a for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can include About the role heading if we have content. We have summary content.
Qualifications: there is a big block. We need to preserve all substantive info. Should we split into Requirements? The instruction says use headings like Qualifications, Requirements, Skills. We have Qualifications section already. We'll output
maybe under About the role? But we should not create heading if no specific content? We could create a section "About the role" with that paragraph. The instruction: "use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can include About the role heading if we have content. We have summary content.
Qualifications: there is a big block. We need to preserve all substantive info. Should we split into Requirements? The instruction says use headings like Qualifications, Requirements, Skills. We have Qualifications section already. We'll output Qualifications
and then maybe - for list items? The qualifications are paragraphs with many details. Could we convert each sentence to
- ? The rule: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. The qualifications block is not a list but could be considered requirements. We could keep as
prose. However they said use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If it's not a list, we can use
. The qualifications block is dense; maybe better to keep as
. But we could break into
- for each requirement (citizenship, degree, license, residency training, English proficiency). That would be a list. That seems appropriate.
Responsibilities/Duties: there is a Duties section with many bullet-like sentences. We'll make
Responsibilities
and - for each duty.
Benefits: there is a paragraph about VA offers comprehensive total rewards package then specifics: Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) details, Pay, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract, Work Schedule. We need to include sections only if posting has real specific content. Pay, Schedule, Benefits are separate headings per instruction. We have Pay info: "Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases". That's specific enough? It's not a number but it's specific phrase. We should include Pay section.
Schedule: "Work Schedule: Compressed Tour - four days per week - ten hour shifts to be discussed during interview." That's specific.
Benefits: we have EDRP details, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract. Could group under Benefits heading. Or we could split into Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The instruction says use headings e.g. Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we will have Benefits section containing EDRP, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract. Pay section separate. Schedule section separate.
We must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not include boilerplate: email line, notes about announcement open until filled, etc. Also remove "NOTE: This announcement will be open until the position is filled", "This announcement may close prior to the closing date listed if a selection has been made", "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package" maybe we keep as intro to benefits but could be considered boilerplate? It's generic but still part of benefits description. Might keep but it's not specific. Safer to omit that sentence.
Also remove "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/" etc. That's boilerplate.
Remove "Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health Service." That's boilerplate.
Remove "Duties NOTE: This announcement will be open until the position is filled" etc.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract.
Summary paragraph: "This position serves as primary care physician for a limited panel of patients and reports directly to the Chief Medical Officer - Primary Care and Community Medicine at the William C. Tallent VA Outpatient Clinic located in Knoxville - TN."
We'll put under About the role.
Qualifications: list items:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- 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
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
(Note: details about approved residencies: we can break into subpoints but maybe keep as one item with details.)
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
We also have exceptions etc. Those are details about residency training exceptions. Should we include? They are substantive. Might be too much but we should preserve all substantive info. Could include as sub-items.
Given the instruction to prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones, but we must preserve all substantive info. We'll include the residency training details as part of the qualification list.
Let's extract residency training details:
"Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs) PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action"
That's a lot. We'll include as part of qualification list maybe as a single item with sub-bullets? But we can't nest ul inside li? We could but might be okay. Simpler: keep as a paragraph under Qualifications heading. However instruction says use ul/li for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The qualifications are a list of requirements; we could make each major requirement a li, and inside that li we can have the detailed text (including subpoints). That's acceptable.
Thus:
Qualifications
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine; must be from a VA‑approved school for the year of study
- Current full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia
- Residency training: completion of an ACGME‑ or AOA‑accredited core specialty program leading to board‑certification eligibility, or one of the alternative pathways described (internship + 2 years independent practice; non‑US residency + 3 years independent practice; etc.), with provisions for Physician Resident Provider (PRP) appointments and possible exceptions as outlined
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
We need to preserve all substantive info; we summarized but might lose some nuance like "approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs". We'll keep key points.
Now Responsibilities/Duties: extract each duty sentence.
From Duties section:
- Supports the Mission - Vision and Values of the James HQuillen VAMC
- Maintains clinical proficiency and familiarity with the Computerized Patient Record System while providing continuity of care for a panel of patients (male and female)
- May be required to provide Women's Health Services
- Provides comprehensive outpatient care for a panel of adult patients through a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Model - also utilizing Tele-health as a resource of providing care
- Serves as a provider who is highly skilled in the management of a patient's primary care needs or sub-specialty evaluation and treatment
- Contributes to the achievement of quality of care standards - efficiency - process improvement and patient satisfaction
- Writes orders for diagnostic testing - prescribes medications and consultation to specialty services utilizing VA patient care applications
- Serves as clinical preceptor for mid-level practitioners
- Practices in accordance with professional standards - values and with a commitment to service excellence
- Establish and maintain a collegial relationship with other clinic staff
- Maintains a safe environment for staff and patients conducive to maintaining patient satisfaction and staff morale
- Performs other duties as assigned
We'll make each a li.
Benefits section: extract specifics:
- Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): eligible for EDRP - student loan payment reimbursement program; must meet eligibility per VHA policy; submit application within four months of appointment; program approval - award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) determined by VHA Education Loan Repayment Services after review; former EDRP participants ineligible to apply; contact VISN9HREDRP@va.gov for questions/assistance
- Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days annual leave - 13 days sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
- Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
- Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. The qualifications block is not a list but could be considered requirements. We could keep as
prose. However they said use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If it's not a list, we can use
. The qualifications block is dense; maybe better to keep as
. But we could break into
- for each requirement (citizenship, degree, license, residency training, English proficiency). That would be a list. That seems appropriate.
Responsibilities/Duties: there is a Duties section with many bullet-like sentences. We'll make
Responsibilities
and- for each duty.
Benefits: there is a paragraph about VA offers comprehensive total rewards package then specifics: Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) details, Pay, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract, Work Schedule. We need to include sections only if posting has real specific content. Pay, Schedule, Benefits are separate headings per instruction. We have Pay info: "Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases". That's specific enough? It's not a number but it's specific phrase. We should include Pay section.
Schedule: "Work Schedule: Compressed Tour - four days per week - ten hour shifts to be discussed during interview." That's specific.
Benefits: we have EDRP details, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract. Could group under Benefits heading. Or we could split into Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The instruction says use headings e.g. Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we will have Benefits section containing EDRP, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract. Pay section separate. Schedule section separate.
We must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not include boilerplate: email line, notes about announcement open until filled, etc. Also remove "NOTE: This announcement will be open until the position is filled", "This announcement may close prior to the closing date listed if a selection has been made", "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package" maybe we keep as intro to benefits but could be considered boilerplate? It's generic but still part of benefits description. Might keep but it's not specific. Safer to omit that sentence.
Also remove "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/" etc. That's boilerplate.
Remove "Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health Service." That's boilerplate.
Remove "Duties NOTE: This announcement will be open until the position is filled" etc.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract.
Summary paragraph: "This position serves as primary care physician for a limited panel of patients and reports directly to the Chief Medical Officer - Primary Care and Community Medicine at the William C. Tallent VA Outpatient Clinic located in Knoxville - TN."
We'll put under About the role.
Qualifications: list items:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- 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
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
(Note: details about approved residencies: we can break into subpoints but maybe keep as one item with details.)
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
We also have exceptions etc. Those are details about residency training exceptions. Should we include? They are substantive. Might be too much but we should preserve all substantive info. Could include as sub-items.
Given the instruction to prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones, but we must preserve all substantive info. We'll include the residency training details as part of the qualification list.
Let's extract residency training details:
"Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs) PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action"
That's a lot. We'll include as part of qualification list maybe as a single item with sub-bullets? But we can't nest ul inside li? We could but might be okay. Simpler: keep as a paragraph under Qualifications heading. However instruction says use ul/li for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The qualifications are a list of requirements; we could make each major requirement a li, and inside that li we can have the detailed text (including subpoints). That's acceptable.
Thus:
Qualifications
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine; must be from a VA‑approved school for the year of study
- Current full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia
- Residency training: completion of an ACGME‑ or AOA‑accredited core specialty program leading to board‑certification eligibility, or one of the alternative pathways described (internship + 2 years independent practice; non‑US residency + 3 years independent practice; etc.), with provisions for Physician Resident Provider (PRP) appointments and possible exceptions as outlined
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- for each duty.
Benefits: there is a paragraph about VA offers comprehensive total rewards package then specifics: Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) details, Pay, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract, Work Schedule. We need to include sections only if posting has real specific content. Pay, Schedule, Benefits are separate headings per instruction. We have Pay info: "Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases". That's specific enough? It's not a number but it's specific phrase. We should include Pay section.
Schedule: "Work Schedule: Compressed Tour - four days per week - ten hour shifts to be discussed during interview." That's specific.
Benefits: we have EDRP details, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract. Could group under Benefits heading. Or we could split into Benefits, Pay, Schedule. The instruction says use headings e.g. Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we will have Benefits section containing EDRP, Paid Time Off, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract. Pay section separate. Schedule section separate.
We must not include placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not include boilerplate: email line, notes about announcement open until filled, etc. Also remove "NOTE: This announcement will be open until the position is filled", "This announcement may close prior to the closing date listed if a selection has been made", "VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package" maybe we keep as intro to benefits but could be considered boilerplate? It's generic but still part of benefits description. Might keep but it's not specific. Safer to omit that sentence.
Also remove "Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/" etc. That's boilerplate.
Remove "Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019 - Employee Occupational Health Service." That's boilerplate.
Remove "Duties NOTE: This announcement will be open until the position is filled" etc.
We need to preserve all substantive info. Let's extract.
Summary paragraph: "This position serves as primary care physician for a limited panel of patients and reports directly to the Chief Medical Officer - Primary Care and Community Medicine at the William C. Tallent VA Outpatient Clinic located in Knoxville - TN."
We'll put under About the role.
Qualifications: list items:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- 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
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
(Note: details about approved residencies: we can break into subpoints but maybe keep as one item with details.)
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
We also have exceptions etc. Those are details about residency training exceptions. Should we include? They are substantive. Might be too much but we should preserve all substantive info. Could include as sub-items.
Given the instruction to prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones, but we must preserve all substantive info. We'll include the residency training details as part of the qualification list.
Let's extract residency training details:
"Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completed OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs) PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs In rare and unusual circumstances - the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer - who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience - accomplishments - performance - and qualifications warrant such action"
That's a lot. We'll include as part of qualification list maybe as a single item with sub-bullets? But we can't nest ul inside li? We could but might be okay. Simpler: keep as a paragraph under Qualifications heading. However instruction says use ul/li for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. The qualifications are a list of requirements; we could make each major requirement a li, and inside that li we can have the detailed text (including subpoints). That's acceptable.
Thus:
- for each requirement (citizenship, degree, license, residency training, English proficiency). That would be a list. That seems appropriate.
Responsibilities/Duties: there is a Duties section with many bullet-like sentences. We'll make
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. If it's not a list, we can use