Physician - Primary Care

About the role

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Responsibilities

• Works as a member of a primary care team consisting of clerical staff, nurses, physicians, social workers, and clinical pharmacists.
• Provides or coordinates all aspects of the patient's care including preventive, urgent, and routine care including women's healthcare.
• Provides effective care to patients characterized by using sound judgment in assessing, planning, implementing, documenting and evaluating patient care for assigned patients.
• Comprehensive, continuous, and covers preventative and psycho-social aspects of patient management.
• Maintains access, quality, efficiency, satisfaction, and other standards of performance established by the Veterans Health Administration.
• References quality improvement information and organizes patient care needs to assure safe, efficient, and cost-effective care and initiates effective actions in emergencies.
• The delivery of care may be in person, by VVC, or via telephone, and the incumbent will actively participate in the provision of telemedicine care to outlying communities as well as occasional travel to other VA clinics to provide clinical coverage.

Requirements

• Treat opiate use disorder with buprenorphine therapy (training available) in consultation with Behavioral Health.
• Treat Geriatric Primary Care patients and is encouraged to apply for implementation of a Geriatric Primary Care panel (encouraged but not required).
• Engage in Women's Health treatment, hypertension management, and diabetes management.
• Treat opiate use disorder with buprenorphine therapy (with training available) in consultation with Behavioral Health.
• Support residency training of affiliated medical Universities and programs.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• 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.
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine or Family Practice.
• At least One Year of VHA Primary Care Experience or 3-years of non-VHA Primary Care Experience.
• Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting, 15-44 lbs; light lifting, under 15 lbs; moderate carrying, 15-44 lbs; reaching above shoulders; use of fingers; both hands required; walking 6-8 hours; standing 6-8 hours; both legs required; ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously; near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and 20/40 in the other; both eyes required; depth perception; ability to distinguish basic colors; hearing (aid permitted) min 15/20 one ear and mental and emotional stability required.