Physician - Primary Care (PACT)

About the role

The Iowa City Veterans Affairs Health Care System (ICVAHCS) is seeking a Full-Time, Physician (PACT) to join the Primary Care Service Line at the VA Clinic Burlington, Iowa.

Note: This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT through September 1, 2026. The first referral cut-off is July 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST, with monthly cut-offs on the 1st. Applications received after each cut-off will be reviewed as needed until the position is filled.

Duties

• Primary care physicians will be responsible for the delivery of primary care to patients enrolled in their panels at the Iowa City VA Healthcare System
• The provider will manage scheduled and unscheduled patients in the outpatient clinic setting.
• Primary care providers in the outpatient setting are typically assigned a panel of patients to manage. Panel size is determined by utilizing VHA PCMM software.
• Alternative or collateral duties may include management of a subsection of primary care patients. The subsection may be defined either by a disease status (e.g. spinal cord injury patients), or demographic status (women veterans etc.).
• Physicians may be assigned duty as a supervising or collaborating physician for a mid-level provider. Physicians are expected to provide clinical oversight and review.
• Physicians are expected to act as "surrogates" for the patients of their colleagues, when one or more of their colleagues are on leave.
• Timely documentation is necessary in all areas in accordance with departmental policy. All administrative work should be completed in a timely fashion.
• Clinical reminders should be addressed as medically appropriate. Quality of care will meet professional standards at all times.
• All physicians will work within their privileges at all times, unless otherwise necessitated by an emergency.

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.
• 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.
• 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.