Physician - Primary Care Section Chief

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 are ineligible to apply.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Completed, 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.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• Board certification in internal medicine or family medicine preferred.
• Two years of primary care/family medicine experience preferred.

Skills

• Ability to distinguish basic colors.
• Ability to distinguish shades of color.
• Ability to hear (aid permitted).
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to lift moderate weights (15-44 lbs).
• Ability to carry moderate weights (15-44 lbs).
• Ability to perform reaching above shoulder.
• Ability to use both hands.
• Ability to walk for 4-8 hours.
• Ability to stand for 4-8 hours.
• Ability to bend repeatedly for 4-8 hours.
• Ability to use both legs.
• Ability to use both eyes.
• Ability to distinguish depth.

Benefits

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases, 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME), traditional federal pension (5 years vesting), federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance, Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care, 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory, possible $1,000 per year reimbursement for CME, free liability protection with tail coverage provided, no Physician Employment Contract, no significant restriction on moonlighting.

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases, 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME), traditional federal pension (5 years vesting), federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance, Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care, 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory, possible $1,000 per year reimbursement for CME, free liability protection with tail coverage provided, no Physician Employment Contract, no significant restriction on moonlighting.

Schedule

No Physician Employment Contract, no significant restriction on moonlighting.