Physician - Urgent Care (Stockton)

About the role

This role is ideally suited for physicians trained in Emergency Medicine, or those with backgrounds in Family Practice or Internal Medicine who possess significant Emergency Medicine experience.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose and treat a wide range of urgent health issues, perform common procedures, and make critical decisions regarding patient care and treatment plans.
• Adeptly handle a diverse array of medical situations with efficiency and compassion, maintaining high standards of medical practice and patient safety.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals both in the local VA clinic and providers in the community to ensure comprehensive patient care.
• Stay updated with the latest medical procedures and practices relevant to urgent care medicine.

Requirements

• U.S. 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 Eligible or Board Certified in Emergency Medicine.
• Board Certified in Family Practice or Internal Medicine with Emergency Department or Urgent Care experience (preferred).

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: 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.
• Additional Requirement: Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off: 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)
• Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance.
• Health Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

Schedule

Clinical care hours will be scheduled with the timeframe of Monday to Friday, 07:30-18:00.

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.