Physician - Lead Primary Care

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VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized to a highly qualified candidate.

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.

EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.

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: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement).

Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory.

CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification).

Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.

Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

Essential Job Responsibilities/Functions to include, but not limited to:

• Panel management
  • Timely complete accurate notes
  • Management of a reduced panel to assist with the other duties below
  • Review and address view alerts within 48 hours
  • Complete encounters by the COB
  • Request leave according to primary care policy
  • Set a surrogate for view alerts when away
  • Saturday Clinic rotation if re-implemented
  • TMS completion
• Supervise the site or a team (if a team then a minimum of 5 direct reports)
  • Ensure teams are huddling daily & key points are being addressed
  • Welcome and check-in with new team members regularly
  • Share best practices with team
  • Be open to feedback
  • Know and have your team information readily available (admin time, committee involvements, whether they are board certified, wait times, etc.)
  • Ensure information is disseminated
• Lead staff meetings with ANM
• Complete proficiencies for your site/Team
• Oral counseling's when necessary
• Ensure completion and review of FPPE - new providers after 3 months, 10 charts
• Ensure completion and review of FPPE OPPE - seasoned providers every 12 months, 5 charts
• Assistance with Orientation for new providers, shadow them for the first 2 days in clinic
• Performance measures for the team
• Daily running of the Clinics/Team
• Education to include PACT trainings and content development
• ACSC Education and monitoring
• If the teamlet does not resolve the Patient complaint, then assist with closing the loop with the veteran for those assigned to your site or team
• Ensure surrogacy schedules and assignments
• First point of contact in the am with team challenges
• Update the SharePoint Monthly
• Assist with Encounter monitoring, Secure messaging completions and survey updates

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. Subject to change based on the needs of the facility

US Department of Veterans Affairs