Physician -Staff (Assistant Chief) Primary Care

Assistant Chief Primary Care Physician

The physicians practice medicine in accordance with their professional training and experience and within the scope of their medical center privileges. Assistant Chief Primary Care service is responsible to the Chief of Primary Care. Work is also subject to Peer Review and Ongoing and Focused Periodic Performance Evaluation by the Medical Staff Executive Committee.

Duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Provides a full range of clinical services including assessment and using the most appropriate techniques in providing quality care in their specialty.
• Performs appropriate evaluation and management of patients.
• Provides a full range of therapeutic interventions to units/programs in the Medical Center to which they are assigned and has clinical privileges to practice including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation, and management.
• Participates effectively in team meetings and treatment planning conferences, and collaborates with multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care.
• Orders diagnostic tests and discriminates between normal and abnormal findings and makes appropriate treatment decisions
• Ensures that the practice of medicine is consistent with Joint Commission, CARF, VA policies and procedures, clinical practice guidelines, VISN standards, national statutes and regulations, medical record documentation, mandatory continuing education, and HIPPA policies.
• Specific tasks are itemized in each physician's Credentialing and Privileging package.
• Provides overall Management oversight to Primary Care Service and the associated clinical operations.
• Serves on multiple hospital committees.
• Responsible for performance appraisals and proficiencies of the assigned clinical staff

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive May Be Authorized for Highly Qualified Applicants. EDRP Authorized.

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 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

Telework: Ad-hoc

Virtual: This is not a Virtual position.

Remote: This is not a remote position

Work Schedule: 7:30am-4:00pm (Monday - Friday)