Physician - Primary Care

Job Title

The Marion, IL VA Medical Center is seeking a Physician to join their Primary Care team.

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Diagnose, treat and manage a panel of patients
• Provider comprehensive patient-centered primary medical care
• Identify acute/non-acute, chronic health problems
• Use principles of risk management to identify system issues which impact patient care
• Order and evaluate appropriate diagnostic tests
• Adhere to clinical practice guidelines for patient chronic disease
• Conduct appropriate preventative screens and diagnostic tests
• Provider appropriate disposition of identified health care problems
• Participate in Primary Care multidisciplinary activities
• Inform Veterans to accomplish shared decision making in medical treatment/regimens
• Demonstrate medical expertise in diagnosing and treating multi-symptomatic patients
• Adhere to local policies, procedures and directives related to timeliness of documentation and encounters for verification of patient visits, findings, and medical recommendations in the electronic medical record
• Use Computerized Patient Record System to review and update patient's electronic medical record
• Maintain view alerts
• Utilization of Telehealth services
• Supervise mid-levels

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. May include extended hours or an occasional Saturday based on patient needs. Due to the nature of the work, the Physician may occasionally be required to stay later than 4:30 pm, as required.

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