Physician (Regular FT)

Job Title

Primary Care Physician

Job Description

The Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) in Montgomery is one of the largest and most historic VA medical facilities in the Southeast, with a rich legacy and a wide range of services. It's one of the VA's leading training sites, affiliated with 24 academic and professional institutions such as Morehouse School of Medicine, Alabama State University, Auburn University, and Tuskegee University. The Dothan outpatient clinic offers primary care to help you stay healthy and well throughout your life. Other health services offered are Laboratory and Pathology and Urgent Care.

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

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

Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for highly qualified candidate.

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

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.

FUNCTIONS OR SCOPES OF PRACTICE:

• Primary Care of a panel of primary care patients (male and female)
• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention, including comprehensive patient assessment, health history, physical examination, and patient education to Veterans in the Primary Care team setting; outpatients include both scheduled and unscheduled Veterans
• Function as an integral part of a Primary Care multi-disciplinary team to coordinate, facilitate, and provide patient care and services;
• Discriminate between normal and abnormal findings to establish a diagnosis and initiate appropriate response to emergency health problems;
• Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations to other clinical services;
• Order and evaluate diagnostic tests as appropriate, recommend treatment and/or referral;
• Validate the effectiveness of previously implemented medical treatment;
• Initiate, evaluate, and change orders for medications;
• Include patient and family in planning care and establishing realistic measurable goals for health maintenance/improvement.
• Record/document health appraisal information, clinical assessments, treatment decisions, plan of care, ongoing management and therapeutic outcomes, order medications, diagnostic tests and referral consultations where needed for every patient encounter; recording will be accomplished using the electronic comprehensive patient record system (CPRS), and will be completed on the day of the encounter;
• Respond to computerized "alerts" indicating diagnostic test abnormalities and to health line requests from Veterans/family members on the day of receipt (weekends excepted);
• Follow Performance Measure guidelines, including completion of clinical reminders in CPRS; access and timeliness standards; prescription order entry, National VA formulary requirements, and customer service standards;
• Work effectively with patients, families, members of the multi-disciplinary team, and other CA VHCS staff;
• Demonstrates flexibility in responding to clinic demands, adhere to personal and professional obligations and responsibilities, practice and maintain ethical standards, and sustain a work environment that is harmonious and customer service oriented.
• Providers will act as surrogates for the patients of their colleagues when their colleagues are on leave/travel.
• Serving as a resource for nurse practitioners or physician assistants who are also delivering primary care and responds to all staff in the primary care teams regarding patient concerns.

Work Schedule: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.