Primary Care Physician

Overview The VA Loma Linda Health Care System is seeking Compassionate, Mission Oriented Primary Care Physicians to serve our Veterans at Victorville, CA. The VA Loma Linda Healthcare System is actively recruiting Primary Care Physicians to care for our Veterans, America’s Heroes. This exciting opportunity provides preventive medicine, neurology, infectious disease, lab, and audiology services. It is one of nine VA clinics providing care to more than 80,000 Veterans in the Inland Empire. Responsibilities Advises and clinically supervises the mid-levels (nurse practitioners or physician assistants) Actively participates in Medical Center committees and teams. Participates in various facility programs, designed to enhance and improve the delivery of patient care services, such as Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams. Identifies individual professional learning needs and participates in formal programs, workshops, seminars, conferences, as well as self-directed learning activities. Completes facility wide mandatory education yearly. Provides quality patient-centered care to outpatients for adults and older adults age 65+ Keeps informed of developments in the management and treatment of diseases and illness through continuing medical education, both formal and informal Successfully integrates patient care activities in Primary Care Services and other patient care programs at the medical center and in the community such as Social Work, Prosthetics, Home Based Health Care (HBHC), and private nursing homes. Consistently demonstrates expertise in diagnosing and treating seriously ill, multi-symptomatic patients. Completes all medical record documentation in CPRS in a timely manner. Includes patient/family/significant other/health care provider in establishing realistic, measurable goals related to health education and treatment plan and in planning care on a continuum; assists staff in the process of mutual goal setting. Plans, implements, and evaluates care based on the specific requirements of the patient. Assesses veterans by utilizing advanced clinical judgment and physical assessment skills. Identifies acute/non-acute/chronic health problems. Participates in grading sessions for medical students and GME trainees assigned to their services. Schedule Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 am-4:30pm #J-18808-Ljbffr U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs