Physician (Geriatrics) with Recruitment/Relocation Incentive/EDRP

Geriatric And Extended Care Staff Physician

The Geriatric and Extended Care (GEC) Staff Physician serves within the Geriatrics and Extended Care service line providing high quality patient centered care to Veterans under Geri-PACT clinic in collaboration with the Medical Director and Program Manager. The Physician is responsible for the quality of care provided by the program, the productivity of the program and for the development and implementation of initiatives to meet the Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System (VCBHCS) mission. The Staff Physician will provide comprehensive care, including diagnoses, and treatment of both acute and chronic conditions. Common diagnoses encountered in GERI-PACT include dementia, frailty, cerebrovascular disease, neurological disease, diabetes, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, degenerative arthritis, depression, and congestive heart failure. The Staff Physician will manage patients by completing face to face interdisciplinary team encounters, telemedicine encounters, or telephone encounters. Core duties include obtaining patient histories, performing physical exams, formulating a working diagnosis and developing/implementing a treatment plan according to clinical guidelines and patient's goals and preferences. Other duties are determining disposition to the emergency department, hospital, Assisted Living Facility, Community Nursing Home, Home Health, Home Based Primary Care, and Hospice Care. Other routine duties are ordering lab tests, x-rays, EKG's and other diagnostic procedures, initiating and expediting requests to medical or surgical specialty consults. Other key duties are providing education and counseling to patient and family in preventive care, medical conditions and proper use of medications. The Staff Physician may collaborate with other providers, and specialists in and outside of the VA system to manage or co-manage patients' health. Select mental health, medical and surgical specialty services are available on-site. Other medical and surgical subspecialties services are available through community contracts. In addition to observance of Federal National and Local regulatory, policy, and accreditation requirements governing this Health Care System, this position encompasses the following examples of responsibilities.

• Participate in chart reviews, staff meetings, committees, and other process improvement initiatives.
• Put in practice medical care advances and practice standards.
• Demonstrate effective communication both down to staff and up to leadership, to include patient outcomes and issue briefs.
• Adhere to clinic procedures for patient scheduling & access.
• Respond to critical lab/diagnostic test result notifications in a timely manner.
• Ensure all encounters are closed the same day the visit was made, and complete documentation requirements in CPRS in a timely manner.
• Maintain and upkeep credentials required for privileging and re-privileging, and achieve competencies and performance as approved by the professional board.
• Assure appropriate oversight of delegated care activities of Nurse Practitioner, Pharm D in your team.
• Provide cross coverage to physicians within the approved and recommended privileges by the Professional Standards Board.
• Communicate the plan of coverage to the team members when taking leave of absence.
• Complete training requirements, employee health requirements and Environmental and Occupational requirements.

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Work Schedule: 8:00 am-4:30pm, Monday through Friday

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

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