Physician-Primary Care

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

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized for highly qualified candidates.

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.

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.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Assesses the needs of and plans intervention for individuals/families;
• Facilitates the delivery of primary, acute and chronic health care;
• Assists individuals/families achieve optimal levels of health through collaboration with medical and health care professionals;
• Exercises medical decision-making and provides a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for a specific group of patients;
• Exhibits leadership in initiating changes in patient care programs based on current concepts and findings from research and/or studies;
• Involved in direct patient care, patient and family teaching, staff education and multidisciplinary consultations and collaborations;
• Participates in education of PA students, NP, Residents, Medical Students, interns;
• Supervise mid-level practitioners as assigned;
• Consistently demonstrates expertise in diagnosing and treating seriously ill multi-symptomatic patients;
• Serves as a resource person for standards development in health care in the area of quality improvement concerns;
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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