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Physician (Geriatrics) with Recruitment/Relocation Incentive/EDRP
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, is seeking a Geriatric/Primary Care Physician to provide high quality patient centered care to Veterans under the different services such as Home-Based Primary Care, Hospital In Home, Geriatric PACT clinic and Palliative/Hospice Care. This position is located in Corpus Christi, TX. A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive is authorized for a highly qualified candidate. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).
What You'll Do
- →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.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
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