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Physician - Primary Care (Sign-on Bonus and Education Debt Repayment)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 63 days ago
About the Role
***This position is eligible for a Recruitment/Relocation Incentives along with the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), and the Physician Contract Buy Out Program (CBOP). ***See benefits section below for more information. The 2-page Resume restriction does not apply to this occupational series. Submit Full CV. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.
What You'll Do
- →The Tomah VA Medical Center is located in an attractive, rural community of 9,000 with a family-oriented, Midwest atmosphere.
- →While Tomah offers the benefits of small community living, big city life isn't far away.
- →La Crosse and Madison, WI are an hour or so away and Milwaukee, WI and Minneapolis, MN are a three-hour drive.
- →The area offers high quality public and parochial schools, a local community hospital and a multitude of recreational activities year-round.
- →Recruiting for an experienced qualified Board Certified/Board Eligible physician for the Primary Care Clinic at the Tomah Medical Center.
- →The primary care clinic hours of operation at Tomah Medical Center are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
- →Federal holidays are excluded from normal clinic hours of operation.
- →The Chief of Primary Care will provide the work assignments for this physician and will provide professional direction.
- →The medical center utilizes a computerized medical record system.
- →The physician must be familiar with personal computers, have adequate keyboard skills to perform all data entry (progress notes and physician orders, history and physicals, discharge summaries), and be able to navigate through windows based computer programs.
- →Training on the computerized medical record system will be provided by the medical center.
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Approved for this position Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Position is eligible for EDRP Learn more.
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.
Benefits
- ★Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Highly qualified individuals may be eligible for a recruitment/relocation incentive in accordance with agency policy.
- ★To receive consideration for an incentive, the selectee must be among the best qualified and meet the criteria established in the VA Handbook 5007 Part VI Chapter 2.
- ★Service agreement required.
- ★Contract Buy Out Program: This position may be eligible for the Physician / Provider Contract Buy Out Program (CBOP), which authorizes VHA to buy out service contracts (Locum agreements, loan repayments, sign-on bonus contracts, Physician-owned practices) in exchange for employment at certain rural or highly rural facilities for a period of obligated service (minimum 4 years).
- ★For additional information and eligibility requirements, contact the VHA Contract Buy Out Program Manager at vacontractbuyoutprog@va.gov.
- ★This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.
- ★You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.
- ★Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.
- ★Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
Personality Fit
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