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Physician - Primary Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 6 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in Colorado Springs, CO, within the Eastern Colorado Health Care System and provides support to the primary care of Veterans and their significant others within the ECHCS catchment area. Our Primary Care Provider functions as a team provider in a shared workflow with a multidisciplinary Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT - a medical home model). The team collaborates to provide high quality care to the assigned panel of veterans.
What You'll Do
- →Start, continue, or finish your career here | VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System Clinical: 100%The staff physician practices in the outpatient clinic setting at the expert level, The staff physician is academically and clinically prepared to be responsible for managing the full spectrum of primary care.
- →Primary care at ECHCS includes, but is not limited to, assessment, diagnosis treatment, and monitoring outcome measures of healthcare problems of patients presenting with internal medicine concerns.
- →A nonexclusive list includes the following: Performing histories and physicals.
- →Initiating and adjusting therapeutic regimens.
- →Ordering medications/supplies in accordance with VA policy and the VA formulary.
- →Providing appropriate follow up care.
- →Triage of patients with non-medicine complaints, diseases, and injuries to appropriate disciplines for diagnosis and treatment.
- →Comfort with chronic disease management and geriatric patients.
- →Comfort in providing pain management.
- →Comfort with addiction treatment.
- →Comfort in delivering mental health treatment to our Veteran population.
- →Comfort in providing women's health care.
- →Communicate with and utilizes other disciplines (e.g., nursing, surgery) to facilitate treatment planning and implementation.
- →Collaborate with divergent multidisciplinary team members in a manner that enhances coordination of comprehensive patient care.
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 dentification 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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Job ID: 13418842-c4f2-47d2-a036-5ddac5588856
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