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Physician (Primary Care)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
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.
What You'll Do
- →Duties may include but are not limited to: Provide comprehensive primary care services to Veterans in the outpatient clinic setting, including preventive, acute, and chronic disease management.
- →Perform comprehensive patient assessments including medical histories, physical examinations, diagnostic evaluations, and development of treatment plans.
- →Manage an assigned patient panel in accordance with Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) principles and VHA access standards.
- →Diagnose and treat acute and chronic illnesses using evidence-based clinical practices and national VHA guidelines.
- →Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic studies, laboratory tests, imaging, and specialty consultations as clinically indicated.
- →Initiate, prescribe, evaluate, modify, and monitor medication therapies in accordance with VHA policies and formulary requirements.
- →Complete timely and accurate documentation within the Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS) for all patient encounters, orders, consultations, and clinical decision making.
- →Respond appropriately and timely to View Alerts, abnormal diagnostic findings, patient messages, and clinical notifications.
- →Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to coordinate patient care, improve access, and ensure continuity of care.
- →Participate in population health management initiatives, clinical reminders, quality improvement activities, and performance measure monitoring.
- →Support organizational initiatives related to patient safety, customer service, access to care, and quality improvement.
- →Maintain compliance with all VHA, VISN, Joint Commission, and facility-specific policies, procedures, mandatory training, and continuing medical education requirements.
- →Participate in clinic huddles, staff meetings, provider meetings, committee assignments, and operational initiatives as assigned.
- →Demonstrate flexibility in clinic operations, including coverage for other providers, same-day access needs, and virtual care modalities when operationally necessary.
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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