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Physician (Primary Care)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
Hybrid Rainbow City, AL $230K – $315K Apply by Sep 14, 2026 Medical Officer ESTJINTJINTPISTJ Healthcare
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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
- →The Birmingham VA Health Care System provides you with outstanding healthcare, trains America's future healthcare providers, and conducts important medical research.
- →We provide health care services at 11 locations in Alabama.
- →Facilities include our Birmingham VA Medical Center and 10 community-based outpatient clinics in Bessemer, Birmingham, Childersburg, Gadsden, Guntersville, Huntsville, Irondale, Jasper, Shoals, and Anniston-Oxford.
- →Our medical center provides Veterans with comprehensive primary and specialty health care in medicine, surgery, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, neurology, oncology, dentistry, and geriatrics.
- →We also provide specialty care for Veterans referred from other VA facilities.
- →Our medical center is a recognized leader in palliative care and multiple sclerosis.
- →It's also 1 of only 13 medical centers that offer a rehabilitation center for Veterans who are blind.
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Recruitment Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized Relocation Incentive: Authorized Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
- →EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →Maintains an active role in the assigned multidisciplinary health care team, promotes preventive health measures, and manages the acute and chronic conditions of assigned patients.
- →Provides comprehensive assessment, diagnosis work-up, and clinic intervention.
- →This includes performing comprehensive patient assessments, incorporating patient health history, performing physical examinations, and conducting patient education.
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 evaluation.
- ✓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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