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Physician - Urgent Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 141 days ago
About the Role
The St. Cloud VA Health Care System is seeking a part-time Physician (30 hours/week) for the Urgent Care Clinic in the Specialty Care Service Line.
What You'll Do
- →The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers.
- →This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest.
- →As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran.
- →This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community.
- →This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.
- →Duties as an Urgent Care Provider: Participates in daily huddles with other staff and in Urgent Care systems redesign projects.
- →Provides consultative care as well as specialty care management and follow up to patients referred to their practice.
- →Provides clinical care for patients.
- →This includes management of acute and chronic conditions, medication management, preventative care (if appropriate) and management of clinical reminders, timely management of clinical alerts, and other needs of the patient.
- →An Urgent Care provider is expected to assist with coverage of other Urgent Care providers at the facility as needed due to absences or based on workload.
- →May have responsibility for supervision of or collaboration with mid-level providers.
- →Provides clinical oversight and participates in peer reviews of other Urgent Care providers through periodic chart reviews at the facility and in collaboration with Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) needs.
- →Regularly attends Urgent Care staff meetings, departmental meetings and medical staff meetings.
- →Provides timely documentation (notes and encounter forms) in all areas in accordance with facility policy.
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.
- ✓English Language Proficiency.
- ✓In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7402(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓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).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
Personality Fit
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