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The Community - Albuquerque, New Mexico

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About the Facility - ABQ VAMC Ambulatory Care Service (ACS)

The Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a Level 1 tertiary referral center with a 24-hour Emergency Room located in the heart of the Land of Enchantment. The medical center is authorized to operate 310 beds, which include 184 acute hospital beds (26 of those belonging to the Spinal Cord Injury Center), 90 residential rehabilitation treatment program beds (comprised of 26 Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program, 24 bed Substance Abuse Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program, and 40 bed Domiciliary Program), and a 36-bed Nursing Home Care Unit. The NMVAHCS is a proud member of Veterans Integrated Service Network.

Specialty programs included in the facility are : Cardiovascular Surgery, Cochlear Baja Implant Program, Compensated Work Therapy, Da Vinci S Robotic Surgical System, Endovascular Implants, Lithotripter, Home-Based Primary Care, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Magnetoencephalography, Mental Health Intensive Case Management, Positron Emission Topography Imaging, Psychosocial Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program, Spinal Cord Injury Center, and the Veterans Outreach Program.

Facility Address : 1501 San Pedro Dr SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108

RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to)

• Services provided shall be performed in an ambulatory care setting at the Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC).
• Provider shall see patients for general medicine problems including performing the history and physical exam, making electronic progress notes, scheduling return visits, writing orders for lab and x-ray, prescribing medications, etc.
• Functioning as a primary care provider, the provider shall request as indicated, consultations from specialists and subspecialists in the WTVAHCS staff.
• Provider shall participate in quality management activities that pertain to his / her duties.
• In addition to the above clinical responsibilities, provider shall hold routine administrative duties.
• Shall participate in clinical conferences for staff and shall attend medical staff and service-level meetings.
• Services shall be performed in accordance with VA policies and procedures and the regulations of the medical staff bylaws of WTVAHCS.
• Provider shall enter all medical documentation in the Computerized Patient Records Systems (CPRS) and electronically sign all.
• Enter orders and prescriptions electronically using CPRS, as appropriate.

REQUIREMENTS

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