Primary Care Physician

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.

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCMENT. All qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager on a weekly basis.

The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this occupational series. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.

This position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Fayetteville VA Coastal Health care System (FVACHCS), and the Primary Care Service Line (PCSL). The successful candidate will serve as a Primary Care Physician. He / she is to ensure the quality and timeliness ofthe services provided, customer satisfaction, as well as compliance with the standards of accrediting bodies such as the Joint Commission and the Inspector General's Combined Assessment Program. He / she is to ensure appropriate use of the available resources, and will be responsible for the state-of-the-art standards of care. He / she collaborates with other services as appropriate.

The Primary Care Physician works as a leader of a multi-disciplinary health care team, collaborating with and directing other members of the team to provide Primary Care to care for Veterans enrolled to the team. The physician is expected to demonstrate advanced competencies and skills in assessing the physical and psychosocial status of patients and family members, play an active role in the multi-disciplinary health care team, promote preventive health measures, manage the acute and chronic conditions of his / her assigned panel of patients and those patients assigned to other team members when circumstances require.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

• Primary Care of a panel of Primary Care patients (male and female).
• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention, including comprehensive patient assessment, health history, physical examination, and patient education to Veterans in the Primary Care team setting; outpatient include both scheduled and unscheduled Veterans.
• Establish a diagnosis and initiate appropriate response to emergency health problems.
• Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations to other clinical services.
• Order and evaluate diagnostic tests as appropriate, recommend treatment and / or referral.
• Validate the effectiveness of previously implemented medical treatment.
• Include patient and family in planning care and establishing realistic measurable goals for health maintenance / improvement.
• Record / document health appraisal information, clinical assessments, treatment decision, plan of care, ongoing

management and therapeutic outcomes, order medications, diagnostic test and referral consultations where needed for every patient encounter; recording will be accomplished using the electronic comprehensive patient record system (CPRS), and will be completed on the day of the encounter.

leave / travel.

The incumbent is responsible to the Chief, Primary Care, for his / her work. Administrative direction is provided in terms of broadly defined goals and missions and in conjunction with the Chief, PCSL. The PCSL Physician exercises and exceptional degree of latitude in the planning, designing, implementation and accomplishment of program responsibilities. He / she works within a framework of VA guidelines, directives, and regulations. Work is reviewed in terms of policy compliance and fulfillment of overall mission and program goals.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus) : Available to highly qualified candidates

Relocation Incentive : Available to eligible candidates.

EDRP Authorized : Contact Cheryl Lahair at cheryl.lahair@va.gov for questions / assistance.

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Pay : Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off : 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement : Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance : Federal health / vision / dental / term life / long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

Licensure : 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME : Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice : Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract : No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule : Monday through Friday, 8 : 00 AM to 4 : 30 PM