Primary Care Physician – St. Louis VA Medical Center

Vacancy locations include :

• Saint Clair County, IL
• Florissant, MO
• Jefferson Barracks, MO

Saint Louis, MO

The Physician will evaluate, diagnose, treat and provide consultation to ambulatory adults in an outpatient setting at Saint Louis VA Health Care System.

Duties for Primary Care faculty include providing direct patient care in an outpatient setting. There are also opportunities to engage in population health management and quality improvement projects. Prior training or clinical experience in an academic teaching environment is preferred.

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; outpatients include both scheduled and unscheduled Veterans. Function as an integral part of a Primary Care multi-disciplinary team to coordinate, facilitate, and provide patient care and services.

Discriminate between normal and abnormal findings to 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.

Initiate, evaluate, and change orders for medications.

Include patient and family in planning care and establishing realistic measurable goals for health maintenance / improvement.

Record / document health appraisal information, clinical assessments, treatment decisions, plan of care, ongoing management and therapeutic outcomes, order medications, diagnostic tests 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.

Respond to computerized "alerts" indicating diagnostic test abnormalities and to health line requests from Veterans / family members on the day of receipt (weekends excepted).

Follow Performance Measure guidelines, including completion of clinical reminders in CPRS. Access and timeliness standards; prescription order entry, National VA formulary requirements, and customer service standards.

Work effectively with patients, families, members of the multi-disciplinary team, and other staff.

Demonstrates flexibility in responding to clinic demands, adhere to personal and professional obligations and responsibilities, practice and maintain ethical standards, and sustain a work environment that is harmonious and customer service oriented.

Providers will act as surrogates for the patients of their colleagues when their colleagues are on leave / travel. Serving as a resource for nurse practitioners or physician assistants who are also delivering primary care and responds to all staff in the primary care teams regarding patient concerns.