Physician (Internal Medicine)

Overview

Physician

(Internal Medicine) Joint Base San Antonio

Time

to invest in some new footwear because if you’re San Antonio-bound,

you’d better  show up in boots ! The

Alamo City is one of the military’s most envied postings and is

often referred to as “Military City USA”. Low cost of living,

affordable homes, and the lack of state tax on retirement income

are a few financial perks to living and retiring in this Texas

city. A robust job market that seems partial to government and

defense / security contracting ensures employment opportunities for

spouses or transitioning service members. San Antonio is the

country’s seventh fastest growing city yet has somehow managed to

retain a “small town feel.” Quality schools and friendly locals

(most with military ties) are additional perks to living in San

Antonio.

Some things you should know before you

get here : trucks are the norm (the bigger, the better), love for

The Spurs (NBA) runs deep, the H-E-B obsession is real (it’s a

grocery store), rodeos are life, and don’t call it “San

Antone”—that’s just wrong. The community boasts a vibrant Hispanic

population, and enhances everything from the food, to the music, to

community events. You don’t necessarily need to speak Spanish to

get around, but you’d better know how to say barbacoa, tamales, and

cascarones.

Name brand shopping (IKEA is the

latest arrival of note), restaurants, and all variety of

entertainment all add to San Antonio’s quality of life. SeaWorld,

the San Antonio Zoo, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, and downtown museums

are all fun outings for kids and families. Tube or kayak down a

river, play or fish in the lakes, or relax by San Antonio’s famous

downtown River Walk. Museums, art galleries, and historical

landmarks— remember The Alamo? —round out San

Antonio’s cultural offerings. Tex-mex cuisine arguably originated

here, and some up and coming culinary trendsetters are making a

name for themselves in the Pearl District downtown, alongside

several notable breweries.

San Antonio has over

300 days of sunshine with some hot summers, mild winters and

pleasant spring and fall seasons. San Antonio is in Bexar

County (it’s pronounced “BEAR”) in south central Texas, and is just

south of the gorgeous Hill Country. It’s only about two hours from

Austin, the beach, or the desert.

Working for the

Department of Defense comes with an abundance of benefits and perks

to include competitive compensation packages, paid-time off,

medical benefits, student loan repayments, and retirement package

with Thrift Savings Plan to include matching employer

contributions.

Responsibilities

POSITION DUTIES : Works under

the supervision of the Chief, Internal Medicine Service, who

discusses policies and objectives. The incumbent exercises

independent judgment in the medical treatment and management of

patients and Internal Medicine Clinic (IMC) with the full range of

conditions encountered in primary care, and in providing assistance

and supervision to house staff. Effectiveness of service rendered

to patients and in supervision of housestaff will be monitored

through results obtained from peer review, continual quality

improvement, chart reviews, and patient complaints and compliments.

MAJOR DUTIES

1. Serves as the primary care

physician for adult patients who have both acute and chronic

illnesses and conditions covering internal medicine. Daily work

involves management of complicated medical problems such congestive

heart failure, valvular heart disease, hypertension, peptic ulcer

disease, thyroid disorders, diabetes, arthritic conditions etc.

Examines patients, takes histories, performs physical examinations,

orders laboratory tests, makes definitive diagnoses and prescribes

treatment to meet needs of patients, and refers as appropriate to

specialty / subspecialty care. Follows full care of all patients and

insures return from consultant. Admits patients to the hospital

when appropriate. Monitors and manages care for patients as they

move through the system to ensure cost effective care.

Notifies patients of abnormal reports. Performs

outpatient procedures to include graded exercise tests.

Serves as an inpatient general medicine ward

attending physician. Must be available for telephonic or personal

consultation for inpatient care when on call.

Responsible for consultative preoperative and perioperative

recommendations to the surgical specialties in BAMC, as well as

teaching consultative medicine to the housestaff assigned to

his / her rotation. Responsibilities include night and weekend call

when assigned to the consult service. Serve as an inpatient and

outpatient consultant for the Internal Medicine Consult Service.

Participates in the teaching activities of both

residents and interns. Directs the input into continual quality

improvement of the Internal Medicine Training Program.

2. Attends Department or Hospital board or

committee meetings. Participates in the clinic Utilization

Management and Quality Assurance processes. Attends Continuing

Medical Education (CME) Courses and maintains specialty specific

CME sufficient to satisfy the requirement of applicable licensing

agencies and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of

Healthcare Organizations.

Performs other duties

as assigned.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements : US Citizenship

required

Board

Certified / Eligible

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy from a school in the

United States or Canada approved by a recognized accrediting body

in the year of the applicants graduation. [A Doctor of Medicine or

equivalent degree from a foreign medical school that provided

education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to

accredited schools in the United States may be demonstrated by

permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign

Medical Graduates (ECFMG) (or a fifth pathway certificate for

Americans who completed premedical education in the United States

and graduate education in a foreign country).

Candidates must have a

permanent, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in a

State, District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a

territory of the United States.

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