Seeking Primary Care Physician Palm Desert VA Clinic

The VA Loma Linda Health Care System  is seeking Compassionate, Mission Oriented Primary Care Physicians to serve our veterans at the Sy Kaplan VA Community Based Outpatient Clinic.

The VA Loma Linda Healthcare System is actively recruiting Primary Care Physician Providers to care for our Veterans, Americas Heroes . This exciting job opportunity awaits you in our, state-of-the-art VA clinic in Palm Desert! The clinic provides primary care, behavioral health, telemedicine, preventive medicine, neurology, infectious disease, lab, and audiology services. Sy Kaplan VA Clinic also hosts the MOVE! weight management program supported by the VA National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. It is one of nine community-based outpatient clinics providing care to more than 80,000 Veterans in the Inland Empire. Community-based outpatient clinics allow Veterans to receive care close to where they live and increases access to health and wellness services. The duties include but are not limited to :

• Advises and clinically supervises the mid-levels (nurse practitioners or physician assistants)
• Advises and clinically supervises the medical students and residents (interns, residents, and / or fellows)
• Actively participates in Medical Center committees and teams.
• Participates in various facility programs, designed to enhance and improve the delivery of patient care services, such as Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams.
• Identifies individual professional learning needs and participates in formal programs, workshops, seminars, conferences, as well as self-directed learning Activities. Completes facility wide mandatory education yearly.
• Provides quality patient-centered patient care to outpatients for adults and older adults age 65+
• Keeps informed of developments in the management and treatment of diseases and illness through continuing medical education, both formal and informal
• Successfully integrates patient care activities in Primary Care Services and other patient care programs at the medical center and in the community such as Social Work, Prosthetics, Home Based Health Care (HBHC), and private nursing homes.
• Consistently demonstrates expertise in diagnosing and treating seriously ill, multi-symptomatic patients.
• Completes all medical record documentation in CPRS in a timely manner.
• Includes patient / family / significant other / health care provider in establishing realistic, measurable goals related to health education and treatment plan and in planning care on a continuum; assists staff in the process of mutual goal setting.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates care based on the specific requirements of the patient.
• Assesses veterans by utilizing advanced clinical judgment and physical assessment skills.
• Identifies acute / non-acute / chronic health problems.
• Participates in grading sessions for medical students and GME trainees assigned to their services.

Work Schedule :  Monday - Friday, 8 : 00 am-4 : 30pm

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Palm Desert is a city in California's Coachella Valley, near Palm Springs. Its home to country clubs, golf courses and shops. In the center, The Shops on El Paseo feature designer boutiques, plus restaurants and art galleries. The Living Desert Zoo & Gardens shelters desert-dwelling wildlife, including cheetahs and camels, from around the world. Overall enjoy all southern California and what it has to offer.