PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN

Primary CareIncludes callFull-Time

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Job Description

Title: PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN / PHYSICIAN II

State Role Title: Family and General Practitioners

Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience.

Pay Band: 8

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Eastern State Hospital

Agency Website: dbhds.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

This position is responsible for patient care that includes admission, physical examination, diagnosis and initial general medical treatment of adult and geriatric patients. Monitors and manages acute and chronic medical conditions and is an ancillary member of the interdisciplinary treatment team.

Ensures medical record compliance with regard to state, federal regulations, JC Standards and other accrediting bodies or agencies. Ensures medical record documentation compliance and appropriate completion of documentation to support reimbursement activities for medical coding and billing practices. Serves as an on-call physician when scheduled and as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Current Virginia license to practice Medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
  • Current DEA registration.
  • Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy and completion of an accredited / approved Internal Medicine or Family Medicine residency program.
  • Available to serve as an on-call physician when scheduled

Additional Considerations

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

  • Board Certification in Internal Medicine preferred.
  • Experience with an acute, adult inpatient psychiatric population preferred.

Contact Information

Name: EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL

Phone: 757-208-7717 / REFER TO PAGEUP FOR APPLICATION STATUS

Email: EMAIL APPLICATION MATERIAL NOT ACCEPTED

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process.

To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI).

Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for the admission, diagnosis, and general medical treatment of adult and geriatric patients. Manages acute and chronic conditions while ensuring medical record compliance with state and federal regulations.

Requirements

Requires a Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy, completion of an accredited Internal or Family Medicine residency, and a valid Virginia medical license and DEA registration. Board certification in Internal Medicine and experience with inpatient psychiatric populations are preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification (preferred)

Key Skills

Chronic Condition ManagementMedical BillingPsychiatric Care

Primary Care — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 54% have no call, 54% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Virginia Information Technologies Agency ranks #8 of 18 employers hiring Primary Care on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.4this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Primary Care listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,314 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Williamsburg

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$420k
Typical market rent
$2,115/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.