Physician-Primary Care

About the Role

Physician-Primary Care at Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration in United States. Benefits: health benefits, CME.

Key Responsibilities

• The physician must maintain current registration in the state of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure
• Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Manages chronic conditions, evaluates and treats inter-current medical conditions
• Determine medical assessment and develop treatment plans according to accepted protocols
• Primary care physicians will act as surrogates for absent primary care providers when needed, to include review of CPRS view alerts
• Provide timely follow-up on results, including completion of view alerts

Requirements

• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Education: Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
• The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed
• (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.)
• PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i. e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis

Benefits & Compensation

• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
• This examination is administered by VA Occupational Health
• Performs a variety of disease prevention related activities including sex and age specific screenings, mental health screenings, and health promotion activities
• Primary care physicians will have responsibility for supervision of or collaboration with primary care mid-level providers
• Assignments may include management of specialty PACT such as Women's health PACT, SCI PACT, OEF/OIF PACT, Homeless or GERI PACT

Work Schedule

• Clinical reminders should be addressed as medically appropriate
• Cover unassigned/unscheduled patients or clinic when a provider is on leave or when there is a provider vacancy, urgent need