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Primary Care Physician - Russellville, AR
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
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Posted: 30-Nov-23
Location: Russellville, Arkansas
Type: Full Time
Salary: $215,000 - $243,000 per year
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Physicians: General
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Salary Details:
Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for highly qualified candidates.
Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP): Authorized.
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. Contact Vickie Delforte, vickie.delforte2@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more.
Required Education:
MD/DO
Internal Number: 12189300
Work Schedule: Monday- Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm.
Preferred Experience:
- Recent Primary Care experience of two yeas or more.
- Board certification or board eligible in Internal Medicine or Family Practice.
Responsibilities are but not limited to the following:
- Perform and record history and physical examinations and records data from clinic visits.
- Evaluate, consult, develop diagnosis, and manage the primary care panel of patients assigned.
- Enter progress notes in computerized medical record and complete documented encounters in a timely manner.
- While history and physical exams will typically be conducted during the direct face-to-face appointment, training and use of Video telehealth (VVC, CVT) is required.
- As appropriate complete telehealth visits to augment patient care.
- Effectively apply a team based approach to medical care encompassing acute and chronic medical conditions and all appropriate preventive care for both male and female veterans.
- Order diagnostic tests, medications, laboratory tests as medically relevant for each patient.
- Provide timely follow-up on results, including completion of view alerts.
- Determine medical assessment and develop treatment plans according to accepted protocols.
- Prescribe medications according to approved formulary and in accordance with VHA regulations, Federal and State Law.
- Educate patients concerning medical conditions and recommended treatments. (Specific topics include nutritional counseling, need for smoking cessation, need for periodic immunizations and health screening tests, and other preventive health measures).
- Consult other specialties as appropriate
- Available for collaboration with advanced practice providers as needed.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.
Basic Requirements:
Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.
Physical Requirements:
Moderate lifting, 15-44 pounds; light carrying, under 15 pounds; reaching above shoulder; use of fingers; both hands required; walking (1 hour); kneeling (1 hour); repeated bending (1/2 hour); hearing (aids may be permitted); working closely with others with the possibility of exposure to communicable diseases.
The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated material and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations or operative/invasive procedures.
The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be capable of working effectively in stressful situations and able to shift priorities based on patient needs.
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
- Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
[(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
(3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs. - Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.
Physical Requirements:
Moderate lifting, 15-44 pounds; light carrying, under 15 pounds; reaching above shoulder; use of fingers; both hands required; walking (1 hour); kneeling (1 hour); repeated bending (1/2 hour); hearing (aids may be permitted); working closely with others with the possibility of exposure to communicable diseases.
The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated material and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations or operative/invasive procedures.
The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be capable of working effectively in stressful situations and able to shift priorities based on patient needs.
The Veterans Health Administration is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,298 health care facilities, including 171 medical centers and 1,113 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
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