Primary Care Physician - Department of Veteran Affairs

The Primary Care Physician functions within multidisciplinary PACT team assigned to provide comprehensive, collaborative acute and continuity care to an assigned panel of Veterans as well as to patients outside of the assigned panel when Veteran care indicates a need for such.

The Primary Care/PACT Provider will provide leadership in the application of the PACT model and clinical practice guidelines to organizational processes and/or systems to optimize patient care outcomes, achieve excellence in both internal and external customer service and shape collaborative, high-performing teams.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Ongoing, continuous care of one or more assigned panel(s) of Veterans.

Utilizing all available tools, such as registries, to enable effective and efficient identification and intervention of individual patients and cohorts.

Ensuring appropriate evaluation and access is provided to patients assigned to the patient panel.

Functioning at the full extent of the team member's relevant clinical privileges, credentials, scopes of practice, elements of practice, certification, functional statement, or other VHA or local facility approved documentation of competency.

Participating in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care delivery to patients.

Implementing primary care operations management processes, as appropriate.

Managing communications and facilitating safe transitions of patients between the PACT's site of care and other health care settings, using informal and formal communication methods, as appropriate.

Providing health education and health coaching on wellness, disease prevention, chronic care management, and self-management skills to patients and personal support persons, commensurate with the documented expertise or professional training of the PACT member.

Engaging patients in using health care, encouraging patients to engage personal support persons, receiving input from patients and personal support persons regarding VA care.

Using formal and informal communications that are respectful, effective, timely, and bidirectional with all team members (including the patient and personal support persons) to convey significant, clinically relevant information for the care of the patient.

Providing health care commensurate to the PCP's licensure and clinical privileges or scope of practice.

Ensuring the patient's care plan contains medical recommendations for clinically indicated care.

Offering clinically indicated health care services to patients assigned to the PACT and providing or arranging for care to which patient's consent.

Providing leadership to the team including shared delegation of appropriate care and care processes to appropriate team members.

Reviewing available clinical and performance data with the team, focusing on continuous improvement of critical team processes.

Ensuring the patient has same-day access for face-to-face and telephone care visits during regular clinic hours.

Collaborating with PACT staff to develop personal health plans that incorporate care management and care coordination appropriate to the patient's needs.

Communicating with facility leadership regarding the resources needed by the PACT for optimal function.

Work Schedule:  Monday - Friday (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.  VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus):  Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment):  Authorized "See details in Education Section"
Pay:  Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off:  50-55 days of annual paid time offer per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement:  Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance:  Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure:  1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME:  Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement
Malpractice:  Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract:  No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.  This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)