Primary Care Physician needed to care for our Veterans - Great Benefits! - Department of Veterans Affairs

Primary Care Physician needed to care for our Veterans - Great Benefits!

The WJB Dorn VA Medical Center located in Columbia, SC is recruiting for outpatient primary care physicians at our Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Sumter, SC.

We are seeking full- time, board eligible Internal Medicine or Family Practice physicians for primary care positions in Ambulatory Care. He/she will deliver services to Veterans presenting for health care. Duties will include day-to-day care of Veteran patients presenting with ambulatory/primary care appointments. He/she will provide comprehensive care (includes women's health care) to our diverse population.

He/she functions as an independent physician who is highly skilled in the management/treatment of a patient's primary care needs, including preventive, chronic and urgent care. The physician will operate as a member of the team practice model which has been developed at each facility with each patient identified and placed with a primary care provider and on an outpatient team. We have opportunities to work with special populations including Geriatrics, OEF/OIF, Spinal Cord injury and Wound care. We have opportunities to teach residents, medical students, nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students. Please bring your special interest and unique talents.

Work hours are: 8am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday. The physician will see on average 12-15 patients daily with a patient panel size of patients.

Salary Range: Up to $243,000 per year

Recruitment/Relocation incentives are authorized for this position.

The selected candidate may be eligible to apply for education loan assistance through the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP). Participation is based on funds availability.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Citizenship: Citizen of the United States. Noncitizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.

Licensure and Registration: Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.

Education: 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 Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.