Help Overview
• Accepting applications
• Open & closing dates
10/14/2021 to 10/28/2021
• Service
Excepted
• Pay scale & grade
VM 15
• Salary
$160,000 to $243,000 per year
Education and length of practice are considered through a formal pay-setting process to determine the final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay)
• Appointment type
Permanent
• Work schedule
Full-time
Overview
Help Duties Summary
Provides preventative medicine and medical care management for adult patients for acute and chronic medical condition. Responsible for the direct treatment, consultation and/or referral for patients' medical conditions as appropriate Management of patients includes following VA clinical guidelines with documentation in the electronic medical record. Works within a team of various health care staff to direct the resources needed to assist in the management of patients.
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Responsibilities
Physician (Primary Care) duties consist of but are not limited to the following:
• Provide comprehensive primary care and preventative care to an established panel of primary care patients, under the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) model
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and functions as a team member.
• Performs an advanced, comprehensive, and holistic health assessment, including a relevant health history and physical assessment.
• Adapts assessment tools and techniques according to individual client needs, stage of development and cultural aspects.
• Determines the need for, orders, performs, receives, and interprets the appropriate diagnostic tests.
• Analyzes and synthesizes data from multiple sources to establish a identify and monitor a health situation; and a differential and working diagnosis identify and monitor a health situation.
• Applies knowledge of pharmacology including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and best practice standards in selecting, prescribing, and monitoring drugs to treat conditions, diseases, disorders, and injuries within the NP's scope of practice and clinical practice setting.
• Communicates verbally and in writing, history, physical assessment findings, diagnosis, and treatment plan when indicated.
• Communicates progress and treatment options with the client and other members of the team, when indicated.
• Critically appraises and applies current, relevant research into clinical practice from an evidence-based framework.
• Assesses client needs by compiling qualitative and quantitative information about clients (e.g. epidemiological information, interviews, surveys, research findings, and community assessments).
• Participates in the development of health promotion/prevention programs based on assessed needs, culture and evidence-based strategies and available resources for clients who are healthy or have acute or chronic conditions?
• Participates in health promotion/prevention programs in partnership with others including the community, colleagues, and other sectors.
• Applies principles of teaching and learning when providing health education to individuals, families and groups.
• Monitors, evaluates, and modifies health promotion/prevention programs in partnership with the client and other members of the health care team.
• Encourage clients to take responsibility for maintaining and/or improving health by increasing knowledge of, control over, and influence on, health determinants.
• Implements primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies for individuals, families, and communities or for specific age and cultural groups, in accordance with population health principles.
• Accepts sole responsibility and accountability for all actions taken within his or her scope of practice.
• Incorporates professional, legal, and ethical decision-making guidelines into the practice of Medicine.
• Acts as a resource person, preceptor and/or mentor for students, residents and other health care professionals, and the community.
• Demonstrates leadership in clinical practice to meet multiple health care needs.
• Participates in interdisciplinary, and/or inter-professional research or meetings that relates to her/his practice.
• Participates in emergency preparedness and environmental health planning as part of a team.
• Accepts personal responsibility for ongoing professional development related his/her competence, including, but not limited to, continuing education related to prescriptive authority and health management.
• Using the computerized medical record system for progress notes, orders, and medical record review and completion of such records in a complete and timely manner.
• Demonstrate continuing effort to keep abreast of new medical developments and medical literature.
• Accommodate assigned patient's emergent needs. Phone calls, administrative form completion and other patient requests are to be completed in a timely manner - in most cases within one week.
• Supervision of Physician Assistants (PA), ARNPs and Residents is a part of the physician responsibility.
• Review of medical records, patient care, drug prescribing, and consultation requests.
• Active and dynamic interchange of care in the clinical setting.
• Participation in training of students and residents is encouraged.
• Responsible for delivery cost-effective care and referring patients to other specialized services only when appropriate.
• Manages the primary care profiles to ensure appropriate timeliness and care including maintenance of health and treatment of illness.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards .
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Eligible, see additional information for further Information.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, with rotating tours of duty as needed
Travel Required
Not required
Supervisory status
No
Promotion Potential
15
Physician (Primary Care) duties consist of but are not limited to the following:
• Provide comprehensive primary care and preventative care to an established panel of primary care patients, under the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) model
• Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and functions as a team member.
• Performs an advanced, comprehensive, and holistic health assessment, including a relevant health history and physical assessment.
• Adapts assessment tools and techniques according to individual client needs, stage of development and cultural aspects.
• Determines the need for, orders, performs, receives, and interprets the appropriate diagnostic tests.
• Analyzes and synthesizes data from multiple sources to establish a identify and monitor a health situation; and a differential and working diagnosis identify and monitor a health situation.
• Applies knowledge of pharmacology including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and best practice standards in selecting, prescribing, and monitoring drugs to treat conditions, diseases, disorders, and injuries within the NP's scope of practice and clinical practice setting.
• Communicates verbally and in writing, history, physical assessment findings, diagnosis, and treatment plan when indicated.
• Communicates progress and treatment options with the client and other members of the team, when indicated.
• Critically appraises and applies current, relevant research into clinical practice from an evidence-based framework.
• Assesses client needs by compiling qualitative and quantitative information about clients (e.g. epidemiological information, interviews, surveys, research findings, and community assessments).
• Participates in the development of health promotion/prevention programs based on assessed needs, culture and evidence-based strategies and available resources for clients who are healthy or have acute or chronic conditions?
• Participates in health promotion/prevention programs in partnership with others including the community, colleagues, and other sectors.
• Applies principles of teaching and learning when providing health education to individuals, families and groups.
• Monitors, evaluates, and modifies health promotion/prevention programs in partnership with the client and other members of the health care team.
• Encourage clients to take responsibility for maintaining and/or improving health by increasing knowledge of, control over, and influence on, health determinants.
• Implements primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies for individuals, families, and communities or for specific age and cultural groups, in accordance with population health principles.
• Accepts sole responsibility and accountability for all actions taken within his or her scope of practice.
• Incorporates professional, legal, and ethical decision-making guidelines into the practice of Medicine.
• Acts as a resource person, preceptor and/or mentor for students, residents and other health care professionals, and the community.
• Demonstrates leadership in clinical practice to meet multiple health care needs.
• Participates in interdisciplinary, and/or inter-professional research or meetings that relates to her/his practice.
• Participates in emergency preparedness and environmental health planning as part of a team.
• Accepts personal responsibility for ongoing professional development related his/her competence, including, but not limited to, continuing education related to prescriptive authority and health management.
• Using the computerized medical record system for progress notes, orders, and medical record review and completion of such records in a complete and timely manner.
• Demonstrate continuing effort to keep abreast of new medical developments and medical literature.
• Accommodate assigned patient's emergent needs. Phone calls, administrative form completion and other patient requests are to be completed in a timely manner - in most cases within one week.
• Supervision of Physician Assistants (PA), ARNPs and Residents is a part of the physician responsibility.
• Review of medical records, patient care, drug prescribing, and consultation requests.
• Active and dynamic interchange of care in the clinical setting.
• Participation in training of students and residents is encouraged.
• Responsible for delivery cost-effective care and referring patients to other specialized services only when appropriate.
• Manages the primary care profiles to ensure appropriate timeliness and care including maintenance of health and treatment of illness.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards .
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Eligible, see additional information for further Information.
Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, with rotating tours of duty as needed
Job family (Series)
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Help Requirements Conditions of Employment
• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination
• Participation in the seasonal influenza and Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccination programs are requirements for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Qualifications
Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.
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: The Physician should be physically and mentally capable to perform the duties of the position including examinations, formulating a diagnosis and treatment plan and educating residents. Physical activities include sitting, standing (up to 4 hours) walking (up to 2 hours) and repeated bending. The incumbent should be emotionally and mentally stable; and capable to perform the duties of the position.
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. Approved schools are:
• Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
• Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
• For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]
NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. § 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.
Additional information
EDRP Authorized: Contact VISN8CCOE@va.gov ., the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
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. Learn more .
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 49-54 days of annual paid time offer per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 10 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
• This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
• It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
• This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
• VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.
• Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
• Financial Disclosure Report:Not required
• If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application .
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application, résumé, C.V., and/or other supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect consideration for employment.
NOTE: A formal pay-setting process will be used to determine your salary. The salary may be at any point in the range listed for this vacancy.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Veterans' Preference Note: Preference eligible candidates and other Veterans will be given preference when qualification of candidates are approximately equal for Title 38 positions in VHA. When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit Feds Hire Vets - Veterans - Job Seekers - Veterans' Preference .
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Background checks and security clearance
Security clearance
Other
Drug test required
Yes
Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
Trust determination process
Credentialing , Suitability/Fitness