Job Type
Full-time
Description
We are seeking Primary Care Physicians who possess the energy, compassion, and commitment to serve those who serve our Country.
You will be given a chance to make a meaningful and personal contribution to the lives of truly special and deserving people - our Veterans!
About VA Fayetteville Coastal Healthcare System : The Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Health Care provides health care services to approximately 80,000 Veterans in a 19-county area of southeastern North Carolina.
Our facilities include the Fayetteville VA Medical Center , two health care centers-one in Fayetteville and one in Wilmington, 9 outpatient clinics.
The VA Fayetteville Coastal Healthcare System provides you with exceptional care that improves the health and well-being of Veterans.
Our teams work in an integrated environment that supports learning, discovery, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to :
- Primary Care of a panel of Primary Care patients (male and female).
- Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention, including comprehensive patient assessment, health history, physical examination, and patient education to Veterans in the Primary Care team setting;
outpatient include both scheduled and unscheduled Veterans.
- Function as an integral part of a Primary Care multi-disciplinary team.
- Establish a diagnosis and initiate appropriate response to emergency health problems.
- Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations to other clinical services.
- Order and evaluate diagnostic tests as appropriate, recommend treatment and / or referral.
- Validate the effectiveness of previously implemented medical treatment.
- Initiate, evaluate, and change orders for medications.
- Include patient and family in planning care and establishing realistic measurable goals for health maintenance / improvement.
- Record / document health appraisal information, clinical assessments, treatment decision, plan of care, ongoing management and therapeutic outcomes, order medications, diagnostic test and referral consultations where needed for every patient encounter;
recording will be accomplished using the electronic comprehensive patient record system (CPRS) and will be completed on the day of the encounter.
- Respond to computerized "alerts" indicating diagnostic test abnormalities and to health line request from Veterans / family members within recommended time periods as per policy.
- Follow Performance Measure guidelines, including completion of clinical reminders in CPRS; access and timeliness standards;
prescription order entry, National VA formulary requirements, and customer service standards.
Work Schedule : Monday through Friday, 8 : 00 AM to 4 : 30 PM.
Requirements
Basic Requirements :
- Physician candidate is experienced in the specialty required and is Board Certified by the American Board of Family Practice
- Must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field within the last five years
- United States Citizenship
- 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 ANY 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.
- Proficiency in spoken and written English.
- VA experience is preferred but not mandatory.