Job Summary
Job Description
The Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks, in Joplin, MO, is seeking a full-time, Primary Care Physician. Ideal candidate would be board certified/eligible in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine with extensive women’s health experience. We are fully committed to providing top quality medical care by serving and honoring America’s Veterans.
Candidates must possess an active, current, unrestricted license in any U.S. State.
Highlights of this opportunity:
- Potential starting base salary range: $232K-243K
- Permanent full-time position
- Schedule Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Performs and records history and physical examinations and records data from clinic visits.
- Provides medical care encompassing acute and chronic medical conditions and all appropriate preventive care for both male and female veterans.
- Prescribes medications according to approved formulary, and in accordance with Federal and State Law.
- Orders diagnostic tests, medications, laboratory tests as medically relevant for each patient.
VA offers an exceptional benefits package for physicians, including up to 55 days off annually, affordable health, life, vision, dental, and long-term care insurance, up to 12 weeks of paid paternity/maternity leave, malpractice insurance that includes tail coverage, and more. Working for federal employers allows you to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness after 10 years of service.
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Job Responsibilities
The incumbent will perform but not limited to the following duties:
Performs and records history and physical examinations and records data from clinic visits.
Evaluates, consults, develops diagnosis, and manages the primary care panel of patients assigned.
Enters progress notes in computerized medical record and completes workload documentation in a timely manner.
Provides medical care encompassing acute and chronic medical conditions and all appropriate preventive care for both male and female veterans.
Orders diagnostic tests, medications, laboratory tests as medically relevant for each patient.
Provides timely follow-up on results, including completion of view alerts.
Determines medical assessment and develops treatment plans according to accepted protocols.
Prescribes medications according to approved formulary, and in accordance with Federal and State Law.
Educates 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).
Consults other specialties as appropriate, according to service agreements.
All other duties dictated by patient care
Qualifications
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.
Preferred Experience:
Comprehensive Women's Health background.
Board Certified/Eligible in Family Medicine and/or Internal Medicine.
Working Hours