Physician (Regular Ft) - Primary Care

Job Title

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides primary care medicine to an assigned panel of adult veterans.
• Participates in the provision of pain management, mental health, and end of life care to veterans in the primary care setting as required.
• Reports quality of care issues promptly through established mechanisms.
• Maintains timely and complete patient medical records that meet compliance program and joint commission requirements.
• Mentors nurse practitioners (NP) and/or physician assistants (PA) on a daily basis. Guides clinical management of complex patients consulted asked by mid-level providers, including patients with pain issues, and those requiring narcotic management.
• Consults specialty physicians as appropriate and collaborates with specialty clinics for appropriate and streamlined patient care.
• Must be basic life support (BLS) certified.
• Must be advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) certified.
• Communicates clearly with the NP or PA that he/she oversee. This entails co-signage of all NP/PA notes when applicable. This communication should be clear, professional, and directly related to medical care provided to patients.

Work schedule:

Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm