Family Practice - OB Physician

Position: Family Practice - Without OB Physician
Join the Boise VA Medical Center and Make a Difference for Our Nation's Veterans Are you ready for an exciting career move that combines professional excellence with a thriving personal life? The Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center seeks a BC/BE internal medicine or family medicine primary care physician to join our growing, collegial, and multi-disciplinary team in Caldwell,  (located 30 minutes from Boise) and focused on providing exceptional care to our veterans.

You will find a very welcoming community, exceptional medical facilities, and a lifestyle that offers a perfect balance of culture and outdoor adventure. If you're passionate about providing exceptional care and seeking a workplace where you can truly make a difference, we'd love to hear from you!

The Caldwell Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) is our largest and fastest growing outpatient clinic. We have 8 full-time providers, with 3 physicians, 2 Physician Assistants and 3 Nurse Practitioners. Each provider works with a Registered Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse/Medical Assistant, and receptionist to provide comprehensive primary care services to a panel of up to 900 patients. Expected appointment volume is 10 routine 30 min appointments, and 2 same day appointments used as needed in an 8 hour day.

Panel management is supported by a team clinical pharmacist and by integrated behavioral health professionals. The Caldwell CBOC also has specialty services including eye care, physical therapy, simple wound, dermatology and joint injections.

The Primary Care Medical Director is the direct supervisor of the providers in the clinic and as such has responsibility for approving schedules, leave, performing annual evaluations, OPPEs, and FPPEs as necessary. Medical Directors work collaboratively with clinic leaders other than their own to promote best practices and to cover work duties when needed.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Works collaboratively with the Clinic Manager in organizing staff meetings and trainings, and furthering organizational goal and objectives at the clinic level.
• Develops and approves provider scheduling grids in compliance with Boise VAMC Primary Care Scheduling SOP.
• Assures that all modalities of care are leveraged to include video Connect Visits, Telephone visits, secure messaging and face-to-face visits.
• Approves clinic cancellations timely, ideally daily.
• Ensures adequate coverage of clinic provider functions when providers are on leave and approves leave in a timely, ideally daily, fashion.
• Approves premium pay requests in a timely, ideally daily, fashion.
• Performs OPPEs on subordinates and FPPE's as necessary.
• Counsels and supports Physicians in support of Pay for Performance, and Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in their pursuit of Special Award for Performance and Step increases.
• Supports Clinic Manager in efforts such as huddles, staff meetings, and performance improvement projects.
• Fosters a collaborative work environment focused on maximizing the potential of team members.

Benefit Highlights:

• Excellent benefit package and competitive compensation.
• Loan forgiveness availability- up to $200,000.
• Potential scholarship options for residents.
• Recruitment sign on incentive.
• 11 federal holidays, 13 sick days and 26 vacation days per year.

About Boise Veterans Affairs The Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center, part of the Northwest Health Network, is consistently ranked as one of the best VA hospitals in the nation. Our state-of-the-art medical campus boasts a picturesque setting, ideally located in the heart of the desired north end, bordering downtown, and nestled amongst sprawling foothills.

The campus features modern operating rooms, a dedicated intensive care unit, and well- equipped inpatient medicine and surgical wards to handle the full breadth of patient care needs. We have a comprehensive psychiatric ward and a full host of outpatient clinics spanning all major medical specialties. We also provide health care services at five community-based outpatient clinics in Idaho;
Caldwell, Mountain Home, Salmon, and Twin Falls, to also include an outpatient clinic in Burns, Oregon.

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