Physician-Urgent Care

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Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat veterans presenting with acute, unscheduled illnesses and injuries across the adult lifespan, ensuring prompt, evidence-based care that maximizes patient satisfaction and customer service.
• Perform focused history taking and physical examinations to rapidly identify patients needing emergent intervention, stabilize medical emergencies, and coordinate transfer to the emergency department when a higher level of care is required.
• Conduct and interpret point-of-care diagnostic testing, independently interpret ECGs and plain radiographs as appropriate, and order as well as interpret laboratory studies and diagnostic imaging.
• Perform common office and urgent care procedures, manage acute exacerbations of chronic diseases (such as COPD, asthma, congestive heart failure, diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, and anticoagulation-related problems), and diagnose/manage common infectious diseases (respiratory, urinary, gastrointestinal, skin, and sexually transmitted infections).
• Evaluate and treat minor orthopedic injuries-including fractures, sprains, strains, and dislocations requiring splinting-and carry out wound care procedures like irrigation, debridement, suturing, tissue adhesive application, and incision/drainage of abscesses.
• Assess occupational and environmental injuries when applicable, provide concussion evaluation and management, and recognize behavioral health emergencies, coordinating psychiatric evaluation as indicated.
• Initiate appropriate pain management following VA opioid stewardship principles, and coordinate care across primary care, specialty clinics, mental health, pharmacy, social work, home based primary care, community care, and the emergency department.
• Complete accurate, timely electronic documentation using CPRS/Cerner, and actively participate in quality improvement, peer review, patient safety, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Supervise nurse practitioners, physician assistants, residents, medical students, or other learners when assigned, maintain proficiency in basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), and support disaster preparedness and emergency operations when requested.
• Promote continuity of care by ensuring appropriate follow-up and effective communication with the veteran's patient aligned care team (PACT).
• Demonstrated ability to distinguish patients appropriate for outpatient urgent care management from those requiring emergency department evaluation, hospital admission, specialty consultation, or expedited outpatient follow-up.

Pay:
Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 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 (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice:
Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract:

No physician employment contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule:

Monday through Friday 9am-5:30pm

Relocation Incentive:
Authorized - As determined by Facility/Agency

EDRP Authorized:
Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN8

CCOE, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more

Travel/Driving:
You may be required to travel for this position Telework:
Ad-hoc/Situational-Occasional, Non-routine VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.