Primary Care Provider - Patient Aligned Care Team - Tucson, AZ
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Application
Details
Posted: 29-Sep-24
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Type: Full Time
Salary: $245,000 - $255,000 annual
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Physicians: General
Physicians: Specialty
Surgery: General
Sector:
Government
Salary Details:
In addition to the honor of serving America’s Heroes, a career at VHA provides a robust total reward$ package (see full brochure here) and offers many benefits including:
Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Available.
Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of annual paid time offer 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 (Board certification required).
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting Compressed/Flexible Work Schedule: Eligible.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required.
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000).
Required Education:
MD/DO
Internal Number: Vacancy 12428373
Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS) in scenic sunny Tucson, Arizona is currently looking for a primary care physician.
Position Information:
The Healthcare System places great emphasis on the delivery and continuity of patient care. The Primary Care Staff Physician provides direct patient care to the Veteran population full time and works as a member of a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). A PACT Team is patient centered, interdisciplinary in nature, and comprised of a team of healthcare providers.
Duties:
PACT Physician provides comprehensive care to a panel of adult patients, from young adult to elderly. Duties include but are not limited to the following:
Works seamlessly with other health care team members to support VA quality and patient satisfaction initiatives.
Provides direct patient care to optimize patient health including ordering diagnostic testing, prescribing medication including contraceptive medication, consulting with specialty services, and utilizing computerized/electronic medical records.
Provides patient care in accordance with professional standards, core values and commitment to service excellence.
Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS) Information
The VA Medical Center located at Tucson Arizona is the "Flagship" for the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System (SAVAHCS), which serves over 170,000 veterans located in eight counties in Southern Arizona and one county in Western New Mexico. This 295-bed hospital provides training, primary care and sub-specialty health care in numerous medical areas for eligible Veterans. It is a state-of-the-art network of health care facilities throughout Southern Arizona comprised of the medical center in Tucson, Arizona and seven Community Based Outpatient
Clinics in Casa Grande, Green Valley, Safford, Sierra Vista, Yuma, Northwest, and Southeast Tucson.
It also is a Joint Commission-accredited, level 1a complexity teaching hospital, providing tertiary-level care. The SAVAHCS offers a beautiful 150-acre campus with a full range of medical and mental health services for Veterans, including a 31-bed inpatient psychiatry/substance use acute treatment unit, a 25-bed mental health residential rehabilitation treatment program for substance use disorders (SUD) and PTSD treatment, intensive outpatient programs for SUD and PTSD, homeless programs, and more. The SAVAHCS operates a 24-hour emergency department and is the host site for various regional referral centers of excellence including the Polytrauma Network Site, the Southwest Blind Rehabilitation Center, and the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MHRRTP). The SAVAHCS is the principal teaching affiliate of the University of Arizona Colleges of Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Annually nearly 1,000 physician and associated health trainees participate in health care training programs at the SAVAHCS.
Requirements:
US Citizen
Must have an active and unrestricted license in any of the US States
Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine
Residency Training in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine in any of the US States
Work Schedule:Four 10-hour shifts between Monday - Friday, 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.