The Gainesville VA is looking for a physician to serve as a Primary Care Provider for the Waycross Community Based Outpatient Clinic, located in Waycross GA. The Primary Care Physician's primary responsibility is to provide primary care services for a panel of 1200+ patients.

The Physician (Primary Care) duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide primary care services for a panel of 1200+ patients.
• Perform exams according to performance measure guidelines.
• Perform procedures and document notes according to policy procedure utilizing Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS).
• Screening outpatients to determine need for further care.
• Ordering diagnostic studies.
• Carrying out health promotion and disease prevention activities.
• Initiating and expediting requests for consultations and scheduling special tests, consults and studies.
• Performs other related duties as needed.
• Typically work 10 hour shifts but will not work less than 80 hours during a two-week pay period.
• Reports directly to the clinic Chief Medical Officer.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

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 - Thursday; 7:00am - 5:30pm
Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP): Eligible Participants may receive up to $200,000 towards a qualified loan over a 5-year period (Not to exceed $40,000 per year) EDRP is a reimbursement program. At the end of each program year or service period, participants must provide proof of payment to lenders to receive reimbursement.

Preferred Experience: Completion of Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Board Certification is preferred.

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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.

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