St Louis VA is Seeking Full-Time Physician in Primary Care Service, within the Academic Geriatrics-Patient Aligned Care Team

The VA St. Louis Health Care System is currently recruiting for a full-time Physician in Primary Care Service, within the Academic Geriatrics-Patient Aligned Care Team (Geri-PACT)who possesses a mature, warm, caring personality with a passion for Geriatric Medicine. Flexibility and a compassionate bedside manner are essential. Candidate must be self-motivated, and willing to take the initiative to work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team. Successful candidates will join a growing department and practice in a stimulating and diverse atmosphere. Geri-PACT consists of multi-disciplinary team including clinical pharmacist, social worker, clinical psychologist, and nurse care manager. There are different level of trainees from both university affiliates that rotate through Geri-PACT including medical students, residents and fellows. Supervision and teaching skills are important.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
The Primary Care Geriatrics Physician will practice within their scope of practice in accordance with their credentialing and privileging. Duties may include but are not limited to:

• Fulfills the general medical needs as well as full range of Geriatric Medicine syndromes to a diverse population of veterans.
• Geriatric consultations and longitudinal primary care for a geriatric population with complex clinical needs and geriatric syndromes.
• Facilitates academic activities to supervise/teach (didactics) geriatrics fellows, medical residents, Nurse Practitioners and trainees in other health-related disciplines.
• Management of complex medical conditions, co-morbid mental illness, pain management issues and a variety of psychosocial conditions with active collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Manages multiple diagnoses while considering social economic conditions of their patients and the availability of individual support systems. Collaborates with Chief Geriatrics to maintain quality assurance activities. Also collaborates with other health care disciplines, pharmacy, psychology, social work and nursing.
• Adhere to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff, and the organization.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The VA St. Louis Health Care System provides inpatient and ambulatory care in medicine, surgery, psychiatry, neurology, and rehabilitation, and many other subspecialty areas. It is a two-division facility that serves veterans and their families in east central Missouri and southwestern Illinois.

The John Cochran Division, named after the late Missouri congressman, is located in midtown St. Louis and has all of the medical center's operative surgical capabilities, the ambulatory care unit, intensive care units, outpatient psychiatry clinics, and expanded laboratory.

The Jefferson Barracks Division is a multi-building complex overlooking the Mississippi River in south St. Louis County. It provides psychiatric treatment, spinal cord injury treatment, a nursing home care unit, geriatric health care, rehabilitation services, and a rehabilitation domiciliary program for homeless veterans.

Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 Federal holidays with pay annually
• 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses

Insurance:

• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits, 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits (pension), and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 12.2% of the employee’s salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 16.6% of the employee’s salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2025, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $23,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $31,000.
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years service