Veteran Hospice Care in Lovely Lexington, KY

Outstanding Co-Op Opportunity – Education Incentives – Quality of Life

The Lexington, KY VA Healthcare System (LVAHCS) seeks a highly motivated physician to join our Geriatric Extended Care service.

• Serve as the Attending Physician for our 40-bed Hospice Care Inpatient Living Center, providing direct patient care while collaborating with Nursing, Social Work, and Physician Rehab services as needed.
• Provides a continuum of palliative care services across various settings to include but not limited to: Acute care, Inpatient Living Center, Outpatient consultative clinics, Home-Based Primary Care, Emergency Department, Geri Palliative clinic, as well as the Infusion room.
• Must be BE/BC Family or Internal Medicine. Highly qualified candidates will be BC Geriatrics or Palliative Medicine and have 2+ years of experience, including background in dementia care.
• Enjoy an excellent work-life balance with a set Monday-Friday schedule (7:30am-4pm), no weekends, and no on-call time.

Unrestricted licensure in any State is required.

Position is eligible for Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).

Recruitment Incentives are available.

Pay: Current salary range $250-275K depending on experience and qualifications. 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).
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

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