Physician Job Search: Opportunity Details
Opportunity Criteria
Internal Medicine Physician Needed To Serve Our Veterans
Job Description
The West Texas VA Health Care System is currently recruiting Ambulatory Care Physicians located in Big Spring, Abilene, Fort Stockton, San Angelo, Odessa, Texas and Hobbs, New Mexico locations.
Preferred Experience: Board Eligible/Board Certified Internal Medicine; provided care for a VA Medical Center/Clinic or large Medical Treatment Facility.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday (8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.)
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
The Physician will be responsible for providing primary care for patients with the new VA care delivery system, Patient-Aligned Care Teams (PACT). This model of care incorporates a patient-centered approach focusing on access to care, care managers, collaboration among specialties and other services (including nursing and clerical staff), and alternative means of care (telehealth, nursing visits, shared medical appointments, etc.). The candidate serves as a Primary Care Physician in outpatient primary care clinics providing appropriate care for Veterans ranging in age from 18 through geriatric years, taking into consideration diagnosis and physical, functional, psycho-social, spiritual and cultural needs. The candidate serves as a provider who is highly skilled in the management of a patient's primary care needs and evaluation of the need for subspecialty referral. The candidate is responsible for contributing to the achievement of quality-of-care standards, efficiency, process improvement, and patient satisfaction. The candidate writes orders for diagnostic testing, prescribed medications, and consultation to specialty services utilizing computer-keyboarding techniques. The candidate is expected to practice in accordance with professional standards, core values and with a commitment to service excellence. Physicians will serve as a resource for Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants who are also delivering primary care and responds to all staff in the primary care teams in regard to patient concerns.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Assesses the needs of and plans intervention for individuals/families.
- Facilitates the delivery of primary, acute and chronic health care.
- Assists individuals/families achieve optimal levels of health through collaboration with medical and health care professionals.
- Exercises medical decision-making and provides a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services for a specific group of patients.
- Exhibits leadership in initiating changes in patient care programs based on current concepts and findings from research and/or studies.
- Involved in direct patient care, patient and family teaching, staff education and multidisciplinary consultations and collaborations.
- Participates in the education of PA students, NP, Residents, Medical Students, interns
- Supervise mid-level practitioners as assigned.
- Consistently demonstrates expertise in diagnosing and treating seriously ill multi-symptomatic patients.
- Serves as a resource person for standards development in health care in the area of quality improvement concerns.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Candidates may be eligible to apply for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) and, if approved, receive up to $200k in school loan repayment Tax Free.
About Our Facility
The West Texas VA Health Care System (WTVAHCS) is a 95-authorized bed (55 acute and 40 extended care) medical center, which serves 58,000 veterans in an area spanning 33 counties in West Texas and New Mexico. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education. Comprehensive outpatient health care is provided in areas of medicine, surgery, mental health, physical medicine and rehabilitation, oncology, and dentistry. Inpatient care is provided in medicine and extended care, with referrals to other VISN 18 facilities and community. Care is provided at the parent facility in Big Spring, Texas and through six Community Based Outpatient Clinics.
The facility is located in Big Spring, Texas, with the ambience and neighborly charm of a small western town. We are conveniently and centrally located to four larger cities (San Angelo, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, and Abilene). In addition to the urgent care clinic, we provide primary medical and surgical care, along with community living, mental health, and other extended outpatient services for veterans residing in West Texas and parts of New Mexico. Care is delivered through the Big Spring VA Medical Center and through six community based outpatient clinics. If you would be interested in exploring a practice in the VHA, please feel free to email your CV and any questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact me. It would be my pleasure to assist you.
VA Benefits
Paid Time Off:
- 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
- 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
- 11 paid Federal holidays per year
- 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 2020, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $19,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $25,500.
- 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
Facility & Address
West Texas VA Healthcare System
- Big Spring TX
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Contact Information
LaTonya Collins National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant
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