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Role Description

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment.

• Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application.
• Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

The physician serves as a primary care physician within the VISN 21 Clinical Resource Hub (CRH). The physician will provide virtual primary care services to VA clinics facing staffing shortages within VISN-21, which comprises northern and central California, Nevada, and the Pacific Islands including Guam. The physician will work with an inter-professional team of nurses, pharmacists, and mental health providers to deliver team-based primary care. The position is remote; however, we do require that the provider travel to the individual clinic they are serving to deliver in-person care every quarter through VA-funded travel.

• Evaluate, diagnose, treat, and provide consultation for non-surgical adult patients of all ages, without life-threatening complications and with a wide variety of conditions.
• Assess, stabilize, and determine the disposition of patients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services.
• Collaborate with/oversee mid-level providers such as nurse practitioners and work collaboratively with other specialties (and subspecialties) in and outside of the VA system to manage or co-manage patients' health.
• Technical proficiency in using video conferencing platforms, proficiency with using an electronic medical record, and an aptitude to navigate systems-challenges that occur with the delivery of telehealth.
• Written and verbal communication skills to function well within a virtual care team.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
• The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Basic Requirements:
• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English