Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS) in Yuma, Arizona is currently looking for a primary care physician.
Position Information:
The Healthcare System places great emphasis on the delivery and continuity of patient care. The Primary Care Staff Physician provides direct patient care to the Veteran population full time and works as a member of a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT). A PACT Team is patient centered, interdisciplinary in nature, and comprised of a team of healthcare providers.
Duties:
PACT Physician provides comprehensive care to a panel of adult patients, from young adult to elderly. Duties include but are not limited to the following:
- Works seamlessly with other health care team members to support VA quality and patient satisfaction initiatives.
- Provides direct patient care to optimize patient health including ordering diagnostic testing, prescribing medication including contraceptive medication, consulting with specialty services, and utilizing computerized/electronic medical records.
- Provides patient care in accordance with professional standards, core values and commitment to service excellence.
- US Citizen (with a possibility of considering non- US Citizens per VA Policy)
- Must have an active and unrestricted license in any of the US States
- Doctor of Medicine or osteopathic medicine
- Residency Training in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine in any of the US States
- Work Schedule: Four 10-hour shifts between Monday - Friday, 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM.
- Eligible to compressed/flexible Work Schedule
- Not a telework eligible position.
The VA Yuma Clinic is an outpatient clinic that provides primary care and specialty health services, including audiology and speech, mental health care, physical and occupational therapy, telehealth, women’s health services, and more. It is a part of the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System (SAVAHCS) which comprised of the Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona and seven other Community Based Outpatient Clinics in Casa Grande, Green Valley, Safford, Sierra Vista, Yuma, Northwest, and Southeast Tucson.
Benefits
In addition to the honor of serving America’s Heroes, the VHA offers exceptional benefits:
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- Flexible work schedules and shifts
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Available
- $240,000 - $253,000/year
- Low patient-provider ratios
- Robust insurance coverage
- Stable employment with competitive salary and regular pay increases
- Liability Protection : VA physicians are covered under federal tort laws and may be defended by the United States against allegations of malpractice or negligence.
- Health insurance : With Federal Employees Health Benefits, choose from a variety of self or family health maintenance organizations and are entitled to a partial Government contribution in proportion to the number of hours you are scheduled to work in a pay period.
- Dental and vision insurance : Under the Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program, supplemental dental and/or vision benefits are available to you and your family.
- Flexible Spending Accounts: Allows you to save money for health care expenses with a Health Care or Limited Expense Health Care FSA.
- Life insurance : Plan for what’s next with Federal Employees Group Life Insurance, which is group term life insurance covering you and eligible family members.
- Survivor benefits : Become eligible for survivor benefits after 10 years of service.
- Pension : Your basic annuity is computed based on your length of service and "high-3" average salary.
- Thrift Savings Plan (Federal 401k Equivalent) 5 % agency match : TSP lets you contribute up to $23,000 a year to your account.
- Annual Leave (Paid Time Off) : 1 hour of annual leave for each 10 hours in a pay status with a max carryover of 240 hours.
- Credit for military service : If you move to a federal job at VA, you may carry over service time that is added to your total years of work for retirement purposes.
- Service without strings : Your employment at VA is "at will" and without employment contracts, non-compete clauses, restrictive covenants, or other significant restrictions on outside work.
- This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) , a student loan payment reimbursement program.