Primary Care Practice Opportunity with Excellent Federal Benefit Package in Columbia, SC!
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Application
Details
Posted: 02-Oct-24
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Physicians: General
Sector:
Hospital, Public and Private
Internal Number: 1234
The WJB Dorn VA Medical Center located in Columbia, SC is searching for BC/BE Internal Medicine/Family Medicine Physicians to join their dynamic healthcare team as outpatient primary care physicians at the VA Medical Center in Columbia, SC and it's Clinical Based Outpatient Clinics located in Florence, SC, Anderson, SC, Sumter, SC, Spartanburg, SC, and Greenville, SC.
The Dorn VAMC is one of the fastest growing VA Medical Centers in the US. Our quality processes and practice innovations are excellent. The medical center is affiliated and co-located with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
We are seeking full-time, board eligible Internal Medicine or Family Practice physicians for primary care positions in Ambulatory Care. He/she will deliver services to Veterans presenting for health care. Duties will include day-to-day care of Veteran patients presenting with ambulatory/primary care appointments. He/she will provide comprehensive care (includes women's health care) to our diverse population.
He/she functions as an independent physician who is highly skilled in the management/treatment of a patient's primary care needs, including preventive, chronic and urgent care.
The physician will operate as a member of the team practice model which has been developed at each facility with each patient identified and placed with a primary care provider and on an outpatient team. We have opportunities to work with special populations including Geriatrics, OEF/OIF, Spinal Cord injury and Wound care.
We have opportunities to teach residents, medical students, nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students. Please bring your special interest and unique talents.
Work Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
Salary Range: Up to $243,000 per year
Recruitment/Relocation Incentive authorized
Selected candidate may be eligible for student loan repayment through the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP). Participation is based on funds availability.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Citizenship. Citizen of the United States. Noncitizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
Licensure and Registration. Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia.
Education. Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Physical Standards/Requirements: All applicants must be physically and mentally able to perform the duties of the position efficiently.
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.