Physician (Alpha Section Chief)

Veterans Health Administration•Tampa, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at the Hidden River CBOC. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. The role involves providing comprehensive primary care and preventative care to an established panel of primary care patients under the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) model. Responsibilities include preventative medicine and medical care management for adult patients with acute and chronic medical conditions. The physician will be responsible for direct treatment, consultation, and/or referral for patients' medical conditions as appropriate, managing patients according to VA clinical guidelines with documentation in the electronic medical record. The role requires working within a team of various healthcare staff to direct resources for patient management. General duties include performing advanced, comprehensive, and holistic health assessments, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, analyzing data to establish diagnoses, and applying knowledge of pharmacology for prescribing and monitoring drugs. Effective communication with clients and healthcare teams regarding progress and treatment options is essential. The physician will consult with other healthcare providers, critically appraise and apply research into clinical practice, and collaborate in the management of health situations. This includes assessing client needs, participating in the development and implementation of health promotion/prevention programs, and monitoring their effectiveness. The physician will encourage clients to take responsibility for their health, implement prevention strategies, and accept accountability for their actions within their scope of practice. They will incorporate professional, legal, and ethical guidelines, act as a resource, preceptor, and/or mentor, and demonstrate leadership in clinical practice. Participation in interdisciplinary research, meetings, emergency preparedness, and environmental health planning is also expected.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
Subject to background/security investigation.
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
You may be required to serve a probationary period.
Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
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 one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
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.
NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.
Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA), in the list published for the year the residency, or fellowship if applicable, was completed; OR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship, first year of residency, or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States; OR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs).
PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basis.
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision.
Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
In rare and unusual circumstances, the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer, who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience, accomplishments, performance, and qualifications warrant such action.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
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 degree was granted.
For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made that the medical school meets (or met) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirement for year graduated.
NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities.
The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.

Nice To Haves

Board Certified Licensed Provider with experience in Family Medicine

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive primary care and preventative care to an established panel of primary care patients, under the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) model.
Provides preventative medicine and medical care management for adult patients for acute and chronic medical condition.
Responsible for the direct treatment, consultation and/or referral for patients' medical conditions as appropriate.
Management of patients includes following VA clinical guidelines with documentation in the electronic medical record.
Works within a team of various health care staff to direct the resources needed to assist in the management of patients.
Performs an advanced, comprehensive and holistic health assessment, including a relevant health history and physical assessment.
Adapts assessment tools and techniques according to individual client needs, stage of development and cultural aspects.
Determines the need for, orders, performs, receives and interprets the appropriate diagnostic tests.
Analyzes and synthesizes data from multiple sources to establish a differential and working diagnosis.
Analyzes and synthesizes data from multiple sources to identify and monitor a health situation.
Applies knowledge of pharmacology including pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and best practice standards in selecting, prescribing and monitoring drugs to treat conditions, diseases, disorders and injuries within the NP's scope of practice and clinical practice setting.
Communicates verbally and in writing, history, physical assessment findings, diagnosis, and treatment plan when indicated.
Communicates progress and treatment options with the client and other members of the team, when indicated.
Consults with other health care providers in an appropriate and timely manner.
Critically appraises and applies current, relevant research into clinical practice from an evidence-based framework.
Collaborates with the client and health care team in management and monitoring of a health situation.
Assesses client needs by compiling qualitative and quantitative information about clients (e.g. epidemiological information, interviews, surveys, research findings, and community assessments).
Participates in the development of health promotion/prevention programs based on assessed needs, culture and evidence-based strategies and available resources for clients who are healthy or have acute or chronic conditions.
Participates in health promotion/prevention programs in partnership with others including the community, colleagues and other sectors.
Applies principles of teaching and learning when providing health education to individuals, families and groups.
Monitors, evaluates and modifies health promotion/prevention programs in partnership with the client and other members of the health care team.
Encourage clients to take responsibility for maintaining and/or improving health by increasing knowledge of, control over, and influence on, health determinants.
Implements primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies for individuals, families, and communities or for specific age and cultural groups, in accordance with population health principles.
Accepts sole responsibility and accountability for all actions taken within his or her scope of practice.
Incorporates professional, legal, and ethical decision-making guidelines into the practice of Medicine.
Acts as a resource person, preceptor and/or mentor for students, residents and other health care professionals, and the community.
Demonstrates leadership in clinical practice to meet multiple health care needs.
Participates in interdisciplinary, and/or inter-professional research or meetings that relates to her/his practice.
Participates in emergency preparedness and environmental health planning as part of a team.

Benefits

Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP)
Competitive salary
Annual performance bonus
Regular salary increases
50-55 days of paid time off 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)
Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting)
Federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
No Physician Employment Contract
No significant restriction on moonlighting
Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) for CME