Physician - Primary Care, Site Medical Director

Veterans Health Administration • Auburn, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at the VA Puget Sound Auburn Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Auburn, Washington, within the General Medicine Service. The physician provides management and leadership of interdisciplinary patient care services in a primary care setting, evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients in accordance with their specialty and clinical privileges.

The Site Medical Director works collaboratively with the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) triad, including an administrative lead, a nursing lead, and the physician as Primary Care Provider lead, to share leadership of clinical operations. The physician coordinates with Extended PACT services and other service lines to optimize the clinical environment and facilitate care. The role also involves population health, quality improvement, strategic and operational planning, oversight of staffing and resources, monitoring clinical performance and satisfaction measures, and contributing to work-unit governance. The physician is expected to follow Medical Staff By-Laws and applicable VHA, facility, and General Medicine Service policies and procedures, and to support emergency preparedness activities.

The position has a Monday–Friday schedule, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. VA describes a comprehensive total rewards package, including paid time off, federal retirement and insurance programs, and other compensation and benefits. The role requires a doctor of medicine or equivalent, a current full and unrestricted U.S. medical license, and qualifying residency training. Applicants must be proficient in spoken and written English and meet applicable federal employment conditions.

Requirements

• Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine from an appropriately approved or accredited institution.
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. State, Territory, Commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
• Completion of qualifying residency training in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification, or qualifying alternative training and independent-practice experience described in the announcement.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
• U.S. citizenship, unless appointment of a non-citizen is permitted under VA policy when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
• Compliance with applicable background/security investigation, drug-testing, onboarding, identification, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.
• Selective Service registration for males born after December 31, 1959.
• Completion of all application requirements specified in the announcement.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients within Internal Medicine or Family Practice, or as specified by clinical privileges.
• Provide direct and indirect patient care and perform professional medical tasks within the scope of state law and clinical privileges.
• Supervise staff, including handling administrative tasks, human resources matters, and performance evaluations.
• Participate in population health and quality improvement efforts related to Veteran care.
• Participate in continuing medical education and quality assurance activities.
• Follow Medical Staff By-Laws.
• Work with the PACT triad in shared leadership of clinical operations.
• Collaborate with Extended PACT services, including pharmacy, social work, nutrition, telemedicine, laboratory services, radiology services, and Primary Care Mental Health Integration, to optimize the clinical environment.
• Collaborate with non-General Medicine Service lines to facilitate care as needed.
• Lead according to the foundational principles of a highly reliable organization.
• Participate in strategic and operational planning for the work unit.
• Ensure staff follow VHA, facility, and General Medicine Service policies and procedures.
• Review staffing and resource utilization.
• Monitor clinical performance measures, Veteran satisfaction metrics, and staff satisfaction metrics.
• Contribute to governance of the work unit.
• Support staff participation in emergency planning, drills, and emergency communications.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and regular salary increases.
• 50–55 days of paid time off per year, including annual leave, sick leave, Federal holidays, and possible paid CME absence.
• Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting and federal 401(k), with up to 5% in contributions by VA.
• Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
• Possible $1,000 per year CME reimbursement for full-time physicians with board certification.
• Free liability protection with tail coverage.
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree