Urgent Care Physician (UCP)
About The Position
The Urgent Care Physician (UCP) provides overall medical care to patients at the Urgent Care Center at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center and affiliated clinics staffed by Urgent Care or designated under its umbrella. The physician ensures the quality and timeliness of services, customer satisfaction, compliance with accrediting standards, appropriate use of resources, and practice consistent with current standards of care. The UCP collaborates with other Medical Services and supports the health care delivery mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs. The physician may assist with projects related to their specialty, expertise, and interests, including work relevant to VA directives and policies, Acute Medicine, or projects requested by the Chief of Staff. The UCP participates in backup call for callouts, disaster and surge events, and other shift-coverage emergencies. Rarely, the physician may be called to cover night or overnight shifts during disaster events; administrative time may be used for backup coverage. The work schedule consists of variable tours, including 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m., 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., and 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., seven days a week, 365 days a year. The schedule may change based on agency needs. The position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.
Requirements
- Doctor of Medicine or an 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 program leading to board-certification eligibility, or qualifying alternative training and independent practice as specified in the announcement.
- Proficiency in spoken and written English.
- Urgent Care experience.
- U.S. citizenship, except that non-citizens may be appointed when qualified citizens cannot be recruited in accordance with VA policy.
- Ability to meet physical and mental requirements to perform the essential functions of the position efficiently, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Nice To Haves
- Emergency Medicine experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall medical care to patients at the Urgent Care Center and affiliated clinics staffed by or designated under the Urgent Care umbrella.
- Ensure the quality and timeliness of services and customer satisfaction.
- Ensure compliance with standards of accrediting bodies, including the Joint Commission and the Inspector General's Combined Assessment Program.
- Ensure appropriate use of available resources and practice current standards of care.
- Collaborate with other Medical Services as appropriate.
- Assist with projects related to specialty, expertise, interests, VA directives and policies, Acute Medicine, or requests from the Chief of Staff.
- Support the health care delivery mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- Participate in backup call for callouts, disaster events, surge events, and other shift-coverage emergencies.
- Provide night or overnight coverage during disaster events when rarely called upon.
Benefits
- Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment)
- 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
- Federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
- Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance
- Possible $1,000 per year CME reimbursement for full-time physicians with board certification
- Free liability protection with tail coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
