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Physician Primary Care
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Job Summary

Occupation Physician
Specialty Family Practice-Without OB
Salary $195,000 – $243,000 yearly
Degree Required MD/DO
Position Type Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment Hospital
Location 1350 S. Jefferson St., Huntington, Indiana, 46750, United States
Visa Sponsorship No

Job Description

Last Update: 12/18/22

Veteran Health Administration / VA Northern Indiana Health Care System

We have an exceptional opportunity for a Primary Care Physician to join our team located in Huntington, IN/

Summary

VA Northern Indiana Health Care System offers a competitive salary, incentives and excellent federal government benefits. As a VA physician, your opportunities are endless.

Responsibilities

The incumbent will serve as a Physician in a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) setting. He/she will be responsible for providing medical care in an outpatient setting following PACT principles.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

  • Utilizes all available tools, such as registries, to enable effective and efficient identification and intervention of individual patients and cohorts.
  • Assures that clinical care provided meets all timelines and required documentation for the Chief of Staff (COS) office.
  • Participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings to achieve a patient centered, holistic approach for clinical care and needs of the Veteran, focusing on continuous improvement of critical team processes. Ensures the patient's care plan contains medical recommendations for clinically indicated care.
  • Ongoing, continuous care of one or more assigned panel(s) of Veterans providing health education and health coaching on wellness, disease prevention, chronic care management and self-management skills to patients and personal support persons.
  • Collaborates with informatics technology staff to develop and implement systematized, electronically supported, standardized, tools to support PACT care delivery processes (e.g., pre-visit reminder calls, post hospitalization follow-up calls, recall scheduling procedures, new patient orientation, disease registries and primary care protocols for chronic disease management.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00 am to 4:30 pm or as agreed upon with possibility of extended hours and weekends. NOTE: Candidates may be required to work weekends, irregular work hours and extended hours. The candidate must be willing to be assigned to other related services and/or locations, if necessary.

***Recruitment Incentive Approved: For Highly Qualified Candidates***
***Relocation Incentive Approved: For Highly Qualified Candidates***
  • United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.