The Mountain Home VAMC is in need of a Infectious Disease Physician – great work/life balance
Updated 11/03/25
$240,000
– $275,000
yearly
Corner of Lamont Street and Veterans Way, Mountain Home, Tennessee, 37684, United States
Physician
Infectious Disease
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Job at a glance
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job description
Job description
- This position is for an Infectious Disease Physician who will be a member and advisor of the Infection Control Program at Mountain Home VAMC. The position is 80% clinical, 20% administrative. This specialist will provide both inpatient and outpatient consultation services. This position will report to the Section Chief of Infectious Diseases, Chief of Medicine Service, and Chief of Staff.
- EDRP, a medical school loan reimbursement program, is approved for this opportunity!!
Job Responsibilities
• Provide diagnosis and treatment of adult patients presenting with infectious diseases such as diseases that are resistant to treatment, illness after travel, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Lyme disease and Hepatitis B and C.
• Provide treatment in an outpatient clinical setting and provide consultation services in an inpatient setting or emergent need.
• Perform a physical examination, review patient's medical data and order routine diagnostic imaging studies and las when indicated.
• Documents observation, assessments, and changes in patient's condition; collaborating with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with other specialties.
• Follow VA directives and policies and maintains current Basic Life Support (BLS).
• Possess computer skills to access and input typed data on each patient into the computerized patient record system (CPRS).
• Maintain license to practice medicine in a state, territory or commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia. Required to possess full and unrestricted licensure and to maintain current registration.
• Outpatient clinic may be held at the Mountain Home VA Medical Center Campus, Johnson City, TN and provide consultation services to all other VA clinics affiliated with the VA Medical center.
• Provides direct clinical supervision of advance practice nurses or physician assistants and other staff as appropriate.
• Establishes professional working relationships with other clinical service providers within the medical center and outlying clinics, provide telephone and e-consult consultation as needed.
• Cooperates with and participate in medical duties or functions related to quality of care, peer review and with other performance improvement activities as directed. Attend assigned meetings or process action teams.
• Attend mandatory meetings and trainings/education such as staff meetings, grand rounds, Talent Management System (TMS), VA Voices, Own the Moment and comply with specialist continuing medical education requirements timely.
• Must be award and compliant of VA Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) metrics and VA Performance Measures.
• This is a partial list of primary duties please contact James Pryan for the full list and qualifications at james.pryan@va.gov or call/text my cell at 785-221-0838
Qualifications
Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in 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 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
[(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
(3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), 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.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Working Hours
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