Columbia, South Carolina
Northern & Central California, California
Warwick, Rhode Island
Posted: 19-Sep-23
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Type: Full Time
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The WJB Dorn VA Medical Center located in Columbia, SC is recruiting for BC/BE Family Medicine/Internal Medicine Physicians for outpatient primary care positions.
Positions are located at the Columbia, SC VA Medical Center and at their Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) in Orangeburg and Greenville, SC.
The Dorn VAMC is one of the fastest growing VA Medical Centers in the US. Our quality processes and practice innovations are excellent. The medical center is affiliated and co-located with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine.
We are seeking a full-time, board certified (preferred) Internal Medicine or Family Practice physicians for this primary care position in Ambulatory Care. He/she will deliver services to veterans presenting for health care. Duties will include day-to-day care of veteran patients presenting with ambulatory/primary care appointments.
He/she functions as an independent physician who is highly skilled in the management/treatment of a patient's primary care needs, including preventive, chronic and urgent care. The physician will operate as a member of the team practice model which has been developed at each facility with each patient identified and placed with a primary care provider and on an outpatient team.
Physicians in the Women’s Clinic will function as an integral member of the interdisciplinary health care team in the Comprehensive Women’s Clinic. He/she is responsible and accountable for the proficient provision of comprehensive primary care for female veterans. As with other primary care providers, the core functions include diagnosing and treating acute and chronic health care problems, performing routine check-ups and prescribing medication and treatments .
Essential gender-specific components include but are not limited to: pelvic/breast exams; contraception counseling and management; management of osteoporosis, menopause, pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding and sexually transmitted diseases; in addition to screening for breast and cervical cancer and a history of military sexual trauma. He/she will teach health promotion and disease prevention to patients. Furthermore, participation in educational activities to promote, improve and maintain their skills and proficiency in women’s health is expected.
Williams Jennings Bryan Dorn offers in its compensation package: competitive salaries, 100% malpractice insurance coverage, health and life insurance programs, a three-tiered retirement income program, and up to 26 paid days of vacation per year and 11 Federal Holidays.
Work Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm
Salary Range: Up to $243,000 per year with the potential to earn up to an additional $15k per year in performance pay.
Recruitment/Relocation incentive is authorized
Selected candidate may be eligible for student loan repayment through the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP). Participation is based on funds availability.
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Citizenship. Citizen of the United States. Noncitizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
Licensure and Registration. Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia. The physician must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure. The facility Director may waive this licensure requirement if the physician is to serve in a country other than the United States and the physician has licensure in that country.
For more information and to apply, please contact Sam Wright at Samuel.Wright4@va.gov
