Physician (Primary Care)

Were seeking a skilled Physician in Primary Care for our Emporia VA Clinic in Emporia Virginia. The incumbent of this position provides integrated outpatient accessible health care services with their health care teams who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs developing a sustained partnership with patients and practicing in the context of family and community. The care is person-centered team-based community-aligned and designed to achieve better health better care and lower costs. The incumbent is specifically trained to provide comprehensive primary care services through residency or fellowship training in acute and chronic care settings.

The Emporia VA Clinic is one of four community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs) a part of the Richmond VA Medical Center located in Richmond Virginia. The Richmond VAMC is a level 1a 349-bed facility offering primary secondary and tertiary health care in medicine surgery neurology rehabilitation medicine intermediate care acute and sustaining spinal cord injury skilled nursing home care and palliative care. The other three community-based outpatient clinics are located in Fredericksburg Charlottesville and Spotsylvania County Virginia and a strong and mutually beneficial affiliation with the Medical College of Virginia. Residency programs exist in virtually all general and specialty areas of medicine rehabilitation surgery psychiatry and dentistry. The medical center has an active cardiac transplantation program.

The Emporia VA Clinic is a community-based outpatient clinic located in Emporia VA. Emporia is an independent city known as Virginias southern gateway on I-95 with approximately 5700 residents. The Emporia VA Clinic is part of the Richmond VA Medical Center under the Central Virginia VA Health Care System which is a leader in innovative and compassionate care proudly serving Veterans as part of the Veterans Integrated Service Network 6 (VISN 6).

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Pay: Competitive salary annual performance bonus regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave 13 days of sick leave 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Work Schedule: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

The incumbent provides direct patient care in an outpatient clinic setting and works as a member of an expanded Healthcare team to oversee and coordinate medical care for a population of veterans in a group practice setting utilizing the PACT model. The duties and responsibilities of the Physician include but are not limited to the following:

• Evaluates diagnoses treats and provides consultation to veteran patients 18 years of age and older with common and complex illnesses diseases and functional disorders of the circulatory respiratory endocrine metabolic musculoskeletal hematopoietic gastroenteric neurological skin and genitourinary systems.
• Assesses stabilizes and determines the disposition of patients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services.
• Performs other related administrative and clinical champion duties as requested and assigned.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• 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. Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as Physician Resident Providers (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather they are to have a scope of practice that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.