The Texarkana VA Clinic located in Texarkana, TX, has an immediate opening for a full-time, board certified/board eligible Primary Care Physician.  Whether you're here to work, visit relatives, fish in a tournament, attend a wine festival, play golf, shop, seek medical care, or you're interested in calling Texarkana home, we are confident you'll find many things to love about our community. Most of all, we hope you'll feel the warm spirit of hospitality of kindness and fun for which Texarkana has earned a reputation. After all, we're truly Twice as Nice! The Texarkana VA Clinic is fully dedicated to providing top-quality medical care by serving and honoring America’s Veterans. 

Highlights of this position include:

• Competitive Starting Salary $215,000 - $230,000
• Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8am-4:30pm.  Occasional call on weekends
• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention to scheduled and unscheduled patients in the outpatient clinic setting
• Works collaboratively with other health care professionals to accomplish patient, service, and medical center goals, promoting and embracing the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) model of care
• Distinguish between normal and abnormal findings to establish a diagnosis and initiate appropriate response to emergency health problems
• Order and evaluate diagnostic tests as appropriate, recommend treatment and/or referral
• Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations to other clinical services

Required:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen. Non-Citizen candidates will be considered if a U.S. Citizen is not found
• Full and unrestricted license from any U.S. State
• Preferred Board Certified with Family Practice

About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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