Women's Health Physician opportunity in NC Coastal VA Health system
Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration
Application
Details
Posted: 20-Feb-25
Location: Fayetteville, North Carolina
Type: Full Time
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Physicians: General
Sector:
Government
Required Education:
MD/DO
Additional Information:
2 openings available.
Internal Number: 04302024
The VA Fayetteville NC Coastal Healthcare System provides health care services to approximately 80,000 Veterans in a 19-county area of southeastern North Carolina. Our facilities include the Fayetteville VA Medical Center, two health care centers—one in Fayetteville and one in Wilmington, 9 outpatient clinics.
The Fayetteville VA Medical Center, is seeking a BC/BE Primary Care Physician for the Women’s Health Clinic! Patient appointments are scheduled in 30 minute increments for Follow-up patients and 1 hour for intake patients. The Women’s Health Clinic provides the following services:
Health screening
Blood pressure screening
Cholesterol screening
Breast exam
Pelvic exam
Pap smear
Hormone/contraceptive therapy
Women specific patient education
Hormone/contraceptive therapy
Work schedule: Monday-Friday 8-4:30 pm, no weekends or call
Approximately 1K female veteran patient panel; 8–12 patients daily on average
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:
Recruitment or Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Position eligible for up to $200,000 over 5 years with a maximum of $40K per year.
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of annual paid time offer 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
Fayetteville is quickly being recognized as an ideal place to live, to work and to play. In fact, Fayetteville received the coveted "All-American City" award from the National League twice in the last decade. This beautiful North Carolina locality has a year round welcoming climate, sophisticated restaurants, museums, unique shopping, musical and sporting events, kid friendly fun, elegant art galleries, gardens, trials and parks. Fayetteville offers big city amenities with a lower population of a little over 200,000. Fayetteville is about 1.5 hours from superb Atlantic Coast Beaches, 3-4 hours from scenic mountains and skiing resorts, and about one hour from the capitol city of Raleigh. The Fayetteville and Cumberland County area has everything going for it: new strategies for growth, new models for business and new visions in education.
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.