Albuquerque, New Mexico
Riverhead, New York
Posted: 21-Feb-25
Location: Pueblo, Colorado
Type: Full Time
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As one of the nation's leading healthcare providers, we work with a collective focus: our patients. That focus positively impacts the care experience. Join us in making a difference in Veteran healthcare.
The VAs Eastern Colorado Health Care System, PFC James Dunn VA Clinic in Pueblo, CO, is seeking full-time Family Practice or Internal Medicine trained physicians to join our Primary Care team. The Primary Care Provider (PCP) will function as a highly skilled, independent care provider in the management of patients and will be part of an interdisciplinary care team with access to state-of-the-art medicine and some of the most advanced medical technologies available.
Our Primary Care Provider functions as a team provider in a shared workflow with a multidisciplinary Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT - a medical home model). The PACT team model consists of an MD (or PA/NP), RN, LPN, and Medical Support Assistant. Providing leadership to the team including shared delegation of appropriate care and care processes to appropriate team members. You will be assigned to provide comprehensive, collaborative same-day and continuity care to an assigned panel of Veterans via face-to-face or telehealth modalities utilizing all available tools, such as registries, to enable effective population health management. PACT Providers are expected to demonstrate excellence in customer service via compassionate and informed interpersonal relationships with Veterans, family members, and staff.
The Primary Care Provider experience should include:
- comfort with chronic disease management and geriatric patients
- comfort in providing pain management
- comfort with addiction treatment
- comfort in delivering mental health treatment to our Veteran population
- comfort in providing women’s health care
Other duties:
- Participating in team performance improvement and sustainment activities to optimize team efficiency and care delivery to patients.
- Providing health education and health coaching on wellness, disease prevention, chronic care management, and self-management skills to patients and personal support persons, commensurate with the documented expertise or professional training of the PACT member.
- Reviewing available clinical and performance data with the team, focusing on continuous improvement of critical team processes.
- Ensuring the patient has same-day access for face-to-face and telephone care visits during regular clinic hours.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 40hrs/wk (start/end time flexible)
Recruitment or Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Position Eligible
Candidates must be: 1) US Citizen (Non-Citizen May Be Considered IAW VA Policy), 2) Residency trained in Family or Internal Medicine, and 3) Have a full, unrestricted medical license in any State Preferred Experience: Board Certified in Family or Internal Medicine; VA experience a plus, three or more years experience in Primary Care setting
Facility Information:
The following services are available at PFC James Dunn VA Clinic:
- Provides primary care services for Veterans in the Southeast Colorado area.
- Handicapped Accessible: Full and easy access for all Veterans.
- Personal Care: Highly qualified primary care providers, specialty care referrals to the Colorado Springs CBOCs and Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center.
- Laboratory: Blood drawing services available.
- Prescriptions: Routine prescriptions processed through the mail or My HealtheVet.
Community Information:
For small town vibes under big open skies…Choose Pueblo! From the cultural diversity of its food to the historical nature and development of new and past traditions, Pueblo continues to be known as the melting pot of Colorado. The City of Pueblo has a wonderful community and plenty of activities to entertain all members of the family! Pueblo is a multicultural community in Southeastern Colorado at the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek. Downtown's 1.5-mile Historic Arkansas Riverwalk Project serves as a centerpiece for the city's three-district Creative Corridor of galleries, cultural destinations and events. One such festival, the hugely popular Loaf N Jug Chile & Frijoles Festival, celebrates Pueblo's famous green chiles. While there's definitely a sense of history here Pueblo made Livability's Top 10 Cities for Historic Preservation list, the city enjoys contemporary recognition on both national and international levels as the home of Colorado State University-Pueblo (2014 NCAA Division II Football National Champions) and Professional Bull Riders, Inc. Check out Living in Pueblo
Benefits Information:
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards benefits package.
- Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
- 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
- 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 $1,000 per year reimbursement
- Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
- Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
To apply, please contact Crystal Keeler at Crystal.Keeler@va.gov
