Primary Care Physician

Job overview

Primary Care Physician in Rancho Cucamonga, CA. This is an onsite, full-time position with the Department of Veterans Affairs, offering a salary range of $250,000 - $265,000 USD per year. The role is with the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System. The purpose of this role is to provide quality patient-centered care to outpatients, advise and supervise mid-levels, and participate in quality improvement initiatives. The physician will assess veterans, diagnose and treat health problems, and integrate care activities within the medical center and community.

What you'll do

• Advises and clinically supervises mid-levels (nurse practitioners or physician assistants)
• Actively participates in Medical Center committees and teams.
• Participates in various facility programs, designed to enhance and improve the delivery of patient care services, such as Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) teams.
• Identifies individual professional learning needs and participates in formal programs, workshops, seminars, conferences, as well as self-directed learning Activities. Completes facility wide mandatory education yearly.
• Provides quality patient-centered patient care to outpatients for adults and older adults age 65+
• Keeps informed of developments in the management and treatment of diseases and illness through continuing medical education, both formal and informal
• Successfully integrates patient care activities in Primary Care Services and other patient care programs at the medical center and in the community such as Social Work, Prosthetics, Home Based Health Care (HBHC), and private nursing homes.
• Consistently demonstrates expertise in diagnosing and treating seriously ill, multi-symptomatic patients.
• Completes all medical record documentation in CPRS in a timely manner.
• Includes patient/family/significant other/health care provider in establishing realistic, measurable goals related to health education and treatment plan and in planning care on a continuum; assists staff in the process of mutual goal setting.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates care based on the specific requirements of the patient.
• Assesses veterans by utilizing advanced clinical judgment and physical assessment skills.
• Identifies acute/non-acute/chronic health problems.
• Participates in grading sessions for medical students and GME trainees assigned to their services.

What we're looking for

Education

MD or DO

Skills & competencies

primary care physician

rancho cucamonga ca

department of veterans affairs

full-time

onsite

$250k-$265k salary

performance awards

no weekends

no on-call

usd

Benefits & perks

• Competitive salary, Performance awards, Regular increases, Liability Protection, Health insurance, Dental and vision insurance, Life insurance, Pension, Thrift Savings Plan, Survivor benefits, Annual Leave, Continuing education, Credit for military service

About the employer

Department of Veterans Affairs is hiring for this role. Industry: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists). Sector: 62.