Geriatrician

The North Florida/South Georgia VA Healthcare System's Geriatrics & Extended Care Service is seeking an experienced and dynamic Geriatrics Board Certified Attending Physician for our Lake City Community Living Center. This position offers a chance to serve our nation's veterans along with an excellent work-life balance. The CLC provides nursing home level of care to veterans who need short-term rehabilitation or skilled nursing care, long-term care, dementia care, or hospice care.

Practice Info

• Lake City Community Living Center
• Provides nursing home level of care to veterans who need short term rehabilitation or skilled nursing care, long term care, dementia care or hospice care

Shift & Schedule

• Participates in call schedule for telephonic coverage for urgent needs of veterans in the CLC after administrative hours

Responsibilities

• Reviewing of patients histories, examinations, assessments and plans for CLC residents coordinating all evaluations, diagnostic testing, clinical follow up, and care coordination.
• Coordinating of Community Living Center (CLC) Team in the day to day management of Veterans.
• Promoting an atmosphere of efficiency and accuracy in the timeliness of submission of completed documents.
• Collaborating with Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistant, ancillary health care providers, and various clinical Specialties, and helping facilitate hospital admissions, post discharge care and specialty consultations as needed.
• Participates in screening of veterans and completion of consults for the CLC.
• Participates in call schedule for telephonic coverage for urgent needs of veterans in the CLC after administrative hours.
• Participation in interdisciplinary Team meetings.
• Participates in other clinical duties as assigned by the ACOS for Geriatrics & Extended Care.

Compensation

• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
• Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP): Eligible participants may receive up to $200,000 towards a qualified loan over a 5-year period (Not to exceed $40,000 per year) EDRP is a reimbursement program

Benefits

• 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)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• 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 (must be full-time with board certification)
• Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Qualifications

• Board Certified with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) or American Board of Family Medicine or Board Certified in Geriatric Medicine.
• Geriatric fellowship or experience who enjoys working with a multidisciplinary team.