Infectious Disease Physician

Mountain Home VAMC is seeking an Infectious Disease Physician to join and advise their Infection Control Program. In this role, the specialist will divide their time between 80% clinical duties and 20% administrative responsibilities, providing both inpatient and outpatient consultation services. The physician will report to the Section Chief of Infectious Diseases, Chief of Medicine Service, and Chief of Staff while working in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Practice Info

• Inpatient and outpatient clinical setting
• Outpatient clinic may be held at the Mountain Home VA Medical Center Campus, Johnson City, TN and provide consultation services to all other VA clinics affiliated with the VA Medical center

Shift & Schedule

• The position is 80% clinical, 20% administrative

Responsibilities

• Provide diagnosis and treatment of adult patients presenting with infectious diseases such as diseases that are resistant to treatment, illness after travel, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, Lyme disease and Hepatitis B and C
• Provide treatment in an outpatient clinical setting and provide consultation services in an inpatient setting or emergent need
• Perform a physical examination, review patient's medical data and order routine diagnostic imaging studies and las when indicated
• Documents observation, assessments, and changes in patient's condition; collaborating with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes
• Work collaboratively with other specialties
• Provides direct clinical supervision of advance practice nurses or physician assistants and other staff as appropriate
• Establishes professional working relationships with other clinical service providers within the medical center and outlying clinics, provide telephone and e-consult consultation as needed
• Cooperates with and participate in medical duties or functions related to quality of care, peer review and with other performance improvement activities as directed

Benefits

• Loan Repayment through EDRP (Education Debt Reduction Program)
• No contracts or non-compete restrictions
• No state income tax
• Excellent Benefits Medical, Dental, Vision
• Great work/life balance
• Low patient to provider ratio

Qualifications

• Maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Possess computer skills to access and input typed data on each patient into the computerized patient record system (CPRS)
• Maintain license to practice medicine in a state, territory or commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia
• Required to possess full and unrestricted licensure and to maintain current registration
• Must be award and compliant of VA Strategic Analytics for Improvement and Learning (SAIL) metrics and VA Performance Measures