The Memphis VA Medical Center has an opening for an on-site Primary Care Women’s Health Physician that offers a dual academic appointment with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). This position reports directly to the Chief of Primary Care and works as a member of a multi-disciplinary health care team, collaborating with other members of the team to provide Comprehensive Women's Health and Primary Care to female Veterans enrolled in the Women’s Health Clinic. The physician is expected to demonstrate advanced competencies and skills in assessing the physical and psychosocial status of patients and family members, play an active role in the multi-disciplinary health care team, promote preventive health measures, manage the acute and chronic conditions of his/her assigned panel of patients and those patients assigned to other team members when circumstances require.

The Medical Center consists of one main campus and ten community-based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). It’s a 1a complexity tertiary care VA healthcare system located in one of the fastest growing Veteran population regions in the United States. The facility provides comprehensive care to over 47,000 Veterans in a 52-county area of Western Tennessee, Northern Mississippi, and Northeast Arkansas. It includes 236 inpatient beds with a 26-bed Spinal Cord Injury Unit. It is a teaching hospital, providing a full range of patient care services, with state-of-the-art technology, as well as extensive education and research programs.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide comprehensive Women's Health and Primary Care for female Veterans of all ages, including many younger patients.
• Provide preventive health care; primary care evaluation and management of chronic and acute medical conditions; gender specific care, etc. gynecological care, birth control counseling and management, preconception care, breast and cervical cancer screening, HPV vaccinations, pelvic exams, treatment and prevention of sexually transmitted infections, pelvic/abdominal pain, menstrual concerts, vaginal symptoms (dryness/infections)(, urinary incontinence, initial infertility evaluation, menopause evaluation and treatment (hormone replacement), osteoporosis screening and treatment, mammograms, wellness and healthy living, nutrition and weight management, smoking cessation, and patient education to Veterans in the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) setting; outpatients include both schedule and unscheduled Veterans.
• Function as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary Women's Clinic team, including nursing, pharmacy, gynecology, social work, mental health, and nutrition, to provide a comprehensive team-based care and participate in quality improvement activities to enhance care.
• Work effectively with patients, families, member of the multi-disciplinary team, and other FNCVAMC staff.
• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnostic work-up and clinic intervention, including comprehensive patient assessment, health history, physical examination, and patient educations to Veterans in the Primary Care team setting; outpatients include both scheduled and unscheduled Veterans. Demonstrates flexibility in responding to clinic demands, adhere to personal and professional obligations and responsibilities, practice and maintain ethical standards, and sustain a work environment that is harmonious and customer oriented.
• Other duties as assigned.

Highlights of this position include:

• Experience Based Salary $230,000-$300,000
• Work Schedule: Mon-Fri: 8AM-4:30PM
• CME Reimbursement: Possible $1000 per year (Must be Board Certified)
• Malpractice Liability Protection with tail coverage
• Recruitment Incentive (highly qualified candidates)
• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment)

Requirements:

• BE/EC in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine
• Comprehensive experience in Women's Healthcare
• Eligible for a Faculty Appointment at UTHSC
• Full and unrestricted license from ANY state
• US Citizenship
• Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language

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About Memphis VA Medical Center

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.

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