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 multidisciplinary healthcare 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 psycho-social status of patients and family members, play an active role in the multidisciplinary healthcare 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.
We Offer:
- Paid Time Off: 26 paid vacation days, 13 paid sick days, and 11 paid holidays, 5 paid CME attendance days
- Pay Incentives: Regular salary increases and annual performance bonus
- Health, Dental, & Vision Insurance
- Retirement: Traditional Federal Pension (5-year vesting) and Federal 401K with up to 5% agency match
- No Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
- Clinical research opportunities and possible academic affiliation
