Immediate Opening Primary Care Provider Lovely Harlingen, Texas

The Primary Care Physician serves as the leading physician within a multidisciplinary PACT team or acts as a float or gap provider. This role involves delivering comprehensive, collaborative acute and ongoing care to a designated group of Veterans, as well as to other patients when necessary.

For exceptionally qualified candidates, a relocation or recruitment incentive may be offered.

This position qualifies for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP).

• Provide continuous care for one or more assigned panels of Veterans.
• Utilize available resources, such as registries, to effectively identify and intervene with individual patients and groups.
• Ensure that patients within the assigned panel receive appropriate evaluations and access to care.
• Operate within the full scope of clinical privileges, credentials, and practice guidelines as approved by VHA or local facility documentation.
• Engage in team performance improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and patient care delivery.
• Implement management processes for primary care operations as needed.
• Facilitate safe transitions for patients between the PACT site and other healthcare environments through effective communication.
• Provide health education and coaching on wellness, disease prevention, chronic care management, and self-management skills to patients and their support persons.
• Encourage patient engagement in their healthcare and involve personal support persons in discussions about VA care.
• Communicate respectfully and effectively with all team members, including patients and their support persons, to share significant clinical information.
• Deliver healthcare services in accordance with the physician's licensure and clinical privileges.
• Ensure that the patient's care plan includes medically necessary recommendations.
• Offer appropriate healthcare services to assigned patients and arrange for care with patient consent.
• Guarantee same-day access for in-person and telephone consultations during regular clinic hours.
• Collaborate with PACT staff to create personalized health plans that address care management and coordination based on patient needs.
• Lead the implementation of the PACT model and clinical practice guidelines to enhance patient care outcomes and foster high-performing teams.
• Complete Women's Health Training certification and provide gender-specific care.
• Deliver care in line with VHA Directive 1330.01 for Women Veterans, including routine screenings and management of menopause and osteoporosis.
• Participate in the education and supervision of medical students and residents, ensuring compliance with GME requirements while promoting a supportive learning environment.
• Respond promptly to patient-related communications from other clinicians, regardless of the communication method, to facilitate coordinated care.
• Ensure that patients are informed of normal diagnostic results within 14 days and abnormal results requiring action within a clinically appropriate timeframe, not exceeding 7 days.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Chief Medical Officer.

• Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Available for highly qualified candidates.
• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized.