Physician-Complex Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Daytona Beach (FL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EDRP Eligible

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs seeks a Complex Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Physician to be based at the Daytona Beach VA Clinic in Daytona Beach, FL. The role involves managing a panel of patients with complex chronic conditions and delivering gender-specific primary care.

Responsibilities include coordinating care within a PACT, reducing ED visits, ensuring timely documentation, and maintaining licensure. Travel to other facilities may be required as needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive gender-specific care under the PACT model with intensive case management.
• Manage chronic conditions and develop treatment plans according to accepted guidelines.
• Collaborate with a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) to deliver accessible, coordinated, continuous care.
• Work to reduce recurrent ED visits and hospital readmissions through coordinated care planning.
• Ensure timely documentation and complete administrative work in accordance with facility policy.
• Prescribe medications according to the approved formulary and in line with federal and state law.
• Participate in CME and maintain licensure; support peer review via chart reviews.
• Attend primary care and medical staff meetings and engage in inter-disciplinary collaboration.
• Be flexible with work schedules and potential reassignment to other services/locations as needed.
• Travel may be required for this position.

Job description

Summary

A relocation incentive may be offered to highly qualified candidate(s).***** The incumbent will serve as a Complex Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Physician located at the Daytona Beach VA Clinic in Daytona Beach - FL assigned to the Ambulatory Care Service. Assignments to other facilities within OVAHCS and travel to the site - may be required to meet the needs of the service. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - Please see below.

Duties

• VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
• VHA Physician Total Rewards
• Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized - As determined by Facility/Agency EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact [e-mail] - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
• Learn more Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 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) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: 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 Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting The incumbent will be responsible to provide comprehensive gender specific care - under the Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) model and intensive case management to a panel of patients with complex chronic medical conditions managed under PCMM guidelines to reduce recurrent ED visits and hospital readmissions
• The incumbent is expected to be attentive to patient education - preventive care and be able to work well in an interdisciplinary team to provide high quality primary care
• Duties and responsibilities include - but are not limited to: Manages chronic conditions - evaluate and treat inter-current medical conditions
• Determine medical assessment and develop treatment plans according to accepted guidelines
• Collaborates with a Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) to provide accessible - comprehensive - coordinated - continuous care to an assigned panel of patients
• The adjusted panel size will allow the COM-PACT team to closely follow their patients through care coordination and intensive case management utilizing a multi-disciplinary team approach to work towards improving patient care outcomes
• The team will strive to prevent recurrent emergency department visits as well as frequent readmissions for this population
• The COM-PACT will carry a team cell phone from 7am-7pm Monday-Friday
• The patients are instructed to call this number if their condition deteriorates or prior to any planned trip to an urgent care or ED (VA or Non-VA)
• The COM-PACT RN will carry the phone during business hours and the phone will be held by the provider 7-8am and 4:30-7pm Monday through Friday
• Performs a variety of disease prevention related activities including gender and age specific screenings - mental health screenings - and health promotion activities
• Screens for - evaluates and treats uncomplicated common mental health disorders - including depression and common addictions - with referrals made to mental health providers for further evaluation and treatment as appropriate
• Physicians are expected to provide clinical oversight and to participate in peer review of other primary care providers through periodic chart reviews
• Primary care physicians will act as surrogates for absent primary care providers when needed - to include review of CPRS view alerts
• Primary care physicians will regular attend primary care staff meetings - departmental meetings - and medical staff meetings
• Timely documentation (notes and encounter forms) is necessary in all areas in accordance with facility policy
• All administrative work should be completed in a timely fashion
• Clinical reminders should be addressed as medically appropriate
• Quality of care should meet professional standards
• Utilization of all Virtual Care modalities is an expectation of this position
• Provide timely follow-up on results - including completion of view alerts
• Prescribe medication according to approved formulary - and in accordance with Federal and State Law
• Consults other specialties as appropriate - according to service agreements
• 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 service oriented
• Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8am-4:30pm (Note: Work schedules are determined and approved by the supervisor - the incumbent may be required to work various shifts on a permanent or temporary basis based on facility/patient care needs) The candidate must be willing to be placed - detailed or temporarily assigned to other services and/or locations for operational needs or during regional or national emergencies
• Travel/Driving: You may be required to travel for this position.