NEEDED: PHYSICIAN(S) – Family Medicine and Internal Medicine
LOCATION(S): Services to be provided o n-site at the VA San Diego Healthcare System locations:
HOURS: Full-Time, Coverage, and As Needed. Normal clinic hours are 8:00 AM – 4:30PM
PAY STRUCTURE: 1099
QUALIFICATIONS:
US Citizen (we do not sponsor HB visas)
SCOPE OF CARE: Physicians shall use the PACT model to provide primary care services supporting a continuum of care from prevention to diagnosis and treatment, to appropriate referral and follow-up.
Shall be responsible for caring for patients with simple to moderately complex conditions that can be appropriately managed in a primary care outpatient environment to include (but not limited to) care for: hypertension, depression, ischemic heart disease, anxiety, alcohol use disorder, other mental health conditions, hypercholesterolemia, degenerative arthritis, congestive heart failure, respiratory infection, cerebral vascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), peripheral vascular disease, urinary tract infection, diabetes mellitus, common dermatological conditions, acute and chronic pain, acute wound management, gastric disease, skin ulcers (stasis and dermal), anemia, genitourinary (GU) issues, stable chronic hepatic insufficiency, constipation, osteoporosis, common optic and optic conditions, basic diagnostic, evaluation, and tests for infertility, preventive screening and procedures, cervical cancer screening, breast cancer screening, pharmacology in pregnancy & lactation, evaluation & treatment of vaginitis, amenorrhea/menstrual disorders, evaluation of abnormal uterine bleeding, menopause symptom management, diagnosis of pregnancy and initial screening tests, evaluation and management of acute and chronic pelvic pain, recognition and management of postpartum depression and postpartum blues, evaluation and management of breast symptoms, (mass, fibrocystic breast disease, mastalgia, nipple discharge, mastitis, galactorrhea, mastodynia), crisis intervention, evaluation of psychosocial, well-being and risks including issues regarding abuse, intimate partner violence screening, physical, emotional, verbal, and psychological abuse, preconception counseling and assessment of abnormal cervical pathology.