Permanent Internal Medicine: Outpatient Only Opportunity in Albany, New York
MD/DO
- Internal Medicine Physician
Albany Stratton VA Medical Center
The Stratton VA Medical Center
opened in 1951 and serves Veterans in 22 counties of upstate New York, western
Massachusetts and Vermont.
POSITION OVERVIEW (duties include but are not limited to)
-
Physicians
will be responsible for diagnosing, treating and managing primary care patients
according to the current standards of care.
- Performing
assessments/examinations on initial encounters with unscheduled, emergent,
urgent and new patients; women’s health; coordinating patient treatment plans;
ordering appropriate diagnostic tests and X-Rays; recommending patients for
hospital admissions; and documenting in the computerized medical record.
- Provide
comprehensive primary care services, including women’s health to a defined
panel of patients.
- Work
with clinic staff to schedule new and follow-up patients.
- Taking
history, physical examinations, ordering of laboratories and diagnostic
studies, diagnosis and formulation of treatment plans for acute and chronic
conditions within the scope of practice/privileging.
- Order
and monitor appropriate medications for patients using VA Formulary.
- Provide
primary care services supporting a continuum of care from prevention to
diagnosis and treatment, to appropriate referral and follow-up for simple to
moderately complex workload 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 otic 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.
- Refer
patients to specialty care services as appropriate, admission to hospital care
when indicated, and patient education and counseling.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must
be Board Certified or Board Eligible by the American Board of Internal Medicine
(ABIM).
- Must
have current license to practice medicine in any state, Territory, or
Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.
- Must
have current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) as certified by the
American Heart Association (AHA).
- Must
have current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) number and National
Practitioner Identifier (NPI).
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I am interested in the Permanent Internal Medicine: Outpatient Only Opportunity in Albany, New York. If the position is still accepting new applicants please respond so I can discuss my qualifications with you.