Locum Tenens Internal Medicine: General Job in Fayetteville, North Carolina

• Position Type: Locum Tenens
• Recruited Specialty: Internal Medicine: General
• Does the Physician Need To Be Trained In Specialty Being Recruited: No
• State License Required: No
• Terms of Locums Assignment: Long Term (More than 2 months)
• How soon does the position need to be filled: 1-3 months

The Facility – Fayetteville VAMC
The Fayetteville NC VA Coastal Health Care provides health care services to approximately 157,000 Veterans in a 21-county area of southeastern North Carolina. The Fayetteville VAMC is a general medicine, surgery, and mental health facility. It is a Complexity level 2 medical center and is authorized 58 general medical, surgical, and mental health beds. It also maintains a 69-bed long-term care unit.

Facility Address: 7300 Raeford Rd, Fayetteville, NC 28304

Primary Care Physician RESPONSIBILITIES (listed are included but not limited to)

• Services provided shall be performed in an ambulatory care setting.
• Provider shall see patients for general medicine problems including performing the history and physical exam, making electronic progress notes, scheduling return visits, writing orders for lab and x-ray, prescribing medications, etc.
• Functioning as a primary care provider, the provider shall request as indicated, consultations from specialists and subspecialists in the VAHCS staff.
• Provider shall participate in quality management activities that pertain to his/her duties.
• In addition to the above clinical responsibilities, the provider shall hold routine administrative duties.
• Shall participate in clinical conferences for staff and shall attend medical staff and service-level meetings.
• Services shall be performed by VA policies and procedures and the regulations of the medical staff bylaws.
• Provider shall enter all medical documentation in the Computerized Patient Records Systems (CPRS) and electronically sign all.
• Enter orders and prescriptions electronically using CPRS, as appropriate.

PCP REQUIREMENTS

• Must be Board Certified or Board Eligible by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) or American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM).
• Must have current license to practice medicine in any state, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States of Columbia.
• Must have 5 years experience minimum.
• Must have current certification in Basic Life Support certified by the American Heart Association.

• Location of Medical Training: American Medical Graduate (AMG), Foreign Medical Graduate (FMG)
• Medical Training Type: Allopathic (MD), Osteopathic (DO)
• Board Certification: Board Certified, Board Eligible
• Work Status Requirements: US Citizen