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Summary
The Hampton VA Medical Center is a 1-C - teaching facility serving Eastern Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina. The main campus is located in Hampton - VA with 4 community-based outpatient clinics in Chesapeake - Portsmouth - and Virginia Beach - VA; and Elizabeth City - NC. Hampton VAMC provides comprehensive health care which includes primary care - acute inpatient - acute psychiatric - chronic spinal cord injury - an 169-bed domiciliary - and long term Community Living Center/hospice care unit.
Duties
Responsible for comprehensive care to patients with acute or chronic medical conditions
Clinical expertise in dealing with patients with acute or chronic health illnesses or acute injuries
Utilizes critical thinking to synthesize and analyze collected data
Provides care that is patient and family centered - compassionate - appropriate and effective for the promotion of health and treatment of disease across the lifespan
Utilizes clinical assessments to develop patient centered plans of care which reflect therapeutic - educational - preventative and rehabilitative
Performs a comprehensive patient assessment including health history - physical examination - evaluations of deviations from the norm and age specific disease screening - immunizations and health counseling
Formulates differential diagnosis and initiates appropriate intervention based on physical findings
Determines the need for consultation and referral of patients to specialty services when medically indicated
Orders and evaluates results of screening and diagnostic tests pertinent to patient complaints and physical findings
Prescribes non-pharmacological therapies and treatments which include but not limited to prosthetics - colostomy supplies - dressings - diets - etc
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) 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 Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 0800 - 1630
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Duties
Responsible for comprehensive care to patients with acute or chronic medical conditions
Clinical expertise in dealing with patients with acute or chronic health illnesses or acute injuries
Utilizes critical thinking to synthesize and analyze collected data
Provides care that is patient and family centered - compassionate - appropriate and effective for the promotion of health and treatment of disease across the lifespan
Utilizes clinical assessments to develop patient centered plans of care which reflect therapeutic - educational - preventative and rehabilitative
Performs a comprehensive patient assessment including health history - physical examination - evaluations of deviations from the norm and age specific disease screening - immunizations and health counseling
Formulates differential diagnosis and initiates appropriate intervention based on physical findings
Determines the need for consultation and referral of patients to specialty services when medically indicated
Orders and evaluates results of screening and diagnostic tests pertinent to patient complaints and physical findings
Prescribes non-pharmacological therapies and treatments which include but not limited to prosthetics - colostomy supplies - dressings - diets - etc
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
Pay: Competitive salary - regular salary increases - potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year) 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 Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 0800 - 1630
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