Job Title: Physician (Primary Care)

The Martinsburg VAMC is seeking a full-time Primary Care Physician for the Primary Care Service. Recruitment/Relocation Incentive of up to $15, 000 may be authorized. The Medical Center is located in the heart of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle on 175 acres in historic Berkeley County.  The Medical Center offers a comprehensive range of services, including internal medicine, ambulatory surgery, audiology and speech pathology, dental, nursing home, nutrition, podiatry, prosthetics, women's health, mental health, and rehabilitation medicine.  Patient Care is provided through an integrated primary care concept, and each veteran is assigned to a team of health care providers that follows the patient's care both as an inpatient and an outpatient.  The Medical Center has a service area of nearly 130,000 veterans in West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.  It is the mission of the Martinsburg VAMC to honor America's veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.   Medical Center employees are dedicated to improving the quality of life for eligible veterans through excellent health care.

KEY REQUIREMENTS: U.S. Citizenship Must pass pre-employment examination. Designated and/or Random Drug Testing required.

2 vacancies - Martinsburg, WV

The Martinsburg VAMC is seeking an internal medicine specialist for work in Primary Care, board certified preferred.  The physician is accountable to the Chief, Primary care and is responsible for providing the most effective delivery of outpatient care while meeting and exceeding compliance standards.  The Primary Care physician has responsibility for providing a complete range of medical care to patients including examination and treatment of a variety of general medical problems in compliance with national Joint Commission accreditation standards.  The physician provides direct patient care in outpatient clinics and community based outpatient clinics.  He/she must meet medically related documentation requirements set forth by Joint Commission and participates in development and implementation of program planning, objectives, policies, and standards essential to delivery of quality medical care.  The physician is responsible for  maintaining current clinical privileges and keeping licensure, CPR/ACLS, and all other appropriate documents up to date.  This position will require the physician to travel to the Community Based Outpatient Clinic in outlying communities several days a week.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:  Candidates must meet all regulatory requirements for Physician per VA Handbook 5005, Part II, and Appendix G6, dated April 15, 2002 as listed below:   

BASIC REQUIREMENTS

Citizenship.  Citizen of the United States. 

Education.  Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine.  The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.  Approved schools are:

 (1)  Schools of medicine holding regular institutional membership in the Association of American Medical Colleges for the year in which the degree was granted.

 (2)  Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.

 (3)  Schools (including foreign schools) accepted by the licensing body of a State, Territory, or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico), or in the District of Columbia as qualifying for full or unrestricted licensure.

 (4)  For residents, graduation from an approved medical school as described above is required except as provided in M-8, part II, chapter 1.

Licensure and Registration

 (1)  Physicians (Except Residents).  Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.  The physician must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure.  The facility Director may waive this licensure requirement if the physician is to serve in a country other than the United States and the physician has licensure in that country.

 (2)  Residents.  Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia before the second year of VA residency, or meet any licensure, registration or other equivalent requirements established for residents of non-VA hospitals with which the VA facility is affiliated for training purposes.  The resident must maintain current registration in the State of licensure if this is a requirement for continuing active, current licensure.

Physical Standards.  A pre-placement physical examination is required per VA Directive and Handbook 5019.

English Language Proficiency.  Physicians, including residents, appointed to direct patient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d).

Preferred Qualifications: 

Board Certification:  Board Certified in Internal Medicine.

You must be a U.S. citizen to qualify for this position.

You must submit to a drug test and receive a negative drug test before you can be appointed into this position.

Appointment to this position is contingent upon satisfactory completion of a Special Agency Check (SAC) and an appropriate Background Investigation for all new hires.  Appointment will be subject to the applicants' successful completion of a background security investigation and favorable adjudication.  Failure to successfully meet these requirements will be grounds for termination.

Applicants for this position must pass a pre-employment medical examination.

You will be evaluated based upon the question responses you provide during a structured interview. In responding to structured interview questions you should be sure to site specific examples of experience, explain exactly what you did, and the outcome.

You may participate in the Federal Employees Health Benefits program, with costs shared with your employer. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#FEHB.

Life insurance coverage is provided. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#life

Long-Term Care Insurance is offered and carries into your retirement. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#ltci

New employees are automatically covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). If you are transferring from another agency and covered by CSRS, you may continue in this program. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#retr

You will earn annual vacation leave. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#VACA

You will earn sick leave. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#SKLV

You will be paid for federal holidays that fall within your regularly scheduled tour of duty. More info: http://www.usajobs.gov/jobextrainfo.asp#HOLI

This job is being filled by an alternative hiring process and is not in the competitive civil service.

You must submit all required information by the closing date. If materials are not received, your application will be evaluated solely on the information available and you may not receive full consideration or may not be considered eligible.

The materials you send with your application will not be returned.

If you fax your application, we will not consider it.

Send only those materials needed to evaluate your application. Please do not place your application in a notebook or binder.

You will be required to serve a probationary period of 2 years.

This is an Open until Filled vacancy announcement and application packages will be referred to the hiring official upon review of qualifications.  Once a selection is made the announcement will be closed.

Please submit the following:

1.  VA Form 10-2850 (Application for Physicians, Dentists, Podiatrists, Optometrists and Chiropractors).  Ensure Job Announcement Number 10-MD-007-JS is on the top of the application form.
2.  Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV), which includes a listing of each job, the facilities' full name and address, immediate supervisors name, and a description of duties performed. 
3. Copy of most recent SF-50 that shows your current title, series, grade and tenure, if applicable.  
4. Form OF-306 (Declaration of Federal Employment).  All applicants must complete and submit this form.
5. Copy of current license, certification, and registration, if applicable.
6.   Copy of certifications or registrations, if applicable.
7.  If you are claiming veterans' preference, please provide a copy of your DD-214.  (Please submit Member Copy #4 for July 1979 and later editions). 

Application forms are available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/index.htm and http://vaww.va.gov/vaforms/

Application mailed using government postage or through an internal federal government mail system will not be considered.

Jennifer Storm Phone: (304) 263-0811 X4143

Agency Information: Department Of Veterans Affairs 510 Butler Avenue Human Resource Department (05) Martinsburg, WV 25405 US

Once your complete application is received we will conduct an evaluation of your basic qualifications then forward your application package  to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview.  You will be notified of the outcome.