Physician (Primary Care) – Port Angeles VA Clinic – Port Angeles, WA

Position Information:

The Veterans Health Care System, Puget Sound, is seeking full-time board certified/board eligible Family Practice or Internal Medicine Physicians to join our Primary Care Health Team. The primary care provider will function as a highly skilled, independent care provider in the management of patients, you’ll be part of an interdisciplinary care team with access to state-of-the-art medicine and some of the most advanced medical technologies available.

The Health Care Clinic operates under a PACT Model (Patient Aligned Care Team). Together with his or her team, comprised of a PCP, RN, LPN, and a Medical Support Assistant, the PCP cares for a panel of approximately 900 patients. The PACT provides comprehensive care for our Veteran population, including the diagnoses, care, and treatment of both acute and chronic conditions. Common diagnoses encountered include diabetes, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, degenerative arthritis, depression, congestive heart failure, and chronic pain. Position is Monday thru Friday, no weekends, and no holidays.

Facility Information: 

The Veterans Health Care System, Puget Sound (VHAPUG), located in Seattle Washington, with a sub-division at the American Lake Division Tacoma, WA. is part of VA Northwest (VISN20), comprised two main Medical Centers and thirteen community clinics, spread out the great state of Washington.  The American Lake Division is one of the largest VA Medical Centers for out-patient medical care, and new state of the art community living center for Veterans.

https://www.va.gov/puget-sound-health-care/locations/american-lake-va-medical-center/

Community Information:

Port Angeles, the tourism hub of the Olympic Peninsula, is where travelers from near and far come to spend a magnificent holiday. Located in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, it serves as the gateway to the Olympic National Park, one of the biggest and most visited parks in the United States network of national parks. Port Angeles is a well-liked vacation spot for the over 3.5 million tourists who travel to the North Olympic Peninsula each year because of its temperate temperature, rural way of life, variety of outdoor recreation, and strong business environment.

Port Angeles serves as the city and county seat of Clallam County in Washington. In the center of Port Angeles is the Olympic Discovery Trail, a 130-mile lowland route that connects the Puget Sound to the Pacific Coast. The Olympic Mountain Range forms its southern border, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca forms its northern boundary. It is connected to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, which is located 18 miles (29 km) to the north via ferry. Port Townsend, Washington, is only 47 miles (76 km) away from Port Angeles, while Sequim, Washington, is only 17 miles (27.36 km) east of Port Angeles. Fifty-nine miles (95 km) from Port Angeles, on the Hood Canal side, is the town of Brinnon.

Benefits Information:

• The VA supports healthy work-life-family balance by offering a robust menu of employee benefits and features.
• The expected range of annual salary is $240,000 to $260,000 and includes biennial longevity pay increases.
• Physician staff may be considered for an annual performance pay bonus up to $15,000.00 or 7.5% (whichever is less) 
• Annual Paid time off includes 26 days of vacation with pay, 13 days sick leave, 11 federal holidays observed and CME.
• Health-Dental-Vision-Life Insurance with premiums partially offset or paid by the government with retirement portability.
• Retirement Plans includes Federal Employee Retirement System (DB) and Thrift Savings Plan (DC) with 5% matching.

About the VA:

The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, offers Veterans the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the United States. We operate more than 1,400 clinical sites of care, including 153 medical centers, 909 ambulatory and community-based outpatient clinics, 135 nursing homes 232 Veterans centers, 47 readjustment counseling centers, and 108 comprehensive home care programs, across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories.

For More Information:

Please forward a copy of your Curriculum Vitae and an Introduction summarizing your interests, experience, and goals, to Hank Laguatan, VA National Consultant Physician Recruiter, Henry.laguatan@va.gov or call (206) 459-7927.

About Veterans Health Care System, Puget Sound (VHAPUG)

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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