Seeking Primary Care Physicians (Internal Medicine or Family Medicine)

Massachusetts
Jun 19, 2017
Aug 31, 2017
Physician
Internal Medicine

Seeking Primary Care Physicians (Internal Medicine or Family Medicine)

VA New England Healthcare System

Multiple Clinical Settings and Locations from Which to Choose

You are invited to consider joining our team to care for veterans in the New England region.  You must be BE or BC in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine and comfortable with team based care with a complex patient population. Three years practice experience with both male and female patients is preferred.  You should be comfortable working with Nurse Practitioners where you’ll provide primary care to 14-16 patients per day, Monday through Friday and have no call responsibilities.  Panel size is approximately 1200 patients. 

Primary care in the VA New England Healthcare System is being redesigned to provide proactive, personalized and patient-driven care to optimize health status and to promote healthy living.  Locations include the Boston metro area, central and western Massachusetts, and locations in New Hampshire.  In the Boston area, you can even opt to float among more than one location.

Discover what it’s like to enjoy the professional and personal satisfaction of caring for veterans in an exciting location while enjoying a work/life balance that is increasingly rare in today’s healthcare environment.  You'll find the VA has a lot to offer, including the unmatched satisfaction you'll get from caring for those who have served our country and, in addition to competitive pay and liability protection, you’ll also enjoy a robust benefits plan that includes:

Paid Time Off:

  • 208 Hours paid annual (vacation/personal) leave – you can carry over up to 86 days into a new year
  • 104 Hours paid sick leave per year with unlimited carry over! Unused sick leave can be used to extend creditable service time at retirement! 
  • 10 Paid federal holidays with pay
  • Possible 5 Days paid Authorized Absence to attend CME

    Insurance:

  • Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA)
  • Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
  • VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
  • Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government.
  • Long-term care insurance is available as an option

    Federal Retirement Plan:

  • VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS-FRAE basic benefits (pension); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
  • How is the pension funded? VA employees hired after January 1, 2014 automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 8.3% of the employee's salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 12.7% of the employee's salary
  • Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2016, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $18,000, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $24,000
  • The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
  • For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
  • In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
  • Disability Retirement
  • Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years' service

 

For more information, Email your CV to Don Rainwater, National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant, VA New England Healthcare System at don.rainwater@va.gov.  Your inquiry will be handled in confidence.