Primary Care Physicians (Internal Medicine or Family Medicine) Boston and the Boston Suburbs

Seeking Primary Care Physicians (Internal Medicine or Family Medicine)

Boston and the Boston Suburbs – Multiple Clinical Settings from Which to Choose

VA Boston Healthcare System – Veterans Health Administration

Primary care at VA Boston is being redesigned to provide proactive, personalized and patient-driven care to optimize health status and to promote healthy living.  Locations include Quincy, Lowell, Framingham, West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Brockton, and Plymouth, or you can opt to float among more than one location.  The VA Boston Healthcare System’s Primary and Ambulatory Care Service is affiliated with a large Department of Medicine with academic affiliations with several Boston training programs.

VA Primary Care Providers (PCPs) manage a complex panel of patients, providing comprehensive medical care, emphasizing health promotion, disease prevention and chronic disease management. PCPs deliver care within Patient Aligned Care teams where each patient has longitudinal relationships with their PCP and care team.  Larger practices have integrated behavioral health, clinical pharmacists, dieticians, and social workers. Panel sizes are approximately 1200 patients per full-time physician and appointment lengths are 60 minutes for new patients and 30 minutes for all other appointments.  Providers are trained in patient-centered communication skills.  Complementary and integrative therapies are increasing available.

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. 

Interested applicants can send CV and cover letter to Don Rainwater at don.rainwater@va.gov.

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