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Heroes-Serving Heroes. Join this dynamic team of professionals providing quality health care, with dignity, compassion and respect to veterans in Tuscaloosa, AL.Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Full time Staff Physician, Primary Care. The incumbent will spend a substantial amount of time in clinical activities including direct patient care, oversight of clinical nurse practitioners providing medical services to patients admitted to one of several mental health programs, and participation in Medical Staff activities including committee assignment(s). The incumbent serves as Staff Physician for the Primary Care Service Line. The incumbent is responsible for insuring quality outcomes of care/service delivery, appropriate access, timeliness, cost effectiveness, and customer satisfaction. The incumbent role models the provision and documentation of quality and cost effective direct patient care that meets/exceeds all clinical guidelines and/or performance measures. Decisions regarding the incumbents performance will be evaluated based on the incumbents level of success in meeting and/or exceeding goals, objectives and performance measures; the outcome of care/service delivery, and the following core competencies: Interpersonal Effectiveness, Customer Service, Systems Thinking, Flexibility/Adaptability, Creative Thinking, Organizational Stewardship, Personal Mastery, and Technical Skills. BENEFITS: 26 days of paid annual (vacation/personal) leave each year. 13 days of sick leave each year. 15 days of military leave each year for active reservists and National Guard members. 10 paid Federal holidays each year. Liability protection. Educational and research benefits through facility-based continuing medical education, opportunity for participation in state-of-the-art research programs, and the opportunity to provide training for health care trainees. Career development opportunities and ability to transfer to VA facilities located throughout the United States. QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED: Basic Requirements: Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, with a degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine from an approved school; proficient in written and spoken English; and have a current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the U.S. or the District of Columbia. Successful completion of post-degree residency in internal medicine or family medicine. Education. Degree of doctor of medicine, doctor of osteopathic 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. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. To qualify based on education, submit copy of transcript or list of courses with credit hours, major(s), and grade-point average or class ranking. Application materials will not be returned. Submit proof of your education with a transcript or list of courses with credit hours, major(s), and grade point average or class ranking. We will be unable to return these to you. You can receive credit for education received outside the United States if you provide evidence that it is comparable to an accredited educational institution in the United States when you apply. CREDITING EDUCATION: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.) Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly. After appointment, you will be subject to random testing for illegal drug use. Applicants for this position must pass a pre-employment medical examination. HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED: 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.