Primary Care Physician
Overview
- Location
- San Diego, California
- Schedule
- Monday through Friday, 8am - 4:30pm excluding Federal Government holidays · No mandatory call
- Source-listed pay
- $255,000 – $300,000
- Practice
- Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) · VA clinic
Not yet verified against the original posting
Role summary
The VA clinic seeks a Primary Care Physician to manage a panel of up to 1,260 patients in a team-based outpatient setting with no mandatory call and a Monday-Friday day schedule. The position offers a guaranteed salary compensation package between $255,000 and $300,000, loan repayment up to $200,000 through EDRP, and a comprehensive federal benefits package.
What the posting highlights
- Team-based Patient Aligned Care Team model including RN, LVN, and administrator support
- Care setting: Outpatient primary care
- Patient population: Non-surgical adult patients of all ages with a variety of chronic diseases
- APP collaboration or supervision is noted
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Compensation
- Employer-listed pay
- $255,000 – $300,000
- Pay context
- Source-listed pay · not yet verified
- Evidence
- eopathic Association (AOA) accredited residency in Internal or Family Medicine. We offer: $255,000 - $300,000 compensation package based on training, experience, and local labor market * Guaranteed sa
- Observed
- 1 mo ago
- Compensation model
- Guaranteed salary with salary increases; total compensation package ranges from $255,000 to $300,000 based on training, experience, and local labor market
- Loan repayment
- $200,000
- PTO
- 6.6 weeks
Benefits named in the posting
- CME $1,000/year
- Malpractice covered under Federal Tort Claims Act
- 26 days paid vacation
- 13 days paid sick time
- 11 paid federal holidays
- Federal Retirement Pension
- 401K with 5% agency match
- Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance
- Nationwide mobility without loss of benefits or pay
Employer
Department of Veterans Affairs
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC)
- Facility type
- VA clinic
- Patient population
- Non-surgical adult patients of all ages with a variety of chronic diseases
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Questions to ask the employer
- Is $255,000–$300,000 base salary only, or expected total compensation including bonus and productivity?
- What happens to compensation when the guarantee period ends, and what share of physicians out-earn the guarantee afterward?
- How is the $200,000 loan repayment structured — forgiven over time, contingent on service years, or paid up front?
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Work Design
- Schedule
- Monday through Friday, 8am - 4:30pm excluding Federal Government holidays
- Call burden
- No mandatory call
- Patient volume
- Panel of no more than 1,260 patients
- Panel size
- 1260
- Inpatient / outpatient
- Outpatient primary care
- Coverage model
- Team-based Patient Aligned Care Team model including RN, LVN, and administrator support
- FTE
- 1
- Supervises APPs
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
- Visa sponsorship
- no
- J-1 waiver
- Yes
Source & Verification
- Source
- Aggregated (ym_careers)
- Salary label
- Pay not verified
- First seen
- 1 mo ago
- Last verified
- yesterday
- Extraction confidence
- 95%
Full description
The CBOC operates under a Patient Aligned Care Team Model. Together with his or her team, comprised of a PCP, RN, LVN, and an administrator, the PCP cares for a panel of no more than 1,260 patients. The PCP provides primary care services in a team-based setting, including chronic disease management and preventive health. Common diagnoses encountered include diabetes, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, degenerative arthritis, depression, congestive heart failure, and chronic pain. The physician evaluates, diagnoses, treats, and provides consultation for non-surgical adult patients of all ages, without life-threatening complications and with a wide variety of diseases, injuries, and disorders. He or she assesses, stabilizes, and determines disposition of patients with emergent conditions consistent with medical staff policy regarding emergency and consultative call services. The physician may collaborate with /oversee mid-level providers such as nurse practitioners and works collaboratively with other specialties (and subspecialties) in and outside the VA system to manage or co-manage patients' health. Select mental health and subspecialty services are available on-site. Other mental health, medical and surgical subspecialties services are available through consult to the San Diego VA Health Care System or to the community. Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8am - 4:30pm excluding Federal Government holidays. No mandatory call Qualifications U.S. Citizenship Unrestricted U.S. Medical License Successful completion of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) accredited residency in Internal or Family Medicine. We offer $255,000 - $300,000 compensation package based on training, experience, and local labor market Guaranteed salary increases CME: $1,000/year Malpractice: VHA physicians are covered under the Federal Tort Claims Act No employment contracts, noncompete clauses, or restrictive covenants 26 days paid vacation; 13 days paid sick time; 11 paid federal holidays Federal Retirement Pension and separate 401K with 5% agency match Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance Nationwide Mobility - Relocate without loss of benefits, vacation, or pay Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program up to $200,000** **Selected candidates may be eligible to apply for education loan repayment assistance through the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) up to $200,000 over 5 years. Participation is based on funds availability. To explore this Primary Care Provider opportunity further, please forward copy of your Curriculum Vitae to Michael McClafferty @ michael.mcclafferty@va.gov or call/text (909)220-2510.