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Job Field: Office Jobs
Location: Tuskegee, AL
Salary: $97,987.00 - $195,000.00 / Per Year
Job Type: Full Time - Excepted Service Permanent
Phone: (334)725-3004

JOB SUMMARY:

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The Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System (CAVHCS) is a consolidated health care system that includes VA medical centers in Montgomery and Tuskegee Alabama as well as Community Based Outpatient Clinincs in Dothan, Alabama and Columbus Georgia. The primary duty station for this position is at the Tuskegee Campus. The incumbent will be required to work on site at the other locations as required.  

 

 

FIRST CUTOFF: Aug 13, 2012. Applications received by the first cutoff will be referred first. Applications of qualified applicants received after the first cutoff date will be referred to the selecting official once every week until the closing date (December 30, 2012) or a selection is made. 

 

Special Employment Consideration: Individuals eligible for the following appointments are encouraged to apply: 5 CFR213.3102 (u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities; mental retardation, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilites; and Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected of 30% or more. 

 

 

PCS EXPENSES MAY BE AUTHORIZED.

RECRUITMENT/RELOCATION EXPENSES MAY BE AUTHORIZED.

 

Vacancy Identification Number (VIN)  VA-619-12-710607-GW (Include # on all documents)

 

BACKGROUND: Geriatrics is the branch of medicine that focuses on health care of the elderly. It aims to promote health and to prevent and treat diseases and disabilities in older adults. Family Practice Medicine is the field of medicine that stresses comprehensive primary health care of the individual and family. It is a specialty in breadth that integrates the biological, clinical and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompases all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity. Internal medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with nonsurgical remedies for diseases of the internal organs. 

 

This physician position in the Tuskegee GPC has oversight and clinical responsibility for a panel of veterans receiving service in the Tuskegee Geriatric Primary Care Clinic. It consist of admit, work-up, diagnose, and perform comprehensive geriatric assessments, treat and/or provide consultation to older patients with illnesses and disorders common to the elderly. Core privileges include simple suturing & skin lesion biospy, cryotherapy of minor skin lesions and EKG interpretation.   

KEY REQUIREMENTS:

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U.S. Citizenship Required

Designated And/Or Random Drug Testing May Be Required.

Subject To A Background/Suitability Investigation

Must pass a pre-employment examination.

English language proficiency