Title: Family Medicine Physician / Internal Medicine Physician
Location: Houston, TX
Position Type: Full time (30-40+ hours/week), 1099.
Education Level: MD or DO
Job Category: Health Care
Our Company Promise
We are committed to providing our Employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Vighter’s Mission is to provide efficient, fast, high quality healthcare staffing to our clients. Our Culture’s key elements are crucial to the effectiveness of our employees in accomplishing our mission. The key elements include:
- Dependability
- Integrity
- Personability
- Transparency
- Responsiveness
Creating and cultivating this Culture within the organization is our commitment to our employees. Above all, Vighter employees will be provided the same concern, respect, and caring attitude that they are expected to share externally with every Vighter Client and Customer.
Summary:
Vighter is recruiting dedicated and compassionate Family Medicine and/or Internal Medicine Physicians to join our healthcare team at the VA Medical Center and surrounding Community Based Outpatient Clinics in and around Houston, Texas. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive primary care services to patients of all ages, emphasizing preventive care, health maintenance, and the management of acute and chronic conditions. The standard of care shall be of a quality, meeting or exceeding all currently recognized national standards.
Principle Accountabilities:
- Provide primary care to individuals and families across all age groups.
- Conduct routine physical exams, well-child visits, immunizations, and health screenings.
- Diagnose and treat a wide range of acute and chronic illnesses.
- Develop treatment plans, prescribe medications, and provide patient education.
- Order and interpret diagnostic tests, including lab work and imaging.
- Collaborate with specialists, nurses and healthcare professionals to ensure patient-centered care.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date medical records using [EMR system].
- Participate in on-call rotations as needed.
- Promote a culture of quality and patient safety.
- Identify opportunities to improve client care, quality, and effectiveness, and implement changes in collaboration with franchise owner.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Must have exceptional customer service skills.
- Employees shall be technically proficient in the skills necessary to fulfill the job requirements, including ability to speak, understand, read and write English fluently.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced changing environment with limited supervision
- Excellent organizational, scheduling and prioritization skills.
Education:
- MD or DO degree from an accredited medical school. Board certified or board eligible in Family Medicine or Internal Medicine.
- Physician shall have a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia.
- All licenses held by the personnel working on this contract shall be full and unrestricted licenses. Contract physician(s) who have current, full and unrestricted licenses in one or more states, but who have, or ever had, a license restricted, suspended, revoked, voluntarily revoked, voluntarily surrendered pending action or denied upon application will not be considered for the purposes of this contract.
- All continuing education courses required for maintaining certification must be kept up to date.
Qualifications:
- BLS and CPRS are mandatory certifications.
- Contractor must provide a copy of their DEA certificate.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and executive skill sets
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and changing environment.
- Proficient with Microsoft 365 applications.
- Adept at learning and navigating Electronic Health Record systems.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to follow strict protocols and procedures.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
Duty Hours / On-call Requirements:
- The expected duty hours for this position are 8 hours per day and 5 days per week. However, this key position supporting 24/7/365 operations which will require rotating work schedules to be conducted in the day, at night, on weekends, and during holidays.
Work Environment:
- Location: Houston, Texas (and surrounding areas).
- Main Location: MEDVAMC, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77030
- Community- Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) locations:
- Beaumont VA Outpatient Clinic (BOPC) at 3420 Veterans Circle, Beaumont, Texas 77707 in Jefferson County
- Charles Wilson VA Outpatient Clinic (CWOPC) at 2206 North John Redditt Drive, Lufkin, Texas 75904 in Angelina County
- Conroe VA Outpatient Clinic (COPC) at 690 S Loop 336 W, Conroe, Texas 77304 in Montgomery County
- Galveston VA Outpatient Clinic (GOPC) at 3828 Avenue N, Galveston, Texas 77550 in Galveston County
- Katy VA Outpatient Clinic (KOPC) at 750 West Green Boulevard, Katy, Texas 77450 in Harris County
- Lake Jackson VA Outpatient Clinic (LJOPC) at 208 Oak Drive South, Lake Jackson, Texas 77566 in Brazoria County
- Richmond VA Outpatient Clinic (ROPC) at 22001 Southwest Freeway, Suite 200, Richmond, Texas 77469 in Fort Bend County
- Texas City VA Outpatient Clinic (TXOPC) at 9300 Emmett F. Lowry Expressway, Suite 206, Texas City, Texas 77591 in Galveston County
- Tomball VA Outpatient Clinic (TOPC) at 1200 W. Main Street, Tomball, Texas 77375 in Harris County
- Humble VA Outpatient Clinic (HOPC) at 1485 FM 1960, Humble, Texas, 77338 in Harris County
- Sugarland VA Outpatient Clinic (SLOPC) at 1327 Lake Pointe Pkwy Unit 515, Sugar land, Texas, 77478 in Fort Bend Country
- Supportive team of healthcare professionals and administrative staff.
- Opportunity to work with diverse populations, including immigration and asylum personnel and underserved communities.
Travel:
- As required to satisfy the contractual obligations. Commute is non-compensatory. All official travel is government funded.
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package, with Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance available for W2 full time employees.
- Company-paid basic Life and AD&D insurance and subsidized health insurance (W2).
- Paid time off and holidays (W2).
- 1099 employees are ineligible for benefits.
- Professional development and promotion opportunities.
Physical Requirements:
- Must be able to sit or stand for more than 8 hours per day, must be willing to work overtime if necessary.
- Must be able to use an elevator or walk up and down stairs.
- Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds and carry up to 10 feet.
- Must be able to routinely grasp or handle objects, use finger dexterity, bend elbows/knees and reach above and below shoulders.
- Must be able to read and interpret handwritten and typewritten print.
- Must be able to communicate by voice and detect sound by ear.
- Must be able to perform duties in an indoor or outdoor environment
- Must undergo Urine Drug Screening (UDS).
- Positions require applicants to be US Citizens, 21 years or older.
Vighter LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Position is contingent upon contract award.
In accordance with recent Executive Orders (EO 14151, EO 14168 and EO 14173,) Vighter LLC is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Contact us: HR@Vighter.com
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