Physician - Geriatrics & Extended Care

The Geriatrics & Extended Care Physician may practice in all inpatient, outpatient, Community Living Center, Community-Based Outpatient Clinic, Satellite Clinic and Health Care Center settings, including through telehealth modalities. This physician may practice in all patient demographics, provide trainee education, participate in scholarly activity consistent with academic promotion, and is required to participate in quality improvement activities. The Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located in Richmond, Virginia, is a level 1a 349-bed facility offering primary, secondary, and tertiary health care in medicine, surgery, neurology, rehabilitation medicine, intermediate care, acute and sustaining spinal cord injury, skilled nursing home care, and palliative care. Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center is part of Central Virginia VA Health Care System. The medical center has community-based outpatient clinics located in Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Emporia, Henrico, and Spotsylvania Counties and Richmond VA Medical Center has a strong and mutually beneficial affiliation with the Virginia Commonwealth University. Residency programs exist in virtually all general and specialty areas of medicine, rehabilitation, surgery, psychiatry, and dentistry. The medical center is the host site for one of five Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers in the VA system of care, and a Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center (PADRECC). The duties and responsibilities of the Physician include, but are not limited to the following: * Performs day-to-day clinical activities, which may include providing patient care in Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT)/Home-Bases Primary Care (HBPC), Geriatrics consultation and management in outpatient clinics * Collaborates daily with the interdisciplinary team (IDT), referral sources and all stakeholders * Utilize face-to-face, all telehealth and e-consult modalities to provide patient care * Provides effective collaboration and leadership to interdisciplinary teams and administrative staff * Completes home visits independently when assigned to Home-Based Primary Care Program * Supervises clinical staff, including a nurse navigator, nurse practitioner and physician assistant * Provides collaborative physician coverage in Geriatrics & Extended Care programs including non-institutional care programs and contract community nursing home programs; * Provides guidance and coaching as needed to other Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and other interdisciplinary staff in Geriatrics & Extended Care and referral sources; * Communicates with patients, family members and treatment teams, including community partners and vendors; * Completes and/or assists service chief/medical director/program director with regulatory inquiry, including but not limited to The Joint Commission survey, OIG review.; * Addresses patient/family concerns in a timely manner. * Participate in OPPE/FPPE, peer review, and quality improvement projects. * Shared on-call coverage during weekends, evenings, nights. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am - 4:30pm Telework: Not available Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not Available Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): The position may be eligible. Learn more. EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Monique Head at , the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Created: 2026-04-15