Physician - Geriatric Medicine

Join us in Lake City, FL (45 minutes from Gainesville) as a staff Geriatrics physician with Veterans Health Administration!

Enjoy a stable work-life balance caring for adult veteran patients, giving you immense satisfaction by honoring our mission.

Opportunity highlights:

• Will start floating inpatient Community Living Center units working with nurse practitioners and other staff
• Eventually, it will cover a 40 patient short-term rehab and skilled nursing working alongside NP's and other staff
• Exceptional schedule-work Monday to Friday 8-4:30 (walk out the door at 4:30 without logging in at night)
• Shared call once every 11 weeks (likely tele-triage only when on)

Our ideal candidate/requirements:

• BE/BC Geriatrics, will consider BE /BC FM or IM with Geri interest or training
• Possess one current, active, unrestricted medical license in any US state
• New grads welcome to apply
• Non-citizens can be considered only in the absence of US citizen candidates
• MD/DO from an accredited institution
• Completion of a full US residency program (or non-US followed by 5 years verified practice in the US

Benefit highlights:

• 50-55 days of paid time off per year
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% matching
• Federal health/vision/dental/long term care insurance offered
• CME reimbursement
• Free malpractice protection with tail provided
• No physician employment contract required and no significant restrictions on moonlighting

Lake City, FL, is north of Gainesville and offers easy access to parks, lakes and crystal-clear freshwater springs, earning it the nickname "Florida's Springlands".