Primary Care Opportunity in the VA Health Care System / Enjoy Work Life Balance

Physician - Family Medicine Job in Minot, ND, ND

• VA ensures and encourages a healthy work/life balance.
• 104 Hours paid sick leave per year with unlimited carry over!
• 208 Hours paid annual (vacation/personal) leave - you can carry over up to 86 days into a new year.
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension.
• Enjoy an environment that supports an interdisciplinary care team approach that delivers state-of-the-art medicine using some of the most advanced medical techniques and technologies in the Nation.
• How is the pension funded?
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution.
• VA employees hired after January 1, 2014 automatically contribute 4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 8% of the employee's salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 12% of the employee's salary.
• Possible 5 Days paid Authorized Absence to attend CME.
• Disability Retirement.
• Unused sick leave can be used to extend creditable service time at retirement!
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan.
• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA).
• Our physicians do so by using their generous vacation/personal leave.
• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (Fers).
• In addition to Fers, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel.
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service.
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option.
• Enjoy a superb quality of life.
• VA does so through predictable scheduling, reduced paperwork, the elimination of billing hassles, and lifting the burden of liability coverage.
• And 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan.
• Fers-Frae basic benefits ( pension ).
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government.
• 10 Paid federal holidays with pay.
• For calendar year 2016, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $18,000, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $24,000.
• The Minot, North Dakota VA Community Based Outreach Clinic is actively recruiting for a Primary Care Provider.
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years' service.
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA).
• Fers is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits.