Physician - Chief Emergency Department

About the role

The Chief, Emergency Medicine Service (EM Chief) provides executive leadership and oversight for all clinical and administrative aspects of the Emergency Department to ensure safe, timely, high-quality emergency care for Veterans in accordance with VHA policy and directives.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and direction for 24/7 Emergency Department operations, ensuring appropriate medical screening, stabilization, and disposition of all patients presenting for emergency care.
• Oversees staffing models, provider schedules, and contingency plans to ensure adequate coverage that matches demand and supports continuous, in-person physician coverage.
• Optimizes patient flow and throughput, collaborates with inpatient and ancillary services to reduce boarding and delays, and promotes safe, efficient transitions of care.
• Led Emergency Department quality improvement, patient safety, and performance monitoring activities using VHA performance metrics and facility data.
• Collaborates closely with Nursing leadership, Mental Health, Primary Care, Medicine, Surgery, Radiology, Laboratory, Pharmacy, and other services to ensure coordinated, veteran-centered emergency care.
• Recruits, selects, and retains qualified Emergency Medicine providers and other assigned staff, in collaboration with service and facility leadership.
• Participates in facility emergency management and disaster preparedness planning, including drills and responses that affect Emergency Department operations.
• Direct supervisor for emergency department practitioners.

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.

Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.

Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.

Proficiency in spoken and written English.

3-5 years of progressive clinical experience in an emergency department with demonstrated strong performance in a high-acuity setting.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement.

Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Benefits

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

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Schedule

Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm; with call coverage.