Physician (Chief Hospitalist)
About the role
The Chief Hospitalist is a clinical leadership position that interfaces with the medical center's administrative leadership and works in close collaboration with other clinical services. The Chief Hospitalist guides acceptable evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, remains current in scientific medical advancements and state of the art medical practices, and provides oversight and mentoring to at least four (4) full-time hospitalists. S/he follows appropriate ethical principles, code of conduct, policies and protocols defined by the organization.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct care of acute medicine patients and consultative General Medicine care to patients on other services (at least 70% of the time).
- Recruit and hire for all hospitalist positions.
- Staff and schedule of hospitalist services.
- Supervise, manage and execute performance evaluation of hospitalists. Participate in Peer Review, staff counseling, and other quality assurance efforts.
- Work with facility leadership on strategic planning and implementation related to acute medicine.
- Collaborate with nurse manager and other departments to optimize quality of care, efficiency, and inpatient satisfaction.
- Monitor quality of care parameters for inpatient care. Develop and implement inpatient quality improvement projects.
- Monitor SAIL measures and implement corrective action, as needed.
- Improve efficiency and productivity throughout the unit.
- Chair the Patient Flow Committee.
- Teach residents and medical students.
- Implement, manage and participate in education programs for the inpatient unit personnel.
- Update and develop inpatient policies and procedures.
Requirements
The Chief Hospitalist may be assigned to perform other duties by Medicine Directorate leadership or Deputy Chief of Staff. The Chief Hospitalist will have 30% of time for administrative duties, however, administrative time may flex depending on staffing and/or on strategic priorities.
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.
- Basic Requirements:
- United States 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.
- In rare and unusual circumstances, the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer, who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience, accomplishments, performance, and qualifications warrant such action.
- Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Pay
Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Schedule
Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm. Due to the nature of this leadership position, it is expected that working hours could be extended beyond the normal tour of duty and it is expected be available 24/7 as well as holidays and weekends if needed.
Benefits
- 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)
- Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance
- 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
- No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
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.
- Basic Requirements:
- United States 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.
- In rare and unusual circumstances, the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer, who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience, accomplishments, performance, and qualifications warrant such action.
- Proficiency in spoken and written English.