Physician - Chief Occupational Medicine

About the role

The Occupational Medicine Service Chief provides administrative and clinical oversight for all programs within Occupational Medicine - including Employee Occupational Health - medical surveillance - Compensation and Pension and related consultative services. The Service Chief functions as the physician leader responsible for integrating administrative and clinical operations to ensure delivery of safe - effective - and timely services for Veterans and VA employees.

Responsibilities

• Oversees administrative - technical - and clinical workflows - ensuring effective resource utilization and integration of service functions
• Ensures full compliance with all applicable federal - VA - VHA - Joint Commission - OSHA - and facility regulations governing occupational health and safety
• Ensures compliance with ethical standards - HIPAA - cybersecurity rules - conflict of interest policies - and equal employment opportunity principles
• Manages service staffing - equipment - space allocation - and budget planning to meet short- and long-term operational needs
• Collaborates with other Service Chiefs and program managers to coordinate programs and services provided by Occupational Medicine
• Oversees clinical functions including employee medical evaluations - surveillance programs - and consultative services
• Provides oversight related to medication administration and clinical procedures performed by Occupational Medicine staff.

Requirements

To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. 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.

Qualifications

• 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(NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.)
• Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education - the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) - in the list published for the year the residency - or fellowship if applicable - was completedOR (2) One year of post medical school training (internship - first year of residency - or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United StatesOR (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the Physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences)
• Exceptions: Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as ""Physician Resident Providers"" (PRPs)PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent basisPRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privilegedrather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervisionAdditionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPsIn 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

Skills

Supervisory and leadership experience

Board certified in Family Practice or Internal Medicine with clinical expertise

Benefits

VHA Physician Total Rewards

• 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)
• 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

No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting