Physician (Chief of Radiology)

About the role

The Chief, Radiology position at the VA Memphis encompasses the breadth of clinical care, including inpatient consultation, outpatient clinic, and management of the Service. Specific areas include Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Radiation Oncology.

Responsibilities

• Ensures clinical care is delivered in accordance with hospital and VHA policy, meeting or exceeding community standards and VHA national benchmarks.
• Having primary responsibility for supervising other LIP's and staff in the Service, and for ensuring that staff are performing to the highest standards of clinical care excellence, time, efficiency, professional and ethical behavior.
• Ensures care of patients in both outpatient and inpatient settings are smooth, patient centric and safe. This includes, but is not limited to, collaboration and good communication with the Emergency Department, Subspecialty Services and/or Clinics admitting patients to the hospital and transitions to outpatient care.
• Supervises all operational aspects of the Service, including establishment of the highest clinical care standards, operations, and quality.
• Develops strong, collegial working relationships with other Service and Section Chiefs within the medical center (both clinical and administrative).
• Oversees the development and implementation of systems redesigns projects and quality improvements programs within the Service.
• Champions initiatives designed to improve overall quality using evidence-based medicine and peer review.
• Participates in clinical review process such as tort claims, peer reviews, management reviews and administrative activities, as directed by the Chief of Staff or designee.
• Participates as a Chief in the organization's continued accreditation readiness activities.
• Fosters a culture of transparency, communication, collegiality and patient centered interdisciplinary team work.
• Uses astute business acumen to optimally utilize resources and adapt to changes, exercising leadership and flexibility.
• Maintains current medical knowledge and technical skills and provides both leadership and documentation that all LIP's within the Service are competent with respect to current privileging within the Service. He/she is expected to maintain excellent diagnostic, judgmental, and therapeutic acumen in the care of Veterans receiving interventions.
• Responsible for all Service Chief responsibilities as stated in the most current Medical Staff By-Laws of VAMC Memphis.
• Maintain the clinical ability to perform full general clinical examinations on established or newly consulted patients in the clinics, on inpatient wards or in Emergency Department as needed in the discipline of the Chief.
• Promote the expansion of non-traditional care such as (but not limited to) CVT, VVC, electronic consultation (e-consult), group clinics, telephone clinics, secure messaging to improve access to care.

Requirements

Required to be eligible for a Faculty of appointment at UTHSC. VAMC Memphis is integrally involved in all teaching and research activities at the University. Teaching responsibilities may include resident mentorship during their inpatient rotations at the VA Memphis as well as outpatient clinic precepting, and other duties as assigned.

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. 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.

Education

Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are:

• Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted.
• Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted.

For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made through the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).