Physician - Chief of Specialty Care
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs · Jackson, MS · 1 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role? The posting includes Summary (description), Qualifications, Duties (Major Duties/Responsibilities), Pay, Schedule, Benefits? There's mention of total rewards package, recruitment/relocation incentive, pay, PTO, retirement, insurance, CME, malpractice, contract. So we can have sections: About the role (maybe from Summary), Qualifications, Responsibilities (Duties), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Must not repeat job title. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Must not create sections with filler like "not specified". Must include only sections with real content.
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Summary: "The Chief of Specialty Care - provides administrative - programmatic - and clinical leadership for Specialty Care to ensure achievement of the clinical - research - and education goals. The incumbent reports to the Chief of Staff and serves as a key clinical resource for the Medical Center Director and the Chief of Staff."
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About the role
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. Qualifications: includes basic requirements (citizenship, degree, license, residency training, English proficiency) and preferred experience (3+ years supervisor/manager/director/chief experience, board certified in internal medicine or specialty, etc). We'll list asQualifications
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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
- 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 one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- 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 completed
OR (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 States
OR (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 basis
PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
rather - they are to have a ""scope of practice"" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
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
Preferred Experience:
- A minimum of three (3) years of Supervisor/ Manager/ Director/ Chief or equivalent experience to lead - develop - implement - monitor - and evaluate clinical and administrative processes related to the medical care of Veterans
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine or an Internal Medicine Specialty
- Broad knowledge base with consult management
- An understanding of Medicine - Medicine subspecialties and ancillary services
- Demonstrated ability to interact and communicate (orally - telephonically - and written) with others effectively and appropriately - presenting a professional image of the service and the VA
- Demonstrated skill in budget development and execution
- Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
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Duties/Major Duties/Responsibilities: big paragraph. We'll break into bullet list items.
List them:
- Directs - manages - and coordinates the planning and implementation of the VA Medicine care throughout the G.VSonny Montgomery VAMC catchment area spanning Mississippi and parts of Louisiana and Alabama
- Develops or directs the development of performance standards - evaluates the performance of key supervisors - and reviews the evaluations made by subordinate supervisors or other employees
- Responsible for budget development and execution for Specialty Care
- Exercise administrative - programmatic - clinical - and academic oversight of Medicine Care Service and programs to ensure delivery of quality services
- Serves as the principal spokesperson and advocate for Specialty Care and programs within the VA Medical Center
- Coordinates and integrates clinical and administrative aspects of the programs into a comprehensive package of services to meet the needs of the Veteran population
- Directs patient care needs assessments
- Identifies gaps in services and supports program development to meet those needs
- Within the local planning process - develops short and long-range goals and objectives for provision of Medicine Service and programs
- Ensures that there is compliance with all Joint Commission and other regulatory body functions and standards that are applicable to Medicine Service and programs (assessment of the patient care of the patient patient rights/organizational ethics - continuum of care safety - etc)
- Oversees - develops - coordinates - and evaluates academic programs affiliated with Specialty Care Service and serves as liaison with the sponsoring institutions for such programs
- Coordinates and integrates interdepartmental and intradepartmental services - establishing and maintaining professional relationships with other services and facility management which result in improved patient care
- Develops program review and evaluation to ensure patient satisfaction dimensions of care and performance measures are achieved and that clinical quality of services and appropriate clinical resource/medication utilization and continuously evaluated and improved - as demonstrated by performance measures and wait times
- Exhibits leadership in initiating changes in patient care programs based on current concepts and findings from research and studies
- Keeps informed of developments in the management and treatment of diseases and illnesses through continuing medical education - both formal and informal
- Recruits - trains - supervises - and retains the highest quality staff - and programs support staff - as appropriate
- Responsible for the completion of all clinical - educational - and administrative duties and requirements
- Continuously reviews the professional performance of all individuals with clinical privileges
- 20% of the time spent providing clinical care in Specialty
- When requested - serve as the Acting Chief of Staff during the absence of the Chief of Staff - and member of the Clinical Executive Board
- Administrative on-call nights/weekends/holidays and appropriate call coverage back up for clinical duties
Benefits/Pay/Schedule: The posting includes:
"VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
VHA Physician Total Rewards
Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be eligible for Highly Qualified Applicants
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): May be eligible for Highly Qualified Applicants
Pay: 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)
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"
Also Work Schedule: Monday - Friday - 8:00am - 4:30pm with call coverage
Thus we can have sections: Benefits, Pay, Schedule. However Benefits includes many items; we could combine Pay and Benefits? But instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could have Benefits section that includes Pay, PTO, Retirement, Insurance, Licensure, CME, Malpractice, Contract, Recruitment/Relocation Incentive. Then Schedule separate. Or we could have Benefits and Pay separate but that's many sections. Let's combine Pay and Benefits into one "Compensation and Benefits" section. But the instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It suggests we can use those headings if content exists. We have content for Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Could make three sections. That's okay.
We must not include filler like "not specified". All content is specific.
We'll output HTML fragment:
About the role
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Qualifications
- ... ...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Benefits
- Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be eligible for Highly Qualified Applicants
- Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): May be eligible for Highly Qualified Applicants
- 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