Physician - Home Based Primary Care Medical Director

About the role

This position directly supports GEC ACOS with intermittent coverage needs for overall clinical operations in Finger Lakes HCS GEC. It assists with Hospice and Palliative Care consults and oversees clinical operations and programmatic operations in the HBPC PACT. The incumbent is heavily involved in clinical performance improvement programs and collaborates with other HBPC Medical Directors, VISN leadership, and VHA Central Office staff members on program development issues.

Responsibilities

• Supports GEC ACOS with intermittent coverage needs for overall clinical operations in Finger Lakes HCS GEC.
• Affords assistance with Hospice and Palliative Care consults.
• Oversees clinical operations and programmatic operations in the HBPC PACT.
• Engages in clinical performance improvement programs related to HBPC quality metrics.
• Develops and implements policies and procedures for the HBPC program, ensuring its integration into VA medical facility procedures when appropriate.
• Ensures accessibility and responsiveness to HBPC PACT members, providing consultation, physician orders, and support as needed.
• Conducts care planning for all Veterans enrolled in the HBPC Program and participates in HBPC Program team meetings.
• Maintains communication with HBPC PACT regarding medical care advances and practice standards.
• Schedules physician coverage as needed and communicates the plan of coverage to the HBPC PACT.
• Collaborates with other HBPC Medical Directors, VISN leadership, and VHA Central Office staff members on program development issues.
• Selects qualified clinicians and staff for the HBPC PACT.
• Maintains a patient caseload and conducts home visits with other HBPC PACT team members as needed.

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.
• Medical Degree: Must have obtained a degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• License: Must hold a 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.
• English Proficiency: Must be proficient in spoken and written English.
• Experience: Experience working with aging veterans with complex care needs is required. The physician is an internal or family medicine physician who may also have special expertise in Geriatrics and may be board-certified in Geriatrics.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.

Pay

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases.

Schedule

Regular schedule.

Skills

None specified beyond general medical and administrative skills.

Benefits

• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting).
• Federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance.
• Free liability protection with tail coverage provided.
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.
• Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.