Physician - Infectious Disease Section Chief

About the role

The Infectious Disease Section Chief (ID) provides leadership, oversight and direct clinical care for all infectious disease services at GVSMVAMC. This role delivers comprehensive inpatient and outpatient ID consultation, directs antimicrobial stewardship activities, and provides medical guidance for infection prevention and control programs.

Responsibilities

• Provides expert clinical management for complex infectious diseases including sepsis, multidrug-resistant organisms, HIV, hepatitis, osteomyelitis, prosthetic/device infections, and immunocompromised host infections.
• Conducts inpatient consultations supporting ICU, Hospital Medicine, Surgery, Hematology/Oncology, Dialysis, and Emergency Department services.
• Supervises and mentors ID staff, trainees, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Ensures timely access to subspecialty ID care, reducing inpatient length of stay, complications, and readmissions.
• Provides medical leadership for the Infection Prevention & Control Program, including outbreak response, infection surveillance, and evidence-based mitigation strategies.

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.
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Infectious Diseases.
• Demonstrated expertise in diagnosis and management of complex infectious conditions.
• Strong leadership and communication skills to coordinate interdisciplinary care.
• Knowledge of VA regulations, accreditation standards, and evidence-based infection control practices.