Staff Physician/CBOC Site Supervisory Medical Director

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

• Board-certified Internal Medicine or Family Medicine physician with demonstrated leadership experience in ambulatory primary care
• Experience managing Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT), provider supervision, clinic operations, access management, quality improvement initiatives, performance metrics, and interdisciplinary healthcare teams
• Prior VA healthcare experience
• Candidates with experience serving as a Medical Director, Service Chief, Associate Chief, or comparable physician leadership position will receive higher consideration
• Additional consideration will be given for experience in VA healthcare, provider recruitment and retention, performance improvement, access management, and oversight of multidisciplinary primary care teams

Physical Requirements

The work is generally sedentary in nature with some daily intermittent walking, standing, bending, stooping, reaching, and carrying of lightweight items required. Rigid deadlines and need for high degree of accuracy periodically becomes stressful.

Duties

• Provide clinical, administrative, and strategic leadership
• Oversee physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and administrative personnel
• Ensure delivery of high-quality, evidence-based outpatient care
• Monitor clinic workload, panel capacity, and clinic utilization
• Manage scheduling practices and panel management
• Support team-based care through effective PACT model implementation
• Promote population health management and preventive care initiatives
• Monitor clinical outcomes and quality performance indicators
• Ensure compliance with national VHA clinical practice guidelines
• Promote consistent standards of care across all Primary Care locations
• Supervise Primary Care Providers at the CBOC
• Monitor and observe PACT provider activities such as encounter completion, progress note completion, consult utilization patterns, eRouter completion, and clinical reminder completion
• Ensure accurate documentation and coding of service rendered by the providers
• Participate in activation of new clinical initiatives related to CBOC primary care
• Monitor CBOC PACT provider staffing supply/demand ratios at each location and request additional staffing positions/coverage when needed
• Ensure appropriate assignment of provider clinic hours to meet the needs of the patients
• Serve as liaison between the CBOC and Hines Primary Care
• Assist the Primary care leadership in the hiring, discipline, and termination of providers
• Participate in site visits, site selection process, and buildout/activation activities for CBOC relations
• Complete the FPPEs, OPPEs, and proficiencies

Schedule

Monday - Friday with occasional Saturdays.