This position is internal to VACT Employees only

Duties

This position is internal to VACT Employees only VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. This is a supervisory position for the VACT Hospital Medicine Section. The section chief is the clinical leader for the hospitalist section. Academically, the hospitalists fall under the Yale Section of General Internal Medicine. The Hospital Medicine Chief performs all supervisory functions, including performance evaluations, and serves as point of contact for the chief of medicine for the hospitalist group. Because of the time involved, the section chief does one less month clinically/year. The HM chief is supervised by the chief of medicine. Specific duties of the section chief include but are not limited to: Represent the hospital medicine group at regular meetings with the medical education leadership at VACT and the Yale training program. Meet regularly with Chief of Medicine to ensure inpatient quality. Assist Chief of Medicine in educating non-Hospitalist Inpatient attendings about inpatient efficiencies and quality. Attend the section chief meetings run by the Chief of Medicine. Attend regular meetings with the VISN Hospital Medicine Consultant Group. Make the hospitalist schedule each year. Participate in Incident Command Meetings when applicable to inpatient medicine. Conduct all hospitalist performance evaluations. Point of contact for QM for the hospitalists. Ensure Section is utilizing non-clinical time productively with either scholarly activity or service to the medical center. Point of conduct for utilization management. Serve as a role model for the hospitalists. Ensure that there is inpatient coverage during inclement weather. Ensure that peer reviews of inpatient Medicine are distributed fairly and returned in a timely fashion. Help with OPPEs of moonlighting physicians as needed. Help with clinical questions that may arise from the hospitalists. Cover for Chief of Medicine or ACOS at times when away, including helping nursing and UM with hospital operations if needs arise. 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 Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm EDRP Authorized: Contact [email protected], the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

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. 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 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 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), 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. 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 or fee-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. Proficiency in spoken and written English. Additional Requirement: Board Certification Required Preferred Experience: Experience with supervising and teaching students, residents and fellows preferred; Hospital Medicine leadership experience preferred; Good interpersonal and leadership skills; Experience with high reliability organizations, process improvement and high value healthcare; Ability to work collaboratively with the Hospital Medicine team in meeting performance measures and achieving performance involvement. Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting, 15-44 pounds; straight pulling (4 hours); pushing (4 hours); reaching above shoulder; use of fingers; both hands required; walking (2 hours);standing (7 hours); kneeling (1 hour); repeated bending (4 hours); both legs required; near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; far-vision correctable in one eye to 20/50 and to 20/100 in the other; ability to distinguish basic colors; hearing (aid permitted); mental and emotional stability required.

Education

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]

Contacts

• Address West Haven VA Medical Center 950 Campbell Avenue West Haven, CT 06516 US
• Name: Linda Roberts
• Phone: 918-577-0922
• Email: [email protected]