This position is located in the VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System, Reno, Nevada. The Chief of Staff of VA Sierra Nevada Medical Center is its Chief Medical Officer. As such, s/he is responsible for administrative, clinical, educational, and research activities of the Medical Center and its four outpatient clinics as described below.

Duties

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES Serves, in conjunction with the Deputy Chief of Staff, Director, Deputy Director, Associate Director for Patient Care Services, and the Associate Director, as member of the Medical Center ELT. S/he works with Fiscal Service, Business Office, Human Resources Management Service, and as a full member of the Executive Leadership Team. The Chief of Staff has specific responsibility to preside over the medical staff and assure clinical excellence, uniform standards of practice, education, and research. CLINICAL RESPONSIBILITIES Ensures patients receive quality care in a timely and courteous manner. This includes patients at the Reno VA Medical Center and its Community Based Outpatient Clinics, as true for all the ensuing items. Ensures that all patients receive quality, preventive health care through screening, counseling and education. The Facility Chief of Staff is expected to maintain clinical workload in his/her specialty of clinical care. EDUCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES Maintains and enforces continuing medical educational standards for the medical staff and appropriate health care education accrediting organizations. Promotes effective communication and working relationships between Reno VA Medical Center and its sister facilities in the VISN. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Supports research within the VA Sierra Nevada Healthcare System, following IRB and R&DC approval. Ensures that the research studies that are planned and conducted are scientifically rigorous, ethical and respectful of patients. Ensures that there is appropriate oversight of all research studies. All other duties as assigned and as listed on work statement. 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, 7:30am - 4:00pm Telework Eligible: Ad-Hoc Relocation Incentive: Authorized Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Authorized

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. 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: There may be some walking, standing, sitting, bending, and carrying of light items.

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 VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System 975 Kirman Avenue Reno, NV 89502 US
• Name: Anita Martin
• Phone: 203-275-7191
• Email: [email protected]