The Chief of Community Care is comprised of complex managerial, clinical care coordination, and administrative components, associated with critical issues affecting patient care and VA Care, Care in the Community and overall standards of Veteran care coordination that influence the organizational mission, healthcare, and policy.

Duties

This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until May 23, 2024 or until position has been filled. Qualified applicants will be considered and referred. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be March 15, 2023, with subsequent cut-off date for referral on the 1st and 15th of each month. Major Duties include, but are not limited to the following: Provides leadership and supports in planning, implementing, assessing, and administering systems to maintain and improve the quality of clinical care coordination Consults management through the assessment of staffing effectiveness, budget, and FTEE issues Coordinates and designs information systems, which support the utilization of the nursing process for patient data entry Collecting, aggregating, and analyzing data related to various types of health care issues Facilitates and coordinates with the inpatient NVCC program, GEC, NVCC dental program, directed care program, contract dialysis program, IV home infusion program, non-institutional care, medical centers provider agreement program Supports clinical staff by providing guidance and instruction in the care in the community clinical reviews for authorizations, budgets, and clinical functions to ensure maximum support to the medical center and appropriate treatment of VA patients Scope: Executes leadership that is characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross service and/or discipline lines and influence organizational mission and health care. Dimension Requirements: Practice 1. Practice: Uses an analytical framework to create an environment that facilitates the delivery of care. Coordinates and evaluates integrated programs or demonstrates clinical excellence in management of population groups. 2. Ethics: Provides leadership in addressing ethical issues that impact clients and staff in or beyond the organization and the local health care community. 3. Resource Utilization: Designs, modifies, and implements systems compatible with professional standards and with the mission and goals of the organization to improve the cost-effective use of resources Professional Development 1. Education/Career Development: Develops staff for career progression. Forecasts new knowledge needs for changing practice environments/population groups. Plans, implements, and evaluates strategies to meet those needs. 2. Performance: Implements standards of professional practice and accrediting bodies, and applicable regulations. Collaboration 1. Collaboration: Demonstrates leadership in developing productive working relationships with groups in other programs, services, academic settings, and community agencies 2. Collegiality: Contributes to the professional growth and development of colleagues and other health care providers at the local, regional, state, or national level. Scientific Inquiry 1. Quality of Care: Provides leadership in improving and sustaining the quality and effectiveness of care in diverse or complex programs. 2. Research: Collaborates with staff, other disciplines, faculty, and peers in developing, conducting, and evaluating research activities and programs. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be available to highly qualified candidates Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): May be available to highly qualified candidates Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized EDRP Authorized: Contact [email protected] or [email protected], the EDRP Coordinators for questions/assistance Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Telework: Available as per agency policy and based on needs of organization Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of annual paid time offer 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 Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

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: As a major site for training of medical students, residents and fellows, the Service Chief of Community Care should be eligible for and academic appointment by Loma Linda University and will be expected to supervise as well as conduct clinical training. 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 are no special demands for the office environment. The clinical work environment will require occasional personal protective equipment, cleaning, sterile procedure, and other precautions specified by VALLHCS Infection Control and Risk Management. Works both alone, and closely with others.

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 Jerry L Pettis Memorial Veterans Hospital 11201 Benton Street Loma Linda, CA 92357 US
• Name: Mianna Arrington
• Phone: 253-304-7374
• Email: [email protected]