Education and length of practice are considered through a formal pay-setting process to determine the final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay)

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. 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 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED DUTIES The IPMS service chief has specific responsibilities that include: Develop relevant policies and guidelines. Participation and compliance with relevant CS (controlled substance) programs. Participate in appropriate committee work as a subject matter expert. Ensure that equipment and supplies that are necessary for the efficient operation of the IPMS Section are acquired and maintained per VA standards and protocols. Serve as the direct supervisor for peer staff physicians, staff acupuncturists, staff nurse practitioners and staff physician assistants. Provide expert consultation for Pain Medicine Section nurses, Pain psychologists, Pain clinical pharmacists, Pain social workers, Pain psychiatrists and Pain physical therapists with the Nursing Service Line, Mental Health Service Line, Rehab Services Service Line, Pharmacy Service Line and Social Work Service Line, respectively. Complete performance evaluations of subordinate staff per VA standards and policies. Conducting professional practice evaluations with providers to assess their performance, identify when performance does not meet expectations, and initiate appropriate action to improve performance. Collaborates with leadership to develop yearly budget projections. The Director of Pain Medicine participates in VA programs for continuing education, including BLS, ACLS and required TMS training. Generates written responses to Pain management and opioid safety-related, Veteran complaints, Congressional and White House inquiries per VHA protocols. Support the teaching mission for medical students, residents, fellows, and other trainees, if applicable, and maintain a clinical faculty appointment at Rosalind Franklin University. Clinical Responsibilities: The Director of Pain Medicine has the following clinical responsibilities: Perform interventional pain medicine procedures as part of a balanced, data-driven, multi-disciplinary treatment plan, in accordance to current licensing and standards of care.* Provides electronic consultation services. Performs pain management comprehensive assessments and develops treatment plans for complex acute and chronic pain patients.* Complies with current VA/DOD Long-term Opioid Therapy Guidelines, and local VA policies. Treats patients with chronic and acute pain. Develops therapeutic care plans that are intended to achieve defined outcomes that improve the patient's quality of life. Works as part of an interdisciplinary team of pain management providers. Initiates, modifies or discontinues appropriate medication therapies and serves as a consultant for intensive medication therapy management services (e.g. PCA). Orders, performs, reviews and analyzes appropriate laboratory tests, other diagnostic studies and registries necessary to monitor and support medication therapy. Follows up with patients regarding laboratory or other diagnostic test results to discuss care plans, changes to therapy and additional monitoring or testing requirements. Evaluates and reports adverse outcomes via local VA standard reporting processes. Documents all Pain management activities, including therapeutic changes and recommendations, in progress notes and completes encounters per VHA standards to ensure workload capture. Be available for all of the above via multidisciplinary 24/7 call as needed. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm

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. Preferred Experience: CERNER experienced 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: To perform in a fully successful manner, the individual must have the physical ability to perform job-related duties which may require light carrying (under 15 pounds), reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, both hands required, walking (up to 1 hour), standing (up to 1 hour), and both legs required. In addition, there may be exposure to the following environmental factors: working inside and outside, working closely with others, and protracted or irregular hours of work. A health examination must be successfully completed prior to this assignment and periodically thereafter as required by the Occupational Health Clinic policy. There may be intermittent exposure to blood and body fluids.

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 Captain James A Lovell Federal Health Care Center 3001 Green Bay Road North Chicago, IL 60064 US
• Name: Caren Evangelista
• Phone: (224) 610-1424
• Email: [email protected]