The Inpatient Deputy Chief of Staff functions as a key member of the executive leadership team, actively participating in the development of overall management objectives and philosophies necessary for the attainment of optimum efficiency in providing health care to our Veteran population. The incumbent is accountable to the Chief of Staff and Medical Center Director for the coordination of clinical activities, clinical staff, and administrative oversight.

Duties

The incumbent will monitor and ensure medical staff compliance with agency regulations, medical staff bylaws, health care system policies, The Joint Commission (T JC) standards, Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities {CARF), Long Term Care Institute (L TCI), the College of American Pathology (CAP), Association for the Advancement of Blood & Biotherapies (AABB) and other appropriate regulations. In addition, the incumbent provides leadership oversight in compliance with other federal agencies such as the Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Office of the Medical Inspector (OMI). The incumbent will possess a broad knowledge and understanding of health care policies, missions, and operating programs, and extensive specialized knowledge of health care management. The incumbent develops and maintains good working relationships with affiliates and promotes the professional development of all health care staff. The incumbent will promote standards of clinical competence and conduct for staff which is maintained through: compliance with credentialing and privileging processes, monitoring and evaluation of clinical practices, peer review, consideration of clinical performance patterns in clinical privileging and other appropriate quality improvement activities. Medical Staff Functions: Support organizational efficiency and safety through oversight and program management of the medical center inter-health care system transfer process. Promote the development of health care professionals through counseling, mentoring, teaching, and encouraging self-assessment. Promote an environment that provides patient care, educational activity, and administrative planning and evaluation based on integration and application of current knowledge. Establish mechanisms whereby health care system employees, higher level administration, and other VA components are informed, in a timely manner, of clinical program developments that affect them. Take an active role as a management team member, providing advice and counsel in defining and accomplishing the health care system's mission and goals. Effectively lead the clinical staff to achieve health care system mission and goals. Represent the organization, internally and externally, in such a manner as to reflect positively on the health care system and VA. Serve as a professional liaison of the health care system to other VA and federal facilities, the community, affiliates, media, congressional offices and constituent organizations. Maintain and promote high ethical and clinical standards that are carried into decision-making processes. Promote constructive problem resolution into an environment of competing priorities. Program Management: Work with the Executive Leadership team to ensure that health care system programs reflect the mission and priorities of VHA and VA. Promote an effective mix, coordination, and support of clinical programs by evaluating current and potential patient population needs, clinical workload and resources, special program mandates and cost/benefit analyses making recommendations to the health care system Director and ensuring implementation of approved clinical proposals. Provide leadership to staff through policy guidance and activities on behalf of patients and their clinical care. Promote standards of clinical competence and conduct for staff which is maintained through: compliance with credentialing and privileging processes, monitoring and evaluation of clinical practices, peer review, consideration of clinical performance patterns in clinical privileging and other appropriate quality improvement activities. Facilitate assessment of education and development needs of clinical staff to develop and implement plans for meeting identified needs and to prioritize use of available training funds. 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 Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm

Requirements

Qualifications

Podiatrist Basic Requirements Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted. ~AND~ Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. VA Podiatrists 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 Council on Podiatric Medical Education, in the list published for the year the residency was completed, or (2) Other residencies and training experiences, or their equivalents, which the local Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training. ~AND~ Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia. Preferred Experience: Service Chief experience preferred. References: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-4 Podiatrist Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office. Physical Requirements: Requires lifting 15-44 pounds; pushing (approx. 2 hours); reaching above shoulder; use of fingers and both hands; walking and standing from 3-5 hours and kneeling. Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously. Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4. Far visions correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other. Must have depth perception and ability to distinguish basic colors and shades of colors. Hearing aid is permitted.

Education

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address Eastern Colorado HCS Denver 13611 E. Colfax Ave Aurora, CO 80045 US
• Name: Audrey Logan
• Phone: (970) 263-6242
• Email: [email protected]