The Associate Chief of Staff at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center supervises and coordinates operations of primary care treatment procedures. These operations are carried out with assistance from staff members from other clinical and support services that are supervised by their clinical service chiefs but provide a full range of medical services to patients who are admitted.

Duties

The ACOS/Ambulatory Care Service must possess the knowledge to provide oversight and leadership to Primary Care, CBOC's, Rural Mobile Unit and Whole Health Services. Supervise and coordinate operations of primary care treatment procedures. These operations are carried out with assistance from staff members from other clinical and support services that are supervised by their clinical service chiefs but provide a full range of medical services to patients who are admitted. Oversees and partners with Clarksburg clinics, CBOCs Home Base Primary Care Services as well as Whole Health Services. Oversees the expansion of services in partnership with Medicine, Mental Health and Surgical services. He/she is directly responsible for recruitment and retention of faculty and staff and initiating areas of programmatic development for those respective services. Arrange and communicate to appropriate staff the availability of staff physicians and coverage during non-administrative hours. Help develop policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure adequate and comprehensive services and communicate these to the medical staff and other services as appropriate. Coordinate use of resources, including space, supplies, and to some degree, staffing, in both direct patient care and support of health care delivery. Serve as a member of the Medical Executive Council, attending meetings and helping assure adherence of providers and staff members to the bylaws, rules and regulations. Ensure delivery of high quality of care for patients by working with appropriate VISN 05 and national committees. In addition, coordinate and promote service level Quality Improvement and Utilization Review and ensure that the primary focus is the provision of the highest quality of health care to the Veteran. Ensure adequate medical record documentation, for staff organize in-service programs and encourage continuing medical education to staff. Ensure adequate patient safety and care by reviewing incident report summaries and other performance improvement programs by helping and tracking needed changes. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Available Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Available EDRP Authorized: Available; Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact, Argentine Vaughn, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance 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 Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Work Schedule: 8:00a-4:30p

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. Education: 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. Licensure and Registration: Physicians must possess a 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. English Language Proficiency: Physicians appointed to direct patient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. § 7402(d) and 7407(d). Preferred Experience: Senior leadership and management experience 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: VA Directive and Handbook 5019, applicants must be able to perform the duties as a Physician. Moderate lifting (15-44 lbs.), light carrying (under 15 lbs.), use of fingers, both hands required, ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously, near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4, Specific visual requirement 20/50 one, 20/100 other (glasses permitted), hearing (aid permitted), mental and emotional stability, ability to hear conversational voice, working with hands in water, working alone, protracted, or irregular hours of work.

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 Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center 1 Medical Center Drive Clarksburg, WV 26301 US
• Name: Shannon Payne
• Phone: 3042630811
• Email: [email protected]