The Albuquerque VA is recruiting for an Associate Chief of Staff in Education/Academic Affiliations to serve as the VA point of contact for the institution to deal with clinical trainee issues for the VA medical facility.

Duties

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. The duties include but are not limited to: Ensure that medical/dental students or residents and allied health professional trainees rotating to a VA medical facility are enrolled in or sponsored by affiliated institutions. Review and ensure that minimal qualifications and credentials are met by trainees coming to VA for academic programs as attested to by the TQCVL. Ensure all trainees complete the onboarding process, including appropriate security screening. Collaborate with Human Resources staff, ensuring that appropriate appointments of trainees are in place, including without compensation appointments, if appropriate. Providing orientation or assurance that necessary aspects of orientation are covered at the service level. Ensure that affiliation agreements are executed for all programs that send trainees to VA medical facilities for educational purposes. Ensure the requirements of the affiliation agreements, particularly those responsibilities assigned to VA Medical Center are fulfilled. Interact with affiliated institutions as appropriate on matters pertaining to trainee assignments and curricula and on evaluation of the VA medical facility as a training site. Act as a consultant to other VA medical facility staff on educational matters and interpreting policies according to VA requirements. Act as the liaison with the sponsoring institution's DIO and other education leaders in the academic programs of education and research. Advocate for sufficient VA resources for appropriate conduct of all educational programs. Exercise oversight and administration of all clinical training programs at the VA medical facility, and ensuring compliance with all pertinent requirements. This oversight responsibility includes fiscal matters, disbursement agreements, credentials of trainees, appointment and payment of trainees; Exercise oversight of the GME Disbursement Agreement. Initiate the planning process to determine the number and distribution of resident positions. Ensure all educational and other activities meet the criteria delineated in Disbursement Agreement Handbook. Establish local procedures for: Educational activity record keeping. Monitor resident participation in assigned educational activities. Reconcile of VA educational activity records with invoices submitted by the disbursing agent. Ensure initial and annual training of VA staff involved in educational activity record keeping for disbursement agreements. Obtain annual rate changes from the disbursing agent and communicating these to appropriate parties, including the facility Chief Fiscal Officer and Chief of Human Resources, and securing approval of the rate changes from the OAA. Collaborate with the CFO in the administration of disbursement agreements and related fiscal matters Optimize the VA allocation of allied health professional training positions and GME positions. Chairing the local VA Graduate Medical Education Committee. Encourage the appointment of qualified health care professionals as full-time or part-time staff who will provide supervision of trainees and patient care. Encourage faculty appointments at the sponsoring institution for VA supervising practitioners. Monitor and ensure that VA staff members with appropriate credentials and faculty status supervise trainees, and that documentation of that supervision is according to VA requirements. Review and sign appropriate residency training program letters of agreement prepared by the affiliated institution. Deal with special situations and issues pertaining to trainees and advising the director of the VA medical facility and the program director of the affiliated institution (or program) concerning trainee competence, conduct, and compliance with VA regulations and policy. Serve as the VA liaison to the Graduate Medical Education Council of the affiliated institution, and to the GMEC Executive Committee. 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: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm or as determined by supervisor

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: VA Directive and Handbook 5019, applicants must be able to perform the duties as a Physician. Light lifting (under 15lbs), light carrying (under 15lbs), use of fingers, far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and 20/40 in the other, hearing (aid permitted), emotional stability, mental stability.

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 Raymond G Murphy Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center 1501 San Pedro Drive, Southeast Albuquerque, NM 87108 US
• Name: Kayleigh Lundh
• Phone: 602-757-1832
• Email: [email protected]