The Durham VA Medical Center is recruiting for a full-time Physician (Hospitalist - Section Chief). Applicants must be currently working as a Hospitalist with in the Durham VA Medical Center.

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 Work Schedule: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Monday - Friday Administrative Duties: Organize staff meetings, communicate both down to staff and up to leadership, to include issue briefs regarding clinical care, and act as Service Chief when the Service Chief is on leave. The Section Chief works with the Service Chief and Administrative Officers to analyze data, prepare reports, present to leadership, and plan for improvement from a variety of VA reports such as the Strategic Analysis and Information Learning (SAIL report), Specialty Productivity Access Report and Quadrant Tool (SPARQ), Press Ganey surveys, Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS), Joint Commission ORYX® measures, and other performance measures reviewed by the VA. Coordinate hiring between VA HR and the academic affiliate (as applicable), maintain updates on VA Functional Statements and Position Descriptions, co-management of pay panel preparation. Responsible for orienting new hospitalist hires to VA employee standards, processes for medical staff, and to university affiliate requirements for attending physicians. Facilitate mentoring and faculty teaching development of hospitalists. Perform routine ratings of all staff, including yearly proficiency reports on all faculty, Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (2x a year), First Professional Practice Evaluation for new hires, as requested by the Professional Standards Board, follow through on disciplinary actions and grievances, and ensure training requirements completion. Solicit schedule preferences from section physicians, complete detailed schedule incorporating preferences where feasible, document and file all hours to ensure each physician is compliant with annual hours requirements. Work with Medical Service office regarding business decisions, specifically Decision Support System (DSS) mapping, hiring needs, capacity analysis, workloads, and resource needs (equipment, information technology, supplies, space, logistics) Work with Clinical Informatics, Quality Management, Health Information Services to ensure documentation is compliant with quality, coding, compliance and patient safety standards. Attend Medical Staff meetings as required by Service Chief to coordinate patient care with nursing, administrative staff, clinical informatics, and graduate medical education. Attending monthly Section Chief meetings and occasional hospital clinical meetings as Service Chief designee. Participate in hospital wide initiatives, duties, or committees as assigned or indicated by Section Chief, Chief of Service or Chief of Staff to promote quality improvement for the facility; this includes participation as a physician utilization management advisor. Participate in VISN 6 Hospital Medicine ICC. Clinical Duties: The Hospital Medicine Section Chief is expected to remain privileged and practicing in their specialty field. The exact privileges and procedures for a particular provider will be approved by the Professional Standards Board. The Physician Hospitalist-Section Chief is expected to perform all required clinical hospitalist duties on a regular, repetitive basis. Clinical hours will be reduced to allow fulfillment of above administrative duties. Ensure appropriate medical decision making and high quality documentation by medicine service for acute inpatient hospital transfers into and from our facility. Education: The Section Chief functions as a liaison to Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Education and the respective Program Director for GME issues. He/she ensures orientation to service rotation for program trainees assigned to the hospital medicine service. Practitioners are expected to show effectiveness in teaching, monitor and coordinate educational activities, and comply with necessary trainee supervision. Supervise Site Director in verifying trainee attendance, orienting Chief Resident, and assisting intern and resident orientation to VA procedures and CPRS. Ensure section physicians participation in medical student and resident educational conferences.

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: Preferred Experience: Preferred experience should include 5 years experience as a Hospitalist, with demonstrated clinical leadership experience and a patient-centered perspective. Clinically, the candidate must be able to see each patient and their family individually, develop preference-based plans of care, and also focus on processes, continuous improvement, structure, medical informatics, and outcomes. From a leadership perspective, the candidate must be able to delegate tasks and provide vision for the future of hospital medicine section. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: This position requires visual acuity, keen hearing, clear distinctive speech, and manual dexterity. This position requires mostly periods of continued walking, standing, stooping, sitting, bending, pulling, and pushing. Transferring patients and objects may be required. The incumbent may be exposed to infected patients and contaminated materials and may be required to don protective clothing in isolation situations. The incumbent may occasionally be exposed to patients/residents who are combative secondary to delirium, dementia, or psychiatric disorders. The incumbent must be a mature, flexible, sensible individual capable of working effectively in stressful situations, able to shift priorities based on stakeholder needs.

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 Durham VA Medical Center 508 Fulton Street Durham, NC 27705 US
• Name: KARI LEPINE
• Phone: 906-396-9895
• Email: [email protected]