Job opening: Physician CBOC West Firm Chief
Salary: $200 000 - 250 000 per year
Published at: Oct 04 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
Duties
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EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact Hannah Neilson at
[email protected], 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
The CBOC West Firm Chief in Primary Care is a supervisory position and reports to the Primary Care Service Chief for VACT and is responsible for supporting oversight of that clinic location as well as the 4 CBOC West locations.
Responsibilities:
The CBOC West Firm Chief in Primary Care is a supervisory position and reports to the Primary Care Service Chief for VACT and is responsible for supporting oversight of that clinic location, with duties including but not limited to:
Working closely with the CBOC West Nurse Manager, forming the foundation of Primary Care leadership for that location;
Working closely with the CBOC West Nurse Manager to coordinate non-Primary Care delivery at both sites;
Preparing performance reviews of CBOC West Primary Care Providers (PCPs), including FPPE, OPPE, Proficiencies and Pay-for-Performance for physicians;
Directly supervising all PCPs in Danbury, Winsted, Waterbury, and Stamford;
Managing CBOC West Patient Advocate requests and patient transfer of care requests with Admin Officer, support staff and Health Systems Specialists;
Working with the Primary Care Service Chief to determine appropriate MCA labor mapping, panel size and PCMM FTE;
Working with the CBOC West Nurse manager to prepare and hold meetings to promote agendas needed by the organization;
Working with CBOC West Primary Care to ensure administrative presence on site during absences and/or virtual work.
Collaborating with Primary Care leadership to ensure that appropriate support staffing is provided to CBOC West Primary Care;
Working with quality management team to monitor and review all clinical performance measures for CBOC West Primary Care. Establishing priorities and direction for implementing quality improvement on quality measures that apply to that location;
Collaborating with Primary Care leadership and participating in all Primary Care leadership meetings at the health care system level;
Serving as a Clinical Leader for CBOC West Primary Care and functioning as the clinical subject matter expert for Primary Care issues in the healthcare system;
Working with other clinical services such as specialty care, surgery, radiology, mental health, laboratory, and emergency department to ensure appropriate clinical services and relationships;
Developing or supervising clinical education programs for Primary Care Providers and trainees who might rotate through either Danbury, Winsted, Waterbury, and Stamford;
Collaborating with the Primary Care Service Chief and Leadership team in identifying educational gaps/needs;
Participating in groups created for Primary Care Leadership including VISN and National calls; and
Clinical performance and time-keeping of this position are supervised by the Chief of Primary Care and Nurse Manager respectively.
Work Schedule: Monday Thru Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm
This is a mapped position (0.3 administrative mapping in MCA and PCMM)
Travel - minimal travel (25% or less) including traveling to CBOC West sites (Danbury, Winsted, Waterbury, and Stamford) at least once per month.
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:
Board Certification is Required
Preferred Experience:
Active PCP within CBOC West
Experience with high reliability organizations, process improvement and high value healthcare
Primary Care leadership experience
Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.
Physical Requirements:
This position is typically non-sedentary, and frequently involves being in the standing position. Physical demands include some physical exertion including periods of walking, standing, regular and recurring bending, stooping, lifting equipment or objects such as assisting patients on and off examination tables.
Education
Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are:
- Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
- 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.
- 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.]
NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.
Contacts
- Address West Haven VA Medical Center
950 Campbell Avenue
West Haven, CT 06516
US
- Name: Deborah Feiereisen
- Phone: 385-378-2895
- Email: [email protected]
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