Physician-Hospitalist (Section Chief)

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Major Duties and Responsibilities

1. Clinical Duties 75%

• Provides direct inpatient care as attending physician on the hospitalist service, maintaining clinical proficiency.
• Leads the hospitalist team including staff physicians, advanced practice providers, and residents.
• Develops and implements clinical policies, procedures, and protocols to optimize patient care and clinical outcomes.

2. Administrative Oversight (20%)

• Oversees daily operations of the inpatient Medicine Service line, including bed management, patient flow, and coverage schedules.
• Coordinates with other services (Nursing, Social Work, Pharmacy, Emergency Medicine, Specialty Providers, etc.) to ensure seamless, interdisciplinary patient care.
• Leads or participates in relevant hospital committees and quality improvement initiatives.
• Monitors clinical performance and patient outcomes; identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Implements evidence-based practices and meets or exceeds applicable quality benchmarks.
• Oversees reporting of performance metrics, adverse events, and utilization data.
• Provides mentoring, training, and evaluation for medical students, residents, fellows, and advanced practice providers.
• Organizes educational sessions, case conferences, and journal clubs for the hospitalist group.
• Supervises and evaluates staff performance; conducts annual performance reviews.
• Recruits, retains, and orients new staff; fosters an inclusive and collaborative team environment.
• Ensures compliance with all federal, VA and Joint Commission standards.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record (CPRS).

Other Duties as Assigned:

• Performs other related duties as assigned by the Chief of Medicine or Medical Center leadership.

Supervision Received:

• Reports directly to the Chief of Medicine Service.

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EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io for questions/assistance This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

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 U.S. 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: 0700-1500, 0730-1530,or 0800 1600

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