Physician-Deputy Chief of Medical Operations-Psychiatrist

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The job is located in the Rogue Valley, White City, an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, in the Rogue Valley. It is about nine miles north of Medford and 34 miles north of the California border. Enjoy the scenic drives to either Crater Lake, Oregon's only National Park, and to the mountain resort Lake of the Woods. Take a family-friendly hike to a waterfall or ride the only section of the Pacific Crest Trail that's open to mountain bikers.

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Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized

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 incumbent is responsible for 50% clinical and 50% administrative management of the service as well as development of policies and procedures and monitoring of quality outcomes. Major duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Broad and overall responsibility for the RRTP medical operations to include full responsibility for clinical practice, program management, education, human resource management, and supervision for the service.
• Autonomously manages substantive parts of specialized, complex, professional services which significantly impact the care provided to Veterans.
• Provides leadership with objective, independent assessments and recommendations for policy, operational, and administrative issues and initiatives requiring decision.
• Monitor work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied.
• Interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning and specialized needs of the Veterans, the service, and the medical center.
• Ensure policies or issues have been fully coordinated, vetted, and staffed.
• Advise leadership on implications, key issues, and relationships to interest groups (both internal and external) and recommend courses of action.
• Coordinate and negotiate resolutions to complex problems.
• Ensure compliance with accrediting agencies and regulatory requirements and assure corrective action is initiated as needed.
• Maintain interdepartmental relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals.
• Maintain all assigned metrics and productivity expectations for themselves and their direct reports.
• Prepare special reports and responses, Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs, and decision papers for the medical center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential, and of a complex nature.
• Incumbent will provide a full range of psycho-diagnostic service including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management, suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention, and overall care of patients with psychiatric disorders and chronic disease management.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8am-4:30pm; on call 1 week every 6 weeks.

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