Chief of Podiatry

Job Title

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Manage the podiatry staff and podiatry residents to form a cohesive group to provide comprehensive care of the veteran patient with foot or ankle disease or injury.
• Lead the continuous quality and improvement efforts and ensure patient safety in all realms of podiatric patient care.
• Routinely performs outpatient and inpatient podiatric examinations, determines diagnoses, and initiates treatments based on podiatric education, licensing, and standard of care.
• If the staff Podiatrist has operating privileges, will independently manage cases in the perioperative period and perform Podiatric Surgical procedures as indicated.
• Serve as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees.
• Train/supervise podiatry/medical students, podiatry/medical residents, and midlevel providers.
• Provide patients with education concerning their disease state and expected treatment regimen.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:00am-3:30pm

Telework: Not available

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized