Join VA Long Beach as Deputy Chief of Medicine, Lead Excellence in Veteran Care in Sunny Southern CA

• Provide leadership and oversight for Medicine Service clinical operations, helping ensure high quality, safe, and efficient care across inpatient, outpatient specialty, and procedural settings.
• Assist with recruitment and onboarding of personnel, position management requests, compliance with applicable regulations, and resolution of patient complaints, while supporting credentialing, privileging, FPPE/OPPE, and peer review processes.
• Participate in and help lead Medicine Service, facility, VISN, and national committees, including systems redesign and quality improvement projects focused on access, quality, safety, and patient and staff experience.
• Provide direct patient care in your clinical specialty (approximately 40% of effort), maintain excellence in documentation and clinical practice, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams in managing complex Veteran patients.
• Supervise and teach trainees—students, residents, and fellows—through bedside teaching and formal educational activities such as conferences and Grand Rounds, modeling professional behavior and sound administrative practices.
• Mentor junior faculty and fellows on scholarly and quality improvement projects, and support the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and guidelines that promote comprehensive, coordinated, patient centered care.

• Competitive starting annual salary at the VM?15 level, commensurate with credentials and experience.
• Employees are eligible to receive performance based pay annually, subject to VA policy and total compensation caps.
• Employees may also qualify for Proficiency Awards, which are available in addition to Pay for Performance incentives.
• Regular salary reviews occur every two years, with annual cost of living adjustments.

• Must be US citizen
• M.D. or D.O. from an accredited medical school (or ECFMG certification for international graduates).
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in the United States.
• Completion of an ACGME? or AOA accredited residency in Internal Medicine or an appropriate specialty, with board certification.
• Demonstrated experience and high competence in clinical medicine, plus experience in medical administration and a strong interest in leadership roles.

• Recruitment/relocation incentive may be available for highly qualified candidates, subject to approval.
• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) may be available for this position, subject to program eligibility and approval.
• Continuing Medical Education (CME) support and protected time per VA policy.
• Generous paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance with options for family coverage through federal employee benefit programs.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.
• Federal pension (FERS) with five year vesting plus Social Security, and Thrift Savings Plan (401k equivalent) with up to a 5% VA match.
• Malpractice coverage with tail coverage and liability protection provided by the federal government.

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.