Physician (Chief of Medicine)

Chief Of Medicine

Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) located in North Chicago, Illinois is the nation's only fully integrated facility that supports Active Duty Naval service members, Naval recruits, and our nation's Veterans. Our mission is to 'Ready Warriors and Care For Heroes'. With this, we are actively seeking a highly qualified, board-certified Physician to join our team.

The Chief of Medicine is a member of the FHCC's senior management group and works on a day-to-day basis with all of FHCC senior leadership. This includes full participation in senior management discussions, decisions, policymaking, and sharing accordingly in the responsibility for management actions and medical decision-making. Additionally, the role involves planning and implementing a comprehensive health care delivery system responsive to the FHCC patient population's needs, considering the FHCC mission, resource availability, and various policies and guidelines.

Assigned Duties:

• This position will have an assigned panel of patients of at least 20% of the time and has responsibility for providing comprehensive, high-quality, cost-effective healthcare services and consultation to all patients.
• Participates in the development and implementation of long/short-range goals and objectives, and the successful integration of policies concerning both the administrative and clinical aspects.
• Implements and maintains compliance with VHA, VISN12, Navy Medicine East (NME), and the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery policies and regulations and governing administrative aspects.
• Responsible for resource management in all Medicine departments, including identification and distribution of existing resources (funding, personnel, space, equipment, construction), in accordance with priority of need, the promotion of effective resource utilization and reallocation of resources as appropriate, program development and evaluation.
• Long range resource planning and development (multi-year staff, equipment, and space plans, 5-year facility plans, energy conservation and planning, other construction, and maintenance planning).
• Participates in annual budget hearings with Fiscal to determine and project the financial needs of the Medicine Directorate.
• Responsible for the selection, evaluation, disciplinary action, initiation of promotion, and other personnel actions regarding employees within the Medicine Directorate.
• Responsible for leave approval; performance standards and ratings; competencies; providing technical/administrative supervision; hearing/resolving subordinate complaints; disciplinary actions; and identifying developmental/ training needs of employees.
• Establishes organizational structure and guidelines, performance standards, work review, and reporting requirements, and defines the lines of authority and supervisory controls.
• Principal member and/or chairperson on various FHCC committees, including the Board of Directors, Quality Council, Total Forces Management Committee, Leadership Council, etc., as directed. May be required to participate on National VA and VISN committees as needed.
• The incumbent has direct authority and responsibility for services, departments, and sections of the Medicine Directorate (active duty military and civilian staff) which include:
• Specialty Medicine
• Cardiology
• Dermatology
• Endocrine
• Gastroenterology
• Hematology/Oncology
• Infectious Disease
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Pulmonary (Respiratory and Sleep)
• Rheumatology
• Hospitalists
• Intensivists

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm

Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be offered to highly qualified candidates.

EDRP Authorized: EDRP may be authorized depending on Specialty of selected applicant. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, for questions/assistance. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Learn more.

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