Physician (Medical Director)

Clinical Medical Director

The Clinical Medical Director must be able to perform all services required in the practice of Internal Medicine in the context of the VA system (the spectrum of patient illnesses typically seen in the Medical Center) and document appropriately in the electronic record. Educational experiences are also provided to appropriate health care personnel who are involved in Primary Care (e.g., admitting, or consultative service team members such as fellows, residents, medical students, social work interns/staff, physician assistant and nursing students, Utilization management personnel, and Internal Medicine staff). Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Participate in all required UM/QM activities relating to Primary Care to monitor the preadmission screening process and its success in impacting InterQual appropriate outpatient admissions / observation status utilization performance measures.
• Responsible for outpatient care, and graduate and undergraduate medical education, and scientific research as appropriate.
• During scheduled tour hours, be available for all internal medicine interventions as part of the PACT / CBOC staff team.
• Perform outpatient medical evaluations and treatment.
• Provide or assist PA/NPs in the process of evaluation and treatment of the Internal Medicine patient, and actively participate in corrective actions against untoward responses to medical interventions.
• Apply accepted protocols for assessment of individual patients presenting with various medical conditions according to accepted community and VA standards.
• Arrange for appropriate follow-up care for those patients following scheduled appointments.
• Assist in representing the Primary Care at all applicable hospital administrative and patient care meetings.
• Assist in meeting with all providers in the Primary Care regularly to review protocols, procedures, expectations for transported/transferred patients, including minor trauma victims.
• Assist in monitoring established VA/VISN/Joint Commission, etc., performance measures and identified goals for the Primary Care team (e.g., physician report card), and provide providers with group and individual feedback on how to improve and/or sustain achieved success in such metrics/measures, including faculty development programs where applicable.
• Regularly meet with Internal Medicine providers and nursing staff to discuss departmental performance and barriers to achieving performance measure/workflow success. Develop solutions at the lowest level whenever possible, employing LEAN management principles and thinking.
• Work to eliminate wasted efforts/work/testing in the Primary Care section, developing and/or utilizing preexisting patient care protocols (Acute Coronary Syndrome, Stroke, Sepsis) and monitoring the success of those efforts.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00 am- 4:30 pm. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Is being offered to qualified candidates.

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

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