Physician Section Chief - Dermatologist

Dermatology Team Member

Major Duties:

• Participates and manages a diverse Dermatology Team that provides comprehensive care to include diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and education of patients with Dermatologic conditions in inpatient/outpatient settings.
• Documents patient encounters and coding of visits accurately and timely.
• Evaluates, triage, and prioritize Dermatology consult requests to ensure timely care for patients. Performs excisional or diagnostic skin biopsies and minor skin surgeries.
• Reviews images from store and forward program to make treatment recommendations or determine urgency of face-to-face evaluations.
• Supervises providers in the dermatology section, including performance reviews and evaluations; ensuring providers are informed of and adherent to VA policies and procedures.
• Ensures efficient operations of the dermatology section and dermatology clinics.
• Advances the clinical, educational and research missions of VA.
• Participates in multidisciplinary/facility level process improvement teams and workgroups and committees as requested.
• Coordinates care at VA or non-VA referral centers for patients requiring services not provided at the facility such as MOHS surgery.
• Completes CME as required to maintain competency in Dermatology, medical licensure and board certification. HIPAA, Privacy and Security and other mandatory VA training in a timely manner.
• Perform other duties as appropriately assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am - 4:00pm

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Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): A recruitment incentive may be authorized for highly qualified applicants.

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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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