Physician - Community Living Center Medical Director

Job Description

Join our Team at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA as a Physician - Community Living Center Medical Director!

The Extended Care and Palliative Medicine Service (EC&PMS) Community Living Center (CLC) Medical Director provides clinical leadership through direction and coordination of medical care for CLC residents across VA Palo Alto Healthcare System (VAPAHCS).

Supervisory Duties

• Provides direct supervision and administrative oversight of assigned CLC physicians, advanced practice providers, and other clinical staff.

• Plans, assigns, directs, and reviews the work of assigned providers based on clinical priorities, workload, staffing needs, and program requirements.

• Establishes performance expectations and ensures assigned staff understand duties, responsibilities, clinical standards, productivity expectations, and service priorities.

• Completes performance plans, progress reviews, annual evaluations, competency reviews, and other supervisory documentation.

• Identifies performance or conduct concerns and works with GECS leadership, Human Resources, and other appropriate offices.

• Reviews and approves leave requests, clinic coverage, provider schedules, and workload assignments.

• Participates in recruitment, interviewing, selection recommendations, onboarding, credentialing, privileging, and orientation of CLC medical providers.

Clinical Duties

• Provides clinical leadership and oversight for medical care delivered to CLC residents.

• Ensures CLC medical care is timely, appropriate, Veteran-centered, evidence-based, and consistent with VA standards.

• Provides direct patient care as assigned and as needed to support CLC clinical operations.

• Oversees the clinical management of Veterans with complex geriatric, rehabilitative, long-term care, skilled nursing, respite, dementia, chronic disease, and palliative care needs.

• Coordinates medical care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, including nursing, rehabilitation, social work, pharmacy, psychology, and other clinical services.

• Promotes safe and appropriate medication management, including monitoring of psychotropic medication use, high-risk medications, polypharmacy, pain management, and deprescribing efforts when clinically indicated.

• Accepts on call coverage responsibilities as scheduled.

Administrative and Program Management Duties

• Provides administrative leadership for CLC medical provider operations.

• Represents the CLC and Geriatrics and Extended Care Service on facility committees, workgroups, regulatory readiness activities, and performance improvement initiatives.

• Reviews clinical outcomes, quality indicators, resident safety data, performance measures, workload reports, and operational dashboards related to CLC care.

Education and Training

• Participates in CLC-related educational activities, in-services, case conferences, interdisciplinary training, and staff development activities.

• Supports education related to geriatric care, long-term care, rehabilitation, dementia care, palliative care, serious illness communication, safe prescribing, resident rights, quality improvement, and regulatory readiness.

• May participate in academic, teaching, faculty, or trainee supervision responsibilities in collaboration with affiliated institutions, as appropriate.

Research and Quality Improvement

• Participates in quality improvement, systems redesign, and performance improvement projects related to CLC operations and resident care.

• May participate in research, scholarly work, or program evaluation activities when appropriate and approved.

Benefits and Features

• Expected Salary range from $315K to $335K (negotiable based on candidate's qualifications, credentials and experience).

• Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Authorized.

• Work Schedule: Full-time. Schedule will be determined by supervisor.

• 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.

We encourage you to consider VA employment in Palo Alto, CA. We offer both a mission you can put your heart into and a home for fun, new experiences. Join a team that values a healthy home/work life balance and be rewarded by your role in keeping the promise to those who served.

Contact Information

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