Physician - Gastroenterology Section Chief

Job Title

Physician

Duties

Duties include but are not limited to:

• The supervisory physician must complete VA Supervisor Training within their first 3 months of employment.
• Must qualify for and receive a Joint Faculty appointment at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) and Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM).
• Patient Care: Practitioners are expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
• Medical/Clinical Knowledge: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others.
• Clinical Judgment: To ensure practice-based learning and improvement, practitioners are expected to be able to use scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Practitioners are expected to demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.
• Leadership responsibilities: organizing staff meetings, communication both down to staff and up to leadership, to include heads up (for acute patient-related outcomes) and issue briefs.
• The Section Chief works with the Service Chiefs and Administrative Officers to analyze data, prepare reports, and plan for improvement from a variety of VA reports and other performance measures created by VA.
• Human Resources, Staff Management, and Time/Leave Management.
• Clinical Management including indirect patient care: open encounter and open consult management, CPRS documentation requirements, oversight of clinic scheduling and access, ensuring staff productivity, and oversight of relevant performance measures.
• The Section Chief functions as a liaison to Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Education and the respective Program Director for UME/GME issues.
• He/she ensures orientation to service rotation for program trainees (GI fellows, residents, students).
• Practitioners are expected to show effectiveness in teaching, monitor and coordinate educational activities, and comply with necessary trainee supervision.
• The Section Chief functions as a liaison to ACOS for Research for research issues concerning their section.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:45am - 4:30pm, may include some on call coverage.