Physician - Hospitalist Section Chief

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Job Description

In this role, the incumbent will also provide feedback and patient education to the patients and their families and will demonstrate excellence in all facets of patient care that meets or exceeds compliance standards. The incumbent will provide evaluations for other services, including the CLC (long-term care unit), and the emergency department (ED), and perform administrative functions and other tasks as assigned by the Chief of the Medicine Service. The incumbent is expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health and treatment of critical illnesses. The ideal candidate should possess strong interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team. The incumbent is expected to adhere to stated policies and provide timely documentation of clinical notes (e.g., admission H&Ps, daily progress notes and discharge summaries). In addition, the incumbent is expected to coordinate and communicate the treatment plan with other inpatient and outpatient health care providers involved in the care of the patients.

Administrative Duties (20%)

• The incumbent will ensure operations and compliance with Veterans Health Administration guidelines for Hospitalist Section of Medical Service. The incumbent will provide leadership as the Section Chief of the Hospitalist Section. This will include, but not be limited to, managing the schedules of employees within the hospital section; ensuring consistent, up to date, call schedule coverage and posting; the holding of at least monthly section meetings; allocation of resources to ensure adequate coverage/availability of clinical programs; and direction and development of quality improvement (QI) processes and projects.
• Attend weekly and monthly staff meetings as required; work directly with the facility leadership team on evaluations and training requirements for assigned staff.

Clinical Duties (80%)

• The incumbent is expected to remain privileged in Internal /Hospitalist Medicine. The exact Professional privileges and Standards procedures for a particular physician will be approved by the Professional Standard's Board.
• The incumbent is responsible for conducting and performing daily patient care rounding while supervising medical staff duties.
• Reviewing EMR and determining care plans for hospitalized patients, transferring patients, and discharging patients.
• Running RRTs and Code Blues.
• Collaborates directly with other sections of the hospital on patient care.

Benefits

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized.( Approved for highly qualified candidates).

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Authorized.

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

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am to 4:30pm.

US Department of Veterans Affairs