Physician-Deputy Chief- Primary Care

Job Title

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Job Description

Major duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide care on an as-needed (prn) float basis, including diagnosis, care and treatment, as well as consultations to other services when requested.
• Responsible for all facets of acute patient care.
• Will assist in completing quality management reviews.
• Must be computer literate with computer skills to access and input electronic medical documentation.
• Responsible for the successful achievement of applicable Performance Measure and Monitors his/her areas of responsibility.
• Incumbent will take an active part in the peer review process and complete Physician's reviews on time.
• Possess a broad spectrum of clinical and administrative knowledge which provides the ability to manage a primary care program.
• Provide leadership and direction for the primary care providers, clinical leaders and administrative support staff.
• Responsible for planning, developing, implementing, managing, and refining a comprehensive patient management.
• Responsible for implementing handbooks, rules, directives, policies and regulations governing a widespread range of administrative aspects.
• Participate as a member, lead or champion of process improvement teams, leadership committees such as Executive Committee of the Medical Staff, Patient Aligned Care Team Committees, Peer Review Committee.
• Responsible for strategic and tactical planning, the budget process, and performance improvement initiatives for the organization.
• Ensure appropriate primary care provider workload, efficiency, productivity, and patient access is met to include institutional benchmarks for clinical care delivery.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in interpersonal relations, including the ability to appropriately and courteously relate to internal and external customers.
• Provide direct patient care, and coverage for primary care panels, which will be commensurate/proportionate with his/her administrative time.

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

US Department of Veterans Affairs