Physician (Associate Chief of Staff, Primary Care)

Primary Care Assistant Chief of Staff

The incumbent is responsible for leading and managing the Primary Care Service in partnership with the PC Deputy Chief, PC Chief Nurse and PC Administrative Officer. This senior management team works collaboratively to deliver primary care services to veterans, at the medical center and at six community based outpatient clinics, located in Louisville, Grayson, Fort Knox and Carrollton, Kentucky, and New Albany and Scottsburg, Indiana. Direct occupational health and women health services. Ensure outstanding, cost-effective care is delivered in all areas of the service; and oversee and administer the human and fiscal resources devoted to carrying out the clinical, training, and research missions.

The Primary Care ACOS has specific supervisory responsibility for licensed independent practitioners in the service but functions within a matrix organization with shared managerial accountability over all sections/patient care lines within the PC. The incumbent is expected to demonstrate a commitment to ongoing clinical competence through continued performance of direct patient care in their specialty.

Partner effectively with the Chief Nurse and Administrative Officer to form a high performing Management Team responsible for all operations in Primary Care. Collaborate effectively with other RRVAMC clinical service leaders in the development and execution of the overarching RRVAMC strategic and business plan, ensuring coordination of service, reduction of redundancies, and enhancement of cost effectiveness. Build and articulate PC vision with related goals, strategies, and tactics that promote care delivery that is both of high quality and efficient and that emphasize Veteran satisfaction; manage proactively and efficiently a broad continuum of programs including all associated personnel, equipment, supplies, space, contracts, and information system resources; instill a culture of data fluency in which all leaders within the service will have facility with tools available to measure and monitor safety, quality, access, efficiency, productivity, and Veteran and employee experience, and will use these tools as appropriate to benchmark performance, help shape resource allocation decisions, and target opportunities for improvement; maintain policies, procedures, and clinical practices that accord with contemporary, evidence-based practices in inpatient and emergency settings and with national standards as established by VHA, The Joint Commission, and other accrediting bodies; ensure that all business operations and health information practices within Primary Care adhere to the laws, regulations and standards which govern those activities, the reasonable expectations of VHA's business partners, and the highest standards of Compliance and Business Integrity; stay abreast of changing conditions in health care within and external to VA, and encourage demonstration projects, pilots and other experimental approaches aimed at improving clinical outcomes/satisfaction and/or increasing revenue; assemble timely budget formulations, monitor the services' fiscal activities, and manage fund control points conscientiously.

Meet performance measures and VHA Core Competencies specific for Primary Care: Performance Measures: The ACOS is responsible for ensuring that those performance measures are met. Some performance measures also involve multiple services and must be coordinated with those services to achieve the desired outcome. For specifics of each measure, review the Executive Career Field (ECF) Performance Plan, SAIL, and other relevant metrics. The performance measures are periodically revised by VACO and VISN 9; therefore, the incumbent should review the annual publication of the Technical Manual for the VHA Performance Measurement System from the Office of Quality and Performance.

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases. 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). Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA. Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement). 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory. Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification). Free liability protection with tail coverage provided. No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting. Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm.

US Department of Veterans Affairs