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Physician- Chief Geriatrics & Extended Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 40 days ago
About the Role
The Chief, Geriatrics & Extended Care (GEC) executes leadership characterized by substantial and continuous responsibility and accountability for population groups or integrated programs that cross service and/or discipline lines, influence organizational mission, health care, and policy in the VA Salt Lake City Healthcare System.
What You'll Do
- →Establishes a customer-oriented culture and promotes hiring of persons who fit that culture.
- →Actively identifies and encourages the implementation of best practices in customer service.
- →Empowers staff to resolve problems and complaints independently at the lowest level.
- →Budget and Fiscal Management: Responsible for the financial management of the service, including budget oversight, planning, and management.
- →Develops the annual strategic and budget plan for the service consistent with guidance and goals from the Director's Office and/or Fiscal Service, and oversees its execution and monitoring for complications.
- →Develops and implements tracking methods to monitor the service's fiscal and other key operational activities.
- →Under the direction of the VA WCHCS governance structure, collaborates with other service chiefs in the development and execution of the overall Medical Center strategic and business plan.
- →Plans initiatives and develops programs in collaboration with other services to ensure coordination of service, reduction of redundancies, and enhancement of cost effectiveness, efficiency and overall productivity.
- →Team Building: Develops a team that is technically competent and understands the interrelationships of all the medical center services in achieving the mission.
- →Develops a team that is creative in its efforts to build and maintain a patient-centered, cost-effective, integrated health care system.
- →Builds partnerships with the community to enhance Medical Center goals.
- →Human Resources Management: Responsible for assuring appropriate action in such matters as promotions, selections, rewards and recognition, training, and problem resolution as these actions relate to the service.
- →Responsible for development and implementation of competencies, providing opportunities for continuing education, peer review, career development and professional enrichment for service employees.
- →Maintains good labor-management relations with the unions to resolve personnel problems, proactively plan for changes to the work environment, and develop a high reliability workforce.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
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Job ID: 39d8e928-8da8-471d-a61a-01575a4e1912
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