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Physician - Chief of Medicine
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be eligible for highly-qualified applicants.
- →Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
- →EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →This role is responsible for ensuring high-quality, patient-centered care; setting and achieving operational goals; overseeing service-wide performance improvement, quality measures, and access standards; and managing a diverse team of physicians and staff across multiple subspecialties.
- →The Chief of Medicine directs clinical operations, ensures regulatory and accreditation compliance, stewards budget and resource utilization, and collaborates closely with facility leadership to advance strategic priorities and optimize care delivery for Veterans.
- →Core Duties: Provides executive clinical leadership for all Medicine Service programs, ensuring safe, effective, high-quality inpatient and outpatient specialty care aligned with VHA standards.
- →Oversees day-to-day operations of Medicine Service, including workload management, patient flow, service efficiency, and resource allocation across all subspecialty sections.
- →Supervises and evaluates physicians and clinical staff, ensuring appropriate credentialing, privileging, performance management, and adherence to policy and professional standards.
- →Ensures compliance with regulatory, accreditation, and VA policy requirements, maintaining continuous readiness and high-quality clinical performance.
- →Directs quality, safety, and performance-improvement initiatives, including monitoring clinical outcomes and implementing evidence-based practices.
- →Leads service-level strategic planning, aligning Medicine Service goals with facility and VISN priorities, and identifies opportunities for service expansion and modernization.
- →Manages emergency and continuity operations, including COOP planning, staff preparedness, and operational capability during facility disruptions.
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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical 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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