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Physician (Chief of Rheumatology)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 116 days ago
About the Role
The Section of Rheumatology at the Salisbury VA Medical Center in Salisbury, NC is seeking a physician leader with training and expertise in adult Rheumatology to oversee operations at its three sites of care (Salisbury, Charlotte and Kernersville). The Salisbury VAMC is a complexity 1a facility. The medicine specialty program consists of a broad array of services with over 100 specialists and consistently ranked in the top 10 by volume of encounters in the VHA.
What You'll Do
- →VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.
- →VHA Physician Total Rewards.
- →Why join SVA HCS Scale & impact: Medicine specialties at SVA HCS comprise 100+ specialists and consistently rank top 10 in the VHA by encounter volume.
- →Comprehensive Rheumatology services: Robust inpatient and outpatient consult services and diagnostics-including ambulatory bedside ultrasonography, infusion services and more-supported by dedicated staff and operational space at all three sites.
- →Academic environment: Affiliation with Wake Forest University School of Medicine with faculty appointment and flexible protected time for education and research.
- →Team strength: Lead a team totaling ~3 FTE, with regular rotations of fellows, residents and medical students.
- →Primary practice and leadership responsibilities are distributed across Salisbury, Charlotte, and Kernersville VA locations, with established staff, space, and diagnostic capabilities at each site.
- →Duties include, but are not limited to: Administrative: Strengthens and facilitates communication among members of the Rheumatology Section and with other Medicine Service supervisors.
- →Reviews and monitors the clinical privileges of Rheumatology staff in consultation with the provider.
- →Recommends disciplinary action for professional staff conduct detrimental to the service and veteran.
- →Provide leadership and oversight of provider coding practices for billing purposes.
- →Establishes and manages a quality assurance/improvement plan for the Rheumatology section in coordination with quality management.
- →Monitors and approves all leaves of absence for Rheumatology staff members.
- →Clinical: Clinically and administratively directs and supervises the clinical Rheumatology staff.
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 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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