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Physician (CHIEF SURGICAL SERVICES)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 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 Incentives.
- →Recruitment incentives may be authorized to full-time, part time[,] or intermittent individuals in their first appointment as a Federal employee or to a newly appointed former Federal employee with at least a 90-day break in service.
- →Relocation Incentives.
- →Relocation incentives may be authorized to full-time Federal employees who must change worksite[s] and physically relocate to a different geographic area when the approving official determines that without the incentive, it would be difficult to fill the position with a high-quality candidate.
- →EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive.
- →Maintains overall responsibility for clinical quality, patient safety, and access to surgical care across all surgical specialties.
- →Develops and implements strategic plans to support growth, efficiency, and modernization of surgical programs.
- →Ensures compliance with all VHA directives, Joint Commission standards, accreditation requirements, and medical center policies.
- →Collaborates closely with the Chief of Staff and Medical Center Director in establishing surgical service and organizational priorities and operational goals.
- →Collaborates with clinical and administrative services, including anesthesia, dental, medicine, sterile processing, nursing services, education and research, human resources, fiscal, supply chain, safety, etc.
- →Handles personnel management responsibilities and accountability activities for surgical service.
- →Oversees recruitment, retention, and professional development of surgeons and surgical service staff to maintain a highly qualified 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 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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