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Physician (Emergency Medicine) - Chief
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
On-site West Palm Beach, FL $300K – $400K Apply by Dec 31, 2026 Medical Officer ESTJ OperationsHealthcare
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The Chief of the Emergency Medicine Service reports directly to the Chief of Staff and is responsible for the clinical and administrative functions of the Emergency Department. The incumbent is responsible for participation and oversight of staff physicians and NP/PA/ICT patient care performance measures, compliance, training, and performance improvement, recruitment and retention of highly qualified and experienced providers, participation in various Medical Center committees.
What You'll Do
- →Meeting with all providers in the Emergency Department regularly to review protocols, procedures, expectations for transported/transferred patients, including minor trauma victims.
- →Monitoring established VA/VISN/Joint Commission, etc, performance measures and identified goals for the Emergency Department (e.g. physician report card), and provide providers with group and individual feedback on how to improve and/or sustain achieved success in such metrics/measures, including faculty development programs where applicable.
- →Regularly meet ("huddle") with Emergency Department providers and nursing staff to discuss departmental performance and barriers to achieving performance measure/workflow success.
- →Develop solutions at the lowest level whenever possible, employing LEAN management principles and thinking.
- →Work to eliminate wasted efforts/work/testing in the Emergency Department, and develop and/or utilize preexisting patient care protocols (Acute Coronary Syndrome, Stroke, Sepsis) and develop tools to monitor the success of those efforts.
- →Developing, implementing, and sustaining an orientation/standard work manual/and-or process for all providers in the Emergency Department.
- →Work with the VA Utilization Management (UM) department staff to monitor the preadmission screening process and its success in impacting InterQual appropriate inpatient admission/observation status utilization performance measures.
- →Monitoring overall performance of all providers' in the Emergency Department and provide performance improvement opportunities and/or interventions as appropriate.
- →This includes, but is not limited to performing FPPE/OPPEs and ensuring the RVU tool reflects appropriate data.
- →Conducting Peer Reviews of Emergency Department providers and attend the Peer Review Committee on a monthly basis.
- →Reviewing and responding to all Emergency Department ePIR and eROCs in a timely manner.
- →Monitor Emergency Department workforce needs and budget.
- →Collaborate with the Medicine Service Group Practice Manager to develop budgets and conduct a yearly needs assessment Maintaining an up-to-date schedule which provides appropriate provider coverage in the Emergency Department.
- →Recruitment efforts for providers in the Emergency Department.
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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