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Physician - Section Chief, Sleep Medicine
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 128 days ago
About the Role
The Section of Sleep Medicine at the Salisbury VA HealthCare Center (SVA HCS), in NC is seeking a physician leader with training and expertise in sleep medicine to oversee operations at its three sites of care (Salisbury, Charlotte and Kernersville). The SVA HCS 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
- →Lead a high-performing Sleep Medicine program serving America's Veterans The Section of Sleep Medicine at the Salisbury VA Health Care System (SVA HCS), a complexity 1a facility, seeks a physician leader with training and expertise in adult Sleep Medicine to oversee operations across our three sites of care: Salisbury, Charlotte, and Kernersville.
- →As Section Chief, Sleep Medicine, you will: Provide clinical leadership and operational oversight for Sleep Medicine services across Salisbury, Charlotte, and Kernersville.
- →Deliver and supervise complex inpatient and outpatient sleep care, including consult services and diagnostic testing.
- →Advance education & research: Serve as a clinician-educator-research faculty member with flexible protected time for scholarly and educational activities; hold a faculty appointment at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (academic rank commensurate with experience).
- →Mentor and supervise trainees: Residents and medical students regularly rotate in Sleep Medicine clinics; you will guide training and curriculum development.
- →Drive quality & improvement: Lead process improvement initiatives and champion high-reliability principles across the section.
- →Why join SVA HCS Scale & impact: Our Medicine specialty program comprises 100+ specialists and is consistently ranked top 10 in the VHA by encounter volume.
- →Comprehensive sleep services: Robust inpatient and outpatient consultative care supported by dedicated staff and space at all three sites.
- →Diagnostics include a Sleep Lab performing ~2,000 studies annually, >3,000 home sleep apnea test (HSAT) set-ups each year, and overnight oximetry assessments.
- →Academic excellence: The Sleep Medicine Section is affiliated with Wake Forest University School of Medicine and has been continuously accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for over 15 years.
- →Mission-driven culture: A system highly focused on outcomes, quality, and continuous improvement-where research activity is encouraged and supported.
- →What we offer A meaningful leadership role with system-wide impact serving Veterans across three modern care sites.
- →Academic appointment at Wake Forest University School of Medicine with protected time for teaching and research.
- →Collaborative, well-resourced environment with accredited programs and strong diagnostic capabilities.
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.
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