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Physician - Service Chief/Geriatrics and Extended Care
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
About the Role
The New York Harbor VAMC, St. Albans Campus, is recruiting for a full time Service Chief for Geriatrics and Extended Care (CLC). The Service Chief is accountable to the Executive Chief of Staff for the organization and delivery of intermediate inpatient and outpatient medical care provided at the ECC and its outpatient clinics. This position may be eligible for a sign-on bonus for highly qualified candidates.
What You'll Do
- →This position is located at the St.
- →Albans Campus of the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System.
- →VA New York Harbor provides care to eligible Veterans via 3 medical centers and 2 community-based outpatient clinics.
- →The Margaret Cochran VA Campus is a high complexity facility located in Manhattan with a major educational affiliation with the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
- →The Brooklyn Campus provides acute inpatient medical and surgical services with a major affiliation with SUNY-Health Science Center - Brooklyn.
- →Albans Campus houses a community living center as well as outpatient services.
- →The Service Chief of GEC directs the educational and performance improvement activities on the St.
- →Albans campus, integrating them and the delivery of medical care with the facility's mission, vision, and strategic plans.
- →Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: A.
- →Administrative Responsibilities: (1) Ensures that extended care services are aligned with the facility's mission, vision and strategic plan.
- →Provides input as requested to the strategic plan.
- →(2) Provides for the integration of medical care with other services and programs within and outside the CLC.
- →Develops and implements appropriate. policies and procedures to provide guidance in and ensure coordination of care.
- →(3) Directs and supervises the activities of the CLC, including both inpatient and outpatient services.
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
This role is commonly a great fit for these MBTI types:
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