Job Description
Summary
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.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position - you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.
Basic Requirements:
- United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
- Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine
- The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed
- Current - full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State - Territory - or Commonwealth of the United States - or in the District of Columbia
- Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training - approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
- (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) -OR (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States) - which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences
- Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs)
- PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e. - not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis
- PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged
- rather - they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision
- Additionally - surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Reference: For more information on this qualification standard - please visit
- Physical Requirements: Sitting for long periods of time
- Environmental Factors: Working closely with others
- Working alone.
Duties
- Duties may include but are not limited to: Provides broad program management responsibilities of a clinical care team - including leadership in the development - implementation - evaluation - and oversight of a complex program responsible for clinical care of Veterans
- Leads a multidisciplinary team that may include psychologists - physicians - social workers - nurses - and other health care professionals and trainees
- Responsible for the development - implementation - and oversight of operational policies and procedures for the treatment team - with the approval of the affiliated Section Director and/or Service Line Leader
- Collaborates with Patient Aligned Care Teams (PACT) and extended PACT leadership in order to conduct integrative clinical operations
- Conducts ongoing program evaluation and data-driven quality improvement projects that monitor the effectiveness of clinical operations within their respective program(s)
- Has direct or indirect (through subordinate supervision) administrative and professional supervision of subordinates
- Functions as the first line supervising authority (i.e. - rater) for 14 employees
- For these individuals - the incumbent provides administrative - as well as clinical - supervision and/or consultation as appropriate
- Provides administrative oversight and clinical consultation to 5 other interdisciplinary team members for whom the incumbent is not the designated first line rating authority
- Provides clinical supervision to trainees as appropriate
- Independently provides consultation to PACT - functional assessments and diagnostic services for Veterans with a broad range of psychopathology and receiving care within the PCMHI team - including services for patients with complex psychopathology requiring advanced psycho-diagnostic skills
- Demonstrates expertise in using and teaching others about functional assessments - brief evaluation and interventions for Veterans presenting with the full range of mental and behavioral health conditions in PACT
- Provides education to patients and family members regarding mental disorders and best practices approaches to treatment
- Provides comprehensive assessment of Veterans at imminent risk of harm to self and/or others (including grave disability) - and facilitates admission for acute psychiatric hospitalization
- Provides evidence-based pharmacotherapy for an assigned panel of patients - with evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions as indicated and appropriate
- Responsible for the initiation of appropriate health care consults and referrals - as indicated
- Provides consultation to health care providers about assessment findings and treatment plan for patients to ensure that care is coordinated - collaborative - and integrated within the Medical Center
- VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package
- VHA Physician Total Rewards
- Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized for highly qualified applicants
- Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more
- EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
- Contact [email protected] - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance Pay: Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave - 13 days of sick leave - 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory CME: Possible $1 -000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification) Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting Work Schedule: Monday through Friday - 8:00am to 4:30pm Compressed Tour: Authorized
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