Physician-Deputy Chief of Medical Operations-Psychiatrist

Veterans Health Administration • White City, OR

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Physician Leader serves as the Deputy Chief of Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) Medical Operations-Psychiatrist. The Physician Leader provides a full range of services emphasizing quality, timeliness, and advancing the Veterans Affairs (VA) mission. This includes but is not limited to clinical and administrative oversight of RRTP medical operation activities, and the provision of clinical care in a multidisciplinary setting.

Requirements

• U.S. 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.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• 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).
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Nice To Haves

• Board Certified in Psychiatry.
• 3 years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Broad and overall responsibility for the RRTP medical operations to include full responsibility for clinical practice, program management, education, human resource management, and supervision for the service.
• Autonomously manages substantive parts of specialized, complex, professional services which significantly impact the care provided to Veterans.
• Provides leadership with objective, independent assessments and recommendations for policy, operational, and administrative issues and initiatives requiring decision.
• Monitor work performance to ensure that requirements are satisfied.
• Interpret and process a wide variety of data related to program planning and specialized needs of the Veterans, the service, and the medical center.
• Ensure policies or issues have been fully coordinated, vetted, and staffed.
• Advise leadership on implications, key issues, and relationships to interest groups (both internal and external) and recommend courses of action.
• Coordinate and negotiate resolutions to complex problems.
• Ensure compliance with accrediting agencies and regulatory requirements and assure corrective action is initiated as needed.
• Maintain interdepartmental relations with other services to accomplish medical center goals.
• Maintain all assigned metrics and productivity expectations for themselves and their direct reports.
• Prepare special reports and responses, Congressional responses, briefing papers, issue briefs, and decision papers for the medical center leadership, which may be highly sensitive, confidential, and of a complex nature.
• Provide a full range of psycho-diagnostic services including diagnostic assessment, medication evaluation and management, suicide risk assessments, crisis intervention, and overall care of patients with psychiatric disorders and chronic disease management.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• annual performance bonus
• regular salary increases
• 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)
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
• 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
• Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
• Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree