Physician - General Physiatrist/Amputee Medical Director - Martinez

Department of Veterans Affairs • Martinez, CA

71d

About The Position

Under the direct administrative supervision of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service Chief, the Physician - General Physiatrist/Amputee Medical Director provides leadership and consultations for the outpatient amputee clinic, TBI clinic, musculoskeletal clinic and provides direct and comprehensive patient care to the veterans involved in the clinic. This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 29th, 2025. Eligible applications received after that date will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Requirements

• Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Responsibilities

• Sets priorities, delegate tasks, and meet multiple deadlines.
• Have skill in managing and directing the work of others to accomplish program goals and objectives, and ability to devise ways to adapt work operations to new and changing programs, and staffing.
• Responsible for Performance measures relative to the Amputee PM&R program and monitors as well as promoting adherence to VA regulations and Joint Commission standards, OIG requirements and SOARS guidelines.
• Assists with PM&R Service peer reviews including the Focused Professional Practice Evaluation (FPPE) and Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation (OPPE) of the staff physiatrists.
• Participates in the selection of qualified personnel, and additional administrative processes, creating and approving policies for the continued improvement of processes.
• Initiates interdisciplinary team activities to achieve optimum interdepartmental cooperation to assure the quality patient care is maintained or improved.
• Is responsible for the progressive improvement of the service delivery, which may include programmatic participation in initiatives within the facility.
• Plans, leads, and provides educational opportunities for staff, patients and families while supporting staff education and certification relative to Amputee PM&R program.
• Develops and monitors compliance with VHA Compliance and Business Integrity practice standards and guidelines on documentation, workload, data entry, ethical practice and service delivery relative to Amputee PM&R program.
• Assists with credentialing, including primary source verification of degree and license or state certification.
• Collaboration with Human Resources to track required licensure and/or certification for all CPOs, including continuing education requirements, license renewal, and other requirements Physiatrists must meet to deliver appropriate care.
• The Amputee Medical Director within Physical Medicine and Rehab must have knowledge of and ability to apply advanced professional knowledge in physiatry, spinal cord injury, amputee, and neuromuscular and musculoskeletal diseases along with the required techniques to address the full range of veteran populations.
• Provides professional advice and consultation in areas related to physiatry medicine and rehabilitation;
• Performs physiatry evaluations upon referral from primary care providers and other providers at VA NorCal and its CBOCs as well as inter-facility consults.
• Providing a full range of care with complicated bracing needs for patients that have complex physical, behavioral, and psychosocial problems, requiring individualized, comprehensive care from dedicated specialists and medical consults.
• Provides supervision to medical students and residents.

Benefits

• Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
• 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)
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Administration of Human Resource Programs
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees