Physician-(Primary Care)-Section Chief

Veterans Health Administration•Colorado Springs, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Serve as a Physician-Primary Care-Section Chief for Eastern Colorado Health Care System (ECHCS) located in Pueblo, Colorado. We are seeking highly motivated physicians trained in Family or Internal Medicine with an interest in the achievement of clinical and educational goals. Join our dedicated team and share in our commitment to providing excellent care to our Veterans and their families every day. The Section Chief of Primary Care oversees delivery of primary care services for Veterans within ECHCS and provides direct clinical care. The incumbent interacts with Veterans, families, community agencies, and staff, and supports the overall operation of this complex service, including education, clinical leadership, research, quality improvement, and safe equipment practices. The Section Chief ensures alignment with national, network, and local missions and performance measures, manages resources effectively, fosters a collaborative team environment, oversees orientation and training of clinical staff, and proactively identifies service needs and concerns.

Requirements

U.S. 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 allopathic 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

Clinical leadership experience > 3 years
Primary care experience > 5 years
Skilled with Microsoft word, acrobat, excel, database searching
VA/Federal experience
Experience in women's health and chronic pain management

Responsibilities

Oversees delivery of primary care services for Veterans within ECHCS and provides direct clinical care.
Interacts with Veterans, families, community agencies, and staff.
Supports the overall operation of this complex service, including education, clinical leadership, research, quality improvement, and safe equipment practices.
Ensures alignment with national, network, and local missions and performance measures.
Manages resources effectively.
Fosters a collaborative team environment.
Oversees orientation and training of clinical staff.
Proactively identifies service needs and concerns.
Practices in an outpatient clinic setting with ECHCS at the expert level.
Manages the full spectrum of primary care.
Performs histories and physicals.
Initiates and adjusts therapeutic regimens.
Orders diagnostic and therapeutic tests/studies.
Initiates consults to specialty services.
Prescribes medications/supplies in accordance with VA policy and the VA formulary.
Provides appropriate follow-up care.
Triage patients with non-medicine complaints, diseases, and injuries to appropriate discipline for diagnostics and treatment.
Provides leadership and strategic direction for Primary Care.
Manages Primary Care staff.
Supports labor-management relations.
Ensures quality and productivity standards.
Meets the primary care needs of the Veteran population.
Conducts and attending staff meetings.
Supports educational and research activities.
Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements.
Supervises residents.
Maintains accurate documentation.
Safeguards patient confidentiality.
Establishes and upholds standards of clinical competence, monitored through credentialing and privileging processes in accordance with policy.
Contributes to local and network-wide mission, vision, and goals.
Promotes effective problem resolution.
Maintains accountability for all professional and administrative activities within their scope of supervision.
Responsible for strategic direction, business planning, program development, organization, and implementation of Primary Care.
Management / leadership of all Primary Care staff assigned to his/her section.
Labor and management relations.
Standardization of clinical practice.
Assurance of quality metrics.
Meeting the productivity standards and outcome measures.

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)
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
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Eligible for qualifying applicants.
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program.