Physician (Chief of Emergency Medicine)

Veterans Health Administration•Lexington, KY

About The Position

The Chief of the Emergency Department provides administrative, clinical, and programmatic leadership to ensure the department achieves its clinical, research, and education goals. The incumbent reports to the Chief of Staff and serves as a key clinical resource for the Medical Center Director and Chief of Staff. The position provides direct patient care on a rotational basis and clinical oversight across the Emergency Department, Urgent Care Clinic, resuscitation/trauma bay, observation/clinical decision unit, triage area, and other specialty areas where the physician is qualified to provide care. Planning is based on patient and staff feedback and projected needs, with a patient-centered approach intended to enhance patient education and shared decision-making. The Chief identifies and encourages best practices in customer service, empowers staff to resolve problems and complaints at the lowest level, and serves as or supervises a service lead physician for quality and safety improvement initiatives and utilization management. The incumbent ensures services can meet standards issued by accrediting and regulatory groups and VACO, and works closely with the Associate Chief of Staff for Education and Simulation. The position is scheduled Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Requirements

Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine from an appropriately approved or accredited institution.
Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, or the District of Columbia.
Completion of qualifying residency training in an accredited core specialty training program leading to board-certification eligibility, or an alternate training and practice pathway specified in the announcement.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
U.S. citizenship, subject to the stated VA policy exception for non-citizens when qualified citizens cannot be recruited.
Pass a pre-employment physical evaluation and meet other stated pre-employment, security, onboarding, and application requirements.

Nice To Haves

Board-certified or board-eligible physician in Emergency Medicine; board certification is preferred.
Advanced clinical experience.
Demonstrated administrative leadership skills.

Responsibilities

Provide administrative, clinical, and programmatic leadership for the Emergency Department.
Provide direct patient care on a rotational basis and clinical oversight in the Emergency Department, Urgent Care Clinic, resuscitation/trauma bay, observation/clinical decision unit, triage area, and other qualified specialty areas.
Base planning on patient and staff feedback and projected needs.
Plan services with a patient-centered vision to enhance patient education and shared decision-making.
Identify and encourage implementation of customer-service best practices.
Empower staff to resolve problems and complaints independently at the lowest level.
Serve as or supervise a service lead physician for quality and safety improvement initiatives and utilization management.
Ensure services meet standards issued by accrediting and regulatory groups and VACO.
Work closely with the Associate Chief of Staff for Education and Simulation.

Benefits

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and regular salary increases.
50–55 days of paid time off per year, including annual leave, sick leave, federal holidays, and possible paid absence for CME.
Traditional federal pension with five-year vesting and federal 401(k) with up to 5% in VA contributions.
Federal health, vision, dental, term life, and long-term care insurance; many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement.
Possible $1,000 per year CME reimbursement for full-time, board-certified physicians.
Free liability protection with tail coverage.
No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting.

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