Physician-VISN 6 Chief Medical Officer (CMO)

Summary

Serves as the Chief Medical Officer for one of eighteen Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISNs) of the Veterans Health Administration. VISN 6 delivers health care services through a network of community-based and home care services, linked access points, medical centers and clinics. VISN programs are coordinated with those of other VISNs located throughout the county. VHA Headquarters in Washington, DC, provides policy development and support to VISN operations.

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Network is an integrated health care delivery system which covers North Carolina and Virginia- a dynamic health care environment including large expanses of highly rural and underserved areas as well as burgeoning metro and suburban areas. Current V6 assets include 45 sites of care : 7 VA Medical Centers (VAMCs); 5 Health Care Centers (HCCs); 31 Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) and 2 free-standing Dialysis Clinics. As one of the fastest growing VISNs in the nation, VISN 6 is continually expanding Veterans Health Administration (VHA) managed sites of care as well as partnerships with other federal and community partners to provide services to an ever growing Veteran population.

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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

The Chief Medical Officer provides direct support to clinicians in all health care facilities and programs within the VISN and interface with Headquarters offices and officials as appropriate for coordination of services throughout VHA. Expert guidance is provided in such areas as clinical programming, established primary care networks, strategic planning for health care delivery, business planning, VISN coordination, academic affairs, human resources, credentialing and privileging, quality improvement and utilization management.

Duties include but are not limited to the following :

• Serves as advisor for all clinical operations within the VISN.
• Oversees contracted service providers and ensures that the system and standards for credentialing and privileging providers are standardized across the VISN.
• Responsible for quality improvement and utilization management throughout the VISN and ensures that all programs are customer focused.
• Ensures availability of a strong primary care base, which offers ease of access to services, and that primary care providers are held accountable for meeting VISN performance goals and standards.
• Ensures availability of primary care, specialty medicine, and mental health patient care services with ease of access to patient population.
• Assures the special programs (i.e., spinal cord injury, blind rehabilitation, Community Care Network oversight, etc.) are delivered and that communications with those monitoring and interested in the provision of special programs, is maintained.
• Spearheads VISN performance goals and standards for all providers.
• Knowledgeable of significant management professional issues that affects the overall operations and administration of VISN health care activities.
• Identifies and analyzes situations and directly advises the VISN Director and Field and Headquarters staff of appropriate interventions to correct problems as they arise.
• Promotes the development of health care professionals in the VISN through counseling, mentoring, teaching, and encouraging self-assessment.
• Contributes to an environment that provides educational activity, and administrative planning and evaluation based on integration and application of current health care principles.
• Establishes mechanisms whereby VISN administration, and other VHA components are informed, in a timely manner, of clinical program developments that affects them.
• Takes an active role as a VISN management team member, providing advice and counsel in defining and accomplishing the VISN's mission and goals.
• Works with the VISN Medical Centers to ensure that facility programs reflect the mission and priorities of the VISN and the VHA.
• Promotes an effective mix, coordination, and support of VISN clinical programs by evaluating current and potential patient population needs, clinical workload and resources, special program mandates and cost / benefit analysis making recommendations to the VISN Director ensuring implementation of approved clinical proposals.
• Provides advice to VISN staff through policy guidance and activities on behalf of patients and their clinical care.

Work Schedule : Monday-Friday, 8 : 00am-4 : 30pm

Telework : Ad Hoc Telework may be available.

Financial Disclosure Report : Required

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Conditions of employment

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 :

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.

Preferred Experience :

1) Additional academic achievement such as a Masters in Business or Healthcare; Bachelors Degree in Business or Healthcare; (2) 3 or more years as a Chief of Staff, Healthcare Administrator, Healthcare Program Manager, or Health information Officer (3) Lead the successful design and implementation of clinical protocols (4) Provide an experienced, clinical perspective to project workgroups & identify and engage other clinicians where necessary to augment own area(s) of subject matter expertise. Champion the roll-out and transformative use of a regional population health management system with an emphasis on clinical change management.(5) Facilitate the development of relationships with network partner providers to effectively implement evidence-based clinical protocols and pathways. Requires the ability to collaborate, listen, and persuade others in executing strategic initiatives.

Reference : For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https : / / www.va.gov / ohrm / QualificationStandards / .

Physical Requirements : Applicant must meet the physical standards established for this position. The physical requirements for this position may include the following tasks which may be performed intermittently : moderate lifting (15-44 lbs.); moderate carrying (15-44 lbs.); Reaching above shoulders; use of fingers; walking (up to 6 hours); Standing (up to 2 hours); Near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; far vision correctable in one eye to 20 / 20 and 20 / 40 in the other; hearing aid permitted; mental and emotional stability required. Please see VA Directive and Handbook 5019 for more information.

Education

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 an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are :

NOTE : The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.

Additional information

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration / Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA / OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

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