Hbpc physician- medical director

Summary

The HBPC Medical Director, appointed by the Chief of Staff, must be a physician who is responsible for the overall medical care delivered by the HBPC team. NOTE: In facilities with academic affiliations, the HBPC Medical Director is encouraged to have a faculty appointment and be involved in academic activities.

Duties

The HBPC Medical Director is responsible for:

• Collaborating with the HBPC Program Director to:
• Provide leadership to the HBPC Program
• Plan and direct the educational and clinical experience of medical students, residents, and fellows assigned to the HBPC Program
• Assume a leadership role in the development and implementation of HBPC's performance improvement plan.
• Advocate for HBPC with VHA leadership and the medical community
• Jointly select HBPC team members for staffing
• Providing clinical input and oversight for all patient treatment plans
• Being readily available to the team members for collaboration when medical or other problems arise.
• Participating in HBPC team meetings
• Keeping the HBPC team apprised of medical care advances and practice standards.
• Arranging physician coverage and communicating the plan of coverage to the HBPC team
• Serving as back-up for other HBPC team physicians
• Collaborating with other HBPC Medical Directors, VISN leadership, and VA Central Office staff on program development issues

The Goals, Priorities, and Responsibilities of the SLC VHA HBPC Medical Director are as follows:

1. Ensuring Excellent Patient-Centered Care for current HBPC Patients
2. Improving Care for HBPC Patients
3. Facilitate a supportive interdisciplinary clinical learning environment for team members and trainees alike
4. Serve as a liaison between HBPC team and the VA and University Aging Researchers to advocate for HBPC inclusion and representation in research to improve care for all aging Veterans and represent HBPC in the academic community
5. Other duties as assigned

Work Schedule:

Mon-Fri, 8:00am-4:30pm

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

VHA Physician Total Rewards.

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

Requirements Conditions of employment

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.