Physician (Associate Chief of Staff/Education) with Recruitment/Relocation Incentive

Description:

The VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health Care System, Harlingen, Texas is seeking a Physician (Associate Chief of Staff/Education) responsible for the overall operations of the Education. The ACOS is a facility-based learning leaders with oversight, responsibility, and accountability for all accredited and affiliated clinical trainee programs within the facility.

A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.

Requirements:

Basic Requirements:

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• 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.
• Licensure and Registration: 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.
• Residency Training: 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. (NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are:
  1. Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
  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.
• English Language Proficiency. Physicians appointed to direct patient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. § 7402(d) and 7407(d).

Preferred Experience:

• At least three-five years of professional supervisory and Service Level Chief experience, preferably in VA or the Department of Defense.
• Advances skills to provide a full range of evualtions to determine the type of degree of illnesses within the specialty scope.
• Working knowledge of Education Service budgetary requirements, fiscal planning, workload projections, and productivity measures.
• Working knowledge of regulations and preparation for accrediation survey, e.g., Joint Commission, OIG, CARF.
• Advanced skill in providing leadership and accountability of all aspects of the service in support of the mission and values of the health care system.

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Physical Requirements: Light Lifting under 15 pounds; Light carrying, under 15 pounds; Reaching above shoulder; Use of fingers; Both hands required; Walking (6 hour), Standing (6 hours); Repeated bending (2 hour); Operation of crane, truck, tractor, or motor vehicle; Far vision correctable in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other ; Both eyes required; Depth perception; Ability to distinguish basic colors; Hearing (aid permitted); Mental/emotional stability;.