Deputy Chief of Primary Care
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Internal Medicine
Salary
$278,000
– $320,000
• yearly
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Location
510 Butler Avenue, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 25405, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
11/29/24
Look no further if you are looking for an excellent opportunity for advancement in Primary Care! We are looking for an experienced Internal Medicine Physician to join our team at Martinsburg VA Medical Center. Our Deputy of Primary Care Opportunity has Great Work-Life Balance and Recruitment/Relocation Incentives are authorized.
Located in the heart of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, the Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) can be found on 175 acres in historic Berkeley County and has a service area of more than 70,000 Veterans in West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The Medical Center, part of the VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5), offers a comprehensive range of services, including internal medicine, ambulatory surgery, audiology and speech pathology, dental, nursing home, nutrition, podiatry, prosthetics, women's health, mental health and rehabilitation medicine. Patient care is provided through an integrated primary care concept, and each veteran is assigned to a team of health care providers that follows the patient's care both as an inpatient and an outpatient. It is the mission of the Medical Center to honor America's Veterans as heroes by providing the highest quality health care. The employees of the Martinsburg VAMC are dedicated to improving the quality of life for eligible veterans through excellent health care.
Job Responsibilities
-Initial and ongoing assessment of a patient's medical, physical, and psychosocial status.
-Obtain and document a comprehensive medical and psychological history and physical examination.
-Order appropriate diagnostic tests with review and interpretation resulting in appropriate action (s).
-Formulates and appropriately documents the clinical impression and plan of care.
-Refers patients to specialty care consultants.
-Provides medical advice to patients, families and community health providers as needed for coordination of care.
-Documents patient care in the electronic health record in compliance with the Medical Staff By-Laws and Medical Center Memorandums.
-Works in close collaboration with CBOC Nurse Managers (Coordinators) in conducting daily operations.
-Attends Medical Center meetings, seminars, conferences on behalf of the Primary Care Service.
-Attendance may require presentation of PC Service performance data with improvement plans or clinical case presentations.
-Supervises (1st Line) all physicians/nurse practitioners/physician assistants at all Community Based Outpatient Centers (CBOC) duty stations.
-This includes completion of FPPE/OPPEs, chart reviews, annual appraisals, and disciplinary actions.
-Routine travel (up to once weekly) to CBOC sites for team meetings, supervisory duties, and educational efforts.
-Assists the Service Chief in reviewing the clinical care provided by all service clinicians through direct observation/discussion with providers, clinical review of medical documentation and analysis of clinical outcome metrics.
-The clinical performance metric review requires an understanding of multiple VHA clinical websites/databases.
-In the absence of the Service Chief, the Deputy will provide coverage for the Chief as per the service Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP).
-Other appropriate duties as assigned per the Chief of Primary Care Service.
Qualifications
-United States 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 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.
-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.
-Proficiency in spoken and written English.
-Board Certified in either Internal or Family Medicine.
Working Hours
Skills
-Experience working with a diverse veteran population preferred.