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Physician (Medicial Director-Emergency Medicine) w/Recruitment/Relocation Incent

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Summary The Amarillo VA Health Care System - Amarillo - Texas is seeking a full-time Physician (Medical Director-Emergency Medicine) to manage and direct the activities assigned - provided it is done in agreement with the objectives - policies - and standards of the hospital and within recognized ethical - moral - and legal guidelines. This position will have 0.5 FTE at minimum of clinical and 0.5 FTE administrative time. A Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for a highly qualified candidate.

Qualifications 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: Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) - b) OR Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) -OR 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

Physical Requirements: See outlined below

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: Board Certified in Emergency Medicine Career emergency medicine physician with proven clinical and administrative skills

Demonstrated knowledge and ability in the financial - managerial - and marketing aspects of emergency medicine

Meets ACEP requirements for annual continuing medical education

Demonstrated ability to speak effectively on administrative and clinical matters related to emergency medicine

Appropriately focuses to the audience - whether administrators - medical staff - EMS providers - or the public

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

Physical Requirements: The position requires light lifting and carrying (under 15 pounds) - use of fingers - walking - standing - both legs required - specific visual requirement (be able to see computer) - and hearing (aid permitted).

Duties

The Medical Director of Emergency Department (ED) is granted privileges to provide - deliver and/or interpret are hereby granted the following core privileges: Evaluation - stabilization and movement to definitive care of acute medical - surgical - and trauma conditions that present to the ED

Assessment and initiation of treatment of ongoing or chronic conditions that present to the ED while facilitating delivery of the patient to the appropriate level of follow up care

Provide patient first focused care while practicing evidence based cost effective medicine

Ensure practice consistent with Joint Commission - CARF - VA policies and procedures - clinical practice emergency medicine guidelines - VISN standards - national statutes and regulations - medical record documentation - mandatory continuing education - and HIPPA policies Education of any students of medicine and residents within the teaching facility

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES: Provide leadership - planning - organization - staffing - coordination - and evaluation for emergency department activities

Responsible for all medical administration - personnel - and activities in the emergency department

Has the responsibility for ensuring the ethical practice of emergency medicine within the department

Directly supervises and has responsibility for emergency physicians in clinical and assigned administrative duties

Acts as liaison with hospital administration and medical staff

Should be concerned with physician scheduling

Collaborates with nursing leadership and ED Leadership team to ensure that departmental performance meets or exceeds standards described in medical staff rules and regulations - the hospital bylaws - departmental policies - the JCAHO Manual of Accreditation - and in other appropriate local and national standards

Works with leadership team to ensure that the department meets or exceeds its defined objectives for improvement - growth - and expansion of services

Cooperates with hospital administration and nursing leadership to develop a team of personnel managers for the emergency department (clerical - nursing - and others) - teaching them by precept and example to manage

Ensures departmental policies are known - understood - and implemented by the emergency physicians

Monitors correctness and appropriateness of the emergency department records

implements corrective intervention as required in association with medical records and quality assurance mechanisms

Participates in personnel - purchasing - and procedural changes in the emergency department - in cooperation with appropriate personnel and hospital managers

Requires participation and initiation of in-service continuing education of physicians - residents - and clerical personnel

Encourages the involvement of all physician staff to participate in EMS/paramedic training and education

The director shall ensure that the emergency department has effective communications with Patients and their families - Hospital administration - Nursing leadership and clerical supervisors - Hospital department heads - Laboratory and radiology department for follow-up and evaluation of tests initiated in the ED - County government in cooperation with hospital administration - Paramedic and EMS system - Residency programs - Law enforcement agencies - and Poison control Liaison with the medical staff should include - physician interface - promotion of emergency services provided - review of complaints and amicable resolution - encouraging use of new services in the ED - openness to suggestions from medical staff - and timeliness of medical staff response to consultation Recruitment-Orientation - Establishes an active process for identifying and recruiting emergency physicians - physician assistants - nurse clinicians - and nurse practitioners>

Other duties as assigned

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday (8:00 a.m

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package

VHA Physician Total Rewards

Recruitment/Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized 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

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