Summary

The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this occupational series. For more information - refer to Required Documents below. Education and length of practice are considered through a formal pay-setting process to determine the final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay)

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:

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

Duties

• Clinical duties assigned would involve work in the outpatient setting at the Fargo VAHCS Specialty Medicine Clinics or otherwise specified based on the unique skills of the candidate and needs of the facility
• It is anticipated that the position will be approximately 50% administrative and 50% clinical
• Typical work hours are Monday to Friday 0800-1630 Full-time staff are required to work a minimum of 80 hrs
• per pay period (every two weeks) unless on leave status
• No telework
• Management and oversight of clinical operations within the Fargo VAHCS and affiliated CBOCs - including work schedules - clinical performance measures - and other administrative/clinical functions
• These duties include supervision of physicians - and physician assistants - clinical oversight of nurse practitioners - and other clinical staff as directed - coordination of work schedules - responsibility for clinical performance measures and other administrative/clinical functions within the department
• Collaboration with other ICC leaders to optimize resource use in care delivery Participation in activities - committees - or boards impacting patient care/access
• Management and approval of leave schedules and accurate/timely leave approvals
• Establishes - monitors Pay-for-Performance - OPPE - FPPE - and performance evaluations for those under his/her supervision as appropriate
• Ensuring timely maintenance of required training/competence for staff under supervision
• Planning and monitoring budgetary responsibilities for allocated funds - ensuring efficient - high-quality - cost-effective service delivery
• Development of staffing models and plans - responsible for recruitment - hiring - evaluation - and discipline of assigned staff
• Conflict resolution and effective communication within the healthcare environment
• Resolves operational issues/problems are resolved in a logical - fashion with clear resolution - communication - and implementation plans and timelines for decisions made
• Ensures a forum exists in which staff participate in identifying - communicating - and resolving issues related to local ICC operations - overall health care system operations - ancillary and support operations - and VISN-wide mandates
• Collaboration with the VISN Primary Care and Specialty Medicine ICCs and VISN Medical Director to ensure VISN-wide ICC policies - procedures - performance goals - strategic plans and initiatives are communicated to staff and implemented
• Promotion and strengthening of VISN 23's integrated delivery system aimed at improving patient care
• Utilization of performance reports and managed care practices - including health care finance - billing - coding - and documentation
• Reviews - interprets - and effectively uses performance reports - benchmark data - budget cost/expenditure documents - staffing - and other reports in decision-making
• Understands managed care practices - including health care finance - billing - coding - and documentation
• The incumbent has knowledge - ability - and willingness to use and promote the wide dissemination among clinical staff of current automated technology for patient data tracking - patient orders - etc
• Development and enhancement of relationships with internal and external entities
• Participation in VISN - Fargo VAHCS - and ICC strategic planning
• Participation in local administrative - management - safety - quality assurance/performance - and other assignments - meetings or committees as assigned
• Administrative - management - safety - and quality assurance/performance assignments
• Compliance with regulatory agency requirements and timely responses to evaluations or investigations
• Promotion of research and development of graduate education opportunities
• Reporting Relationship: Reports to the Chief of Staff and maintains a peer relationship with ACOS - Primary Care ICC
• Other duties as assigned
• 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 Work Schedule: Mon - Fri 0800 - 1630