Administrative Duties
i. Leadership responsibilities: Participates in staff meetings, hospital committees, and peer review process. Demonstrate effective communication
both down to staff and up to leadership, to include heads up (for acute patient bad outcomes) and issue briefs. Direct Infection control meeting and efforts, ensuring appropriate quality improvement for all patients.
ii. Human Resources: Maintains VA training requirements, timely completion of documentation and upkeep of credentials required for
privileging and re-privileging
iii. Staff Management: Participate in the Focused Professional Practice Evaluation/Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation process. Adheres to employee health requirements. Participate in Clinical Pertinence Reviews (routine medical record reviews). Directs an Infection control staff to coordinate collection of infection control data and analysis with feedback to involved parties.
iv. Clinical Management including indirect patient care: open encounter & open consult management, Computerized Patient Records System (CPRS)
documentation rules and requirements, adherence to clinic procedures for patient scheduling & access, ensuring staff productivity, oversight of relevant
performance measures, and participation in the development of the new focus on the Medical Home and Patient Centric Care, Utilization, Quality, and
Patient Safety oversight, process improvement (system redesign)
v. Assist with administration and management of home IV antibiotic therapy. This entails being designated as the infectious disease physician overseeing the therapy, the signing of orders for the therapy, and the receiving of and addressing of laboratory test results obtained as part of home IV antibiotic therapy.
Clinical Duties:
i. Patient Care: Provide patient care, either direct or virtual, that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of
health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life.
ii. Medical/Clinical Knowledge: Demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others. Remain up to date in virtual care practices.
iii. Clinical Judgment: Ensure practice-based learning and improvement, practitioners are expected to use scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care.
iv. Interpersonal & Communication Skills: Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable them to
establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of the health care team.
v. Professionalism: Demonstrate behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice,
and understanding and sensitivity to diversity, and a responsible attitude toward their patients and their profession.
vi. Systems-Based Practice: Demonstrate both an understanding of the contexts and systems in which health care is provided,
and the ability to apply this knowledge to improve optimizing health care.
Work Schedule: Negotiable (Monday - Friday). Four hours per week.
Part-time Salary: Salary listed is that of annual salary. For part-time, salary is pro-rated per hours worked.
Bargaining Unit Status:This position is part of the bargaining unit.
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) Authorized: This position is eligible for EDRP, a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of your start date. Program approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants are ineligible to apply for EDRP incentive. Contact VISN17EDRP2@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more.
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
Starting at $265,000 Per Year (AD 15)
