Chief of Vascular Surgeon

Overview

Duties :

• The Chief of Vascular is the clinical expert for all vascular services.
• Establishes effective operational policies, procedures, methods and work schedules to maintain access to timely care consistent with VHA goals.
• Directs the planning and coordination of vascular clinics across the facility and works with other Service Lines of the Medical Center and CBOC's to ensure that the veterans total needs are met and that the standard of clinical care provided meets or exceeds community standards.
• Develops business plans and workload analysis to support staffing models for additional resources and expansion.
• Works with other attending section chiefs, attending practitioners, NP's, PA's, nurses, residents, medical students' and members of various teams including Podiatry, Primary Care and Orthopedics to facilitate a comprehensive and interdisciplinary team approach, reflecting the highest level of patient care : Interprets and maintains standards published by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Joint Commission.
• Evaluates the quality of appropriateness of care as an integral part of the overall Medical Center quality management program. This includes participation in medical center meetings, VISN meetings and national meetings that directly involve the Vascular Section.
• Supervising practitioner for students and residents who rotate through the Vascular Service line. Clinical duties include but are not limited to Operating Room (experience in a wide variety of podiatric surgical procedures), in-patient rounds, Emergency Room, and Inpatient / Outpatient clinical visits.
• Participate in surgical quality / performance improvement initiatives as appropriate.
• Manage all aspects of clinic, emergency room, CLC, and inpatient wards. Coordinates assessment of veteran complaints and service recovery efforts as well as coordination of Medical Advisory Opinions as needed.
• Dually appointed with CMC VAMC and the Penn University. Incumbent has oversight responsibility for the medical school students and residents within vascular services

Misc Benefits

Basic Requirements :

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 cert

Other Income Details

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. .

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 :  Work Schedule will be discussed with immediate supervisor