Associate Chief of Staff for Primary Care

The responsibilities include hands on clinical work oversight and administration of all aspects of the service including an extensive research program and guidance and training for residents and other trainees.

Administrative Duties:

We are seeking a well-qualified physician with strong leadership and interpersonal skills to serve as the Associate Chief of Staff for Primary Care. Responsibilities include the following:

• Direct management and oversight of clinical and administrative operations within the primary care services located throughout Fayetteville Coastal Health Care System.
• Reports to directly to the Chief of Staff.
• The supervisory role includes the monitoring review and assignment of healthcare providers workload clinical effectiveness and efficiency coordination of work schedules and the responsibility for clinical performance measures.
• Works closely with other leaders within the primary care service line and the organization to ensure optimization of resources and delivery of effective and efficient patient care.
• Participates in administrative management quality assurance and other activities meetings or committees as necessary or assigned.
• This position requires a minimum of 10%-20 % direct patient care which may vary depending on the needs of the organization.

• Medical/Clinical Knowledge: Functions as an expert consultant in health promotion and disease prevention and uses advanced clinical knowledge/judgment to plan implement coordinate and evaluate programs to promote healthy behaviors among employees. When coordinating employee health education programs takes into consideration the age and developmental needs of employees.
• Clinical Judgment: He/she must ensure practice-based learning and improvement practitioners are expected to be able to use scientific evidence and methods to investigate evaluate and improve patient care.
• Interpersonal and Communication Skills: He/she is expected to 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.
• Professionalism: He/she is expected to 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 their profession.
• Systems-Based Practice: He/she is expected to 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.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See Additional Information below for details.

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.

Preferred Experience:

• Primary Care experience in a leadership role in the healthcare system as well as experience with the scope importance and complexity of primary care.
• Experience with a wide range of skills: business acumen data management performance measures and clinical care.
• Developing collaborative approaches to working and building sustainable commitments for primary care and how primary care relates to other services in the organization.
• Experience with sustainment of Veterans Health Administration Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Policy and standards.