Emergency Medicine Chief

Join Our Team as a The Chief of Emergency Medicine at Harry S. Truman VAMC in Columbia MO. Are you dedicated and passionate about providing exceptional care to our nations heroes Look no further VAMC in beautiful Columbia MO is the place.

ABOUT OUR GREAT CITY:

• Columbia Missouri ranks #30 on the 2020 Top 100 Best Places to Live by .
• Columbia has 91 parks and 8 trails totaling 26 miles for walking running and biking with a 30-mile loop addition in the works. Columbias trail system connects to the 237-mile Katy trail crossing the state.
• Columbia is the site of internationally renowned Roots N Blues N BBQ annual music festival the True False documentary film festival and also hosts numerous arts theater and music events throughout the year.
• Top collegiate sporting events average 25 per month with easy access to professional sports in nearby St Louis and Kansas City.
• Centralized location offers quick access to St. Louis and Kansas City as well as the State Capitol Jefferson City and the beautiful vacation getaway Lake of the Ozarks.
• Columbia is also minutes away from a host of historic towns and state parks featuring boating fishing hiking biking and more. offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.
  Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
  Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more.
  EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
  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 $1000 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: Variable schedule; 40 hours/week
  
  Scope of Duties
  The Chief of the Emergency Medicine Department at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital reports directly to the Deputy Chief of Staff and is responsible for the clinical and administrative functions of the Emergency Department. The incumbent is responsible for participation and oversight of staff physicians/providers (to include Physician Assistants) regarding patient care performance measures compliance training and performance improvement recruitment and retention of highly qualified and experienced providers participation in various Medical Center committees to ensure performance measures are met and compliance with applicable rules and regulations.
  
  The incumbent will also serve as a staff Emergency Department physician. The incumbent will be responsible for all aspects of medical care delivered to patients in the Emergency Department. It is expected that the incumbent will spend 75% of his/her time in a clinical role and 25% in an administrative role.
  
  Duties may include but not limited to the following;
  • Representing the Emergency Department at all applicable hospital administrative and patient care meetings.
  • Meeting with all providers in the Emergency Department regularly to review protocols procedures expectations for transported/transferred patients including minor trauma victims.
  • Monitoring established VA/VISN/Joint Commission etc performance measures and identified goals for the Emergency Department (e.g. physician report card) and provide providers with group and individual feedback on how to improve and/or sustain achieved success in such metrics/measures.
  • Work with the VA Utilization Management (UM)/Quality Improvement (QI) department staff to monitor the preadmission screening process and its success in impacting InterQual appropriate inpatient admission/observation status utilization performance measures.

• 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.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation/examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement.

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 allopathic 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 accrediting bodies for graduate medical education the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) in the list published for the year the residency or fellowship if applicable was completed; OR
  • (2) One year of post medical school training (internship first year of residency or transitional year residency) approved by ACGME or AOA followed by two years of post-training independent practice (performing under a full and unrestricted license) in the United States; OR
  • (3) Non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of three years of verified independent practice in the United States (performing under a full and unrestricted license) performing duties related to the position they are applying for (United States fellowships would be creditable towards this requirement) 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.
  • Exceptions:
    • 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 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.
    • In rare and unusual circumstances the Facility Director can submit a memo to the VISN Director through the VISN Chief Medical Officer who may approve requests for reasonable exceptions to the residency training requirement for Physicians whose composite record of experience accomplishments performance and qualifications warrant such action.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.