Physician - Medicine Service Chief

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Dublin (GA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a physician to oversee clinical and administrative operations for Cardiology, Pulmonology, Neurology, Urgent Care Center, and Acute Medicine. The VA facilities include CVVAMC in Macon and related CBOCs in Tifton and Albany.

Applicants must meet basic requirements including U.S. citizenship, an MD/DO from VA-approved schools, a current unrestricted medical license, and approved residency training.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree from a school approved by VA for the year completed.
• Current, full, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in the U.S. or D.C.

Education

Doctor of Medicine (MD) or equivalent

Medical license (current, full, unrestricted)

Job description

This position will oversee the clinical and administrative operations for a growing group of specialty providers including Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Neurology in addition to Urgent Care Center, and Acute Medicine. Presently, the specialty services are located at the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center (CVVAMC) along with Cardiology, Vascular and Nephrology at Macon Community-Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) and Nephrology at the Tifton and Albany CBOCs.

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.)

• (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;
• (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;
• (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.

Physical Requirements:

Eligible applicants must be physically and mentally able to perform efficiently the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation, without hazard to themselves or others. Depending on the essential duties of a specific position, usable vision, color vision, hearing or speech may be required. However, in most cases, a specific physical condition or impairment of a specific function may be compensated for by the satisfactory use of a prosthesis or mechanical aid.

Reference:

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