Summary

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP) - a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval - award amount (up to $200 -000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

Duties

• Clinical Responsibilities: Incumbent spends 70% of time with clinical responsibilities
• Provide medical oversight - leadership and supervision of a 15-bed Community Living Center(CLC) Hospice Palliative Care Unit
• This includes supervision over the medical/provider staff who work in multi-disciplinary teams to coordinate - facilitate and provide patient care and services
• Provide administrative (supervisor and section) and clinical oversight of all Hospice Palliative Care (HPC) programs
• Provide supervision - as appropriate - of fellows - residents and students conducting direct clinical care
• Deliver in-service training for medical center staff - residents - and medical students
• Be responsible for timely completion of all clinical charting and documentation required by the Medical Center as appropriate and outcome data as appropriate
• Perform transitional care as a consultant providing face-to-face consultation to patients under the care of the medical center's inpatient and emergency department services as appropriate
• Educate Veterans - staff - and family about Palliative Care - Hospice - and end-of-life issues
• Consult with medical center staff on a wide variety of patient care issues
• Remain involved in program evaluation
• Maintain full clinical privilege as a member of the Medical Staff
• Abide by Medical Staff By-Laws
• Administrative Responsibilities: Incumbent spends 30% of time managing the HPC Services
• This includes but is not limited to supervising a variety of positions including administrative positions - physicians - and nurse practitioners
• Provides leadership guidance and consultation to staff
• Has direct administrative supervision of the Hospice Palliative Care (HPC) physicians and nurse practitioners
• Serves as a consultant to other medical center staff and trainees
• Represents HPC on decision-making committees at the Rehabilitation and Geriatric and Extended Care Integrated Clinical Communities(REC ICC)
• Ensures the implementation and maintenance of standards for medical providers and forecast requirements necessary to maintain and increase efficiency and effectiveness of clinical care
• Participates in establishing policies - procedures - and guidelines for the delivery of services
• Communicates provider responsibilities and medical care policies - procedures and guidelines to all providers in HPC
• Provides education and mentoring to other interdisciplinary teams - patients - families - and referring physicians
• Assists the ACOS of Geriatric and Extended Care on the coordination of HPC services response in the event of critical occurrences of violence at the facility - disasters - and/or mass casualty occurrences
• 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: Monday through Friday - 08:00am - 04:30pm EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive
• Contact [email protected] - the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance
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