HBPC Physician- Medical Director

The HBPC Medical Director, appointed by the Chief of Staff, must be a physician who is responsible for the overall medical care delivered by the HBPC team. NOTE: In facilities with academic affiliations, the HBPC Medical Director is encouraged to have a faculty appointment and be involved in academic activities. The HBPC Medical Director is responsible for: • Collaborating with the HBPC Program Director to: • Provide leadership to the HBPC Program • Plan and direct the educational and clinical experience of medical students, residents, and fellows assigned to the HBPC Program • Assume a leadership role in the development and implementation of HBPC's performance improvement plan. • Advocate for HBPC with VHA leadership and the medical community • Jointly select HBPC team members for staffing • Providing clinical input and oversight for all patient treatment plans • Being readily available to the team members for collaboration when medical or other problems arise. • Participating in HBPC team meetings • Keeping the HBPC team apprised of medical care advances and practice standards. • Arranging physician coverage and communicating the plan of coverage to the HBPC team • Serving as back-up for other HBPC team physicians • Collaborating with other HBPC Medical Directors, VISN leadership, and VA Central Office staff on program development issues The Goals, Priorities, and Responsibilities of the SLC VHA HBPC Medical Director are as follows: 1-Ensuring Excellent Patient-Centered Care for current HBPC Patients • Direct patient care as Primary Care Provider for a panel of patients: • Direct Clinical Care • Consultative patient care for HBPC patients on other provider's panels as requested • Ensure adequate clinical coverage for HBPC providers including physicians and nurse practitioners • Supervisory Clinical Care: • Provide input on patients' treatment plan • Attend Team Daily DMS/Huddle and Weekly Team Review Meetings and relaying important issues to weekly GEC meetings • Be available to answer clinical questions • Complete provider FPPE, OPPE, and ePerformance proficiencies in the required timeframe • Provide clinical and regulatory oversight and feedback to direct reports, ensure provider compliance with VA policies • Provide clinical oversight and feedback to other clinical team members • Review leave requests and ensure adequate clinical coverage for direct reports. Serve as coverage as needed for provider shortages 2. Improving Care for HBPC Patients • Collaborate with Program Director and other staff in quality monitoring and quality improvement/process improvement efforts • Collaborate with Program coordinator in hiring • Collaborate with VA Leadership on program development and related issues including clinic access and strategic planning for 4Cast. • Keep team apprised of medical advances and changing practice standards • Provide updates to ACOS and AO on Program Improvement Efforts, required facility reports, open encounters, etc. • Attend GEC CPM monthly meetings and collaborate with GEC ACOS and HBPC Program Coordinator to ensure appropriate panel sizes, productivity, clinical mapping, space utilization 3. Facilitate a supportive interdisciplinary clinical learning environment for team members and trainees alike • Plan and direct educational experiences of medical trainees (students, residents, fellows) assigned to the HBPC program, act as a liaison between HBPC and U of U Medicine and Geriatric Training programs • Offer regular in-service education (including but not limited to clinical cases, journal clubs, clinical topic reviews, clinical pearls, and direct feedback to all members of the interdisciplinary team • Work with staff to create positive and supportive work environment, ensuring concerns are addressed via chain of command • Serve as a role model of professional, respectful, and collaborative behavior 4. Serve as a liaison between HBPC team and the VA and University Aging Researchers to advocate for HBPC inclusion and representation in research to improve care for all aging Veterans and represent HBPC in the academic community • Educate researchers and interdisciplinary team on opportunities for HBPC patients to participate in research • Encourage the pursuit of research questions and agendas that may improve care of older veterans and HBPC patients 5. Other duties as assigned Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00am-4:30pm VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. 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 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. Additional Requirement: Board Certified Preferred Experience: Geriatrics, Home care experience Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service. 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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's 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. 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 an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are: Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, confirmation must be made that the medical school meets (or met) Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) eligibility requirement for year graduated. NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.