Geriatric Medicine Job at Veterans Health Administration in Richmond, VA

• We are looking for a skilled Deputy Associate Chief who is highly skilled in the Staff for Geriatrics and Extended Care service. The incumbent provides administrative, supervisory, clinical, and programmatic leadership for the geriatric and extended care programs to ensure the achievement of the clinical, research, and education goals. The incumbent reports to the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Geriatrics & Extended Care service.
• As a member of our team, you will have the privilege of working alongside a supportive and collaborative group of experienced faculty physicians, mid-career faculty physicians, and several interdisciplinary staff members. We prioritize the professional growth and career development of our physicians, while also promoting a healthy work-life balance. We highly value candidates who have experience in program development, graduate medical education (GME), and as a supervisory physician manager. This role requires exceptional leadership & supervisory skills, and the ability to effectively guide and mentor other physicians and interdisciplinary teams.
• Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) service has programs in outpatient geriatrics, Community Living Center (CLC)/nursing home care, Home-Based Primary Care, Inpatient and Outpatient Palliative Care, hospice care, pre-operative optimization, transitional care, non-institutional care, and State Veteran Home partnership. Geriatrics and HPM fellows, Internal Medicine residents, and medical students from Virginia Commonwealth University complete their rotations with GEC faculty. We embrace work-life balance with professional growth amongst our diverse team members.
• Key Roles:
• Lead service-wide quality improvement and process improvement projects.
• Collaboration with facility health informatics, quality management, medical and surgical specialty leadership.
• Lead interdisciplinary teams to provide excellent patient care.
• Community Living Center (CLC) program development and expansion to provide regional services.
• 50% time allocated to patient care.
• Physician and Advance Practice Provider performance management.
• Lead/participate in local or VISN-level committees.
• Supervise clinical and administrative staff.
• Administrative roles to ensure clinical operations, clinic access, and community-care partnership.
• must be board-certified in Geriatrics or Hospice & Palliative Medicine
• Call coverage once a quarter
• Office Hours: 8 – 5 pm, Monday -Friday
• Periodic travel to CVHCS clinic locations is required.
• Review the outstanding benefits of VA employment: Total-Rewards-of-a-Physician-Dentist-Podiatrist-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf
• This is a partial list of primary duties please contact James Pryan for the full list and qualifications 
• The Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located in Richmond, Virginia, is a level 1a 349-bed facility offering primary, secondary, and tertiary health care in medicine, surgery, neurology, rehabilitation medicine, intermediate care, acute and sustaining spinal cord injury, skilled nursing home care, and palliative care. The medical center has community-based outpatient clinics located in Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Emporia, Henrico and Spotsylvania Counties, and a strong and mutually beneficial affiliation with the Virginia Commonwealth University. Residency programs exist in virtually all general and specialty areas of medicine, rehabilitation, surgery, psychiatry, and dentistry. The medical center is the host site for one of five Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers in the VA system of care, and a Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center (PADRECC).
  

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