Physician - Chief of Staff

OUR MISSION: To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for those who have served in our nation's military and for their families, caregivers, and survivors" - by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate whole health care to Veterans?

The Syracuse VAMC: The Syracuse VA Medical Center is part of VA Health Care New York/New Jersey Healthcare System - VISN 2. The Medical Center utilizes state-of-the-art technology to provide a full range of patient care services, education and research. The 106 bed general medical and surgical facility provides comprehensive: primary care, mental health care, tertiary care, 32 bed long-term care, physical medicine, rehabilitation, comprehensive medical and surgical subspecialty services, dentistry and geriatrics.

Serving all of Upstate New York and Northern Pennsylvania Veterans. The Syracuse VA Medical Center has an active affiliation with the State University of New York Upstate Medical University with over 1000 of their students, residents and fellows receiving training each year. It has a fully accredited $2.5 million research and development program. The Medical Center houses a 30 bed Regional Spinal Cord Injury/Disease Center which includes a therapeutic pool, expanded outpatient surgical services, dialysis and infusion program and seven new operating rooms.

Responsibilities:

As the Chief of Staff of the Syracuse VA Medical Center, you will serve in an executive leadership role. As the facility's senior medical executive, you will be responsible to the Medical Center Director for all clinical patient care programs and services, as well as for related provider recruitment, retention, performance, and educational activities of the clinical services. To carry out these responsibilities you will:

• Develop and support plans for a comprehensive, integrated program of medical care
• Formulate the staffing, facilities, equipment and related requirements needed to carry forward such an integrated program, utilizing necessary oversight processes, reviews and controls
• Appraise the ongoing effectiveness of the various medical programs in meeting the needs of patient care
• Work with the Medical Center Director and other members of the senior leadership team to ensure Syracuse's veterans receive the highest quality care possible.

• Directly responsible to the Medical Center Director for programs of patient care and for the educational and research activities of the clinical services at the Syracuse VA Medical Center.
• The Chair of the Medical Executive Board, Medical Staff President, and ex officio member of the Academic Affairs Council.
• Responsible for providing leadership, clinical coordination and evaluation of clinical programs while promoting the recruitment, retention and development of health care professionals.
• The primary liaison to our affiliate the State University of New York Upstate Medical University.
• Develops and presents the budgetary requirements of the clinical services and assists in the formulation of the annual budget program.
• Provides oversight of the Clinical Service Chiefs through the Associate Chiefs of Staffs and will work with them to develop and maintain currently accepted management practices throughout the clinical services, including development and presentation of the budgetary requirements for the clinical services to senior facility leadership.

• 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 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 Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR
  [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
  (3) Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), 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.
  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 or fee-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.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.

Preferred Experience: Medicine or Surgical experience

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

Physical Requirements: In accordance with VA Directive and Handbook 5019

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]

• 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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical 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.