Section Chief - Grand Prairie - Primary Care (Supervisory Podiatrist)

The Dallas VA Medical Center is currently recruiting for a Primary Care Section Chief (Supervisory Podiatrist) at Grand Prairie, TX to provide leadership, direction, and day-to-day supervision of assigned primary care providers..

Open only to Current Internal VA employees.

The Primary Care (PACT) Section Chief (Supervisory Podiatrist) in this position is responsible for planning, organizing, developing, implementing, controlling and refining a comprehensive patient management, clinical support and administrative program. S/he is accountable for adhering to established policies and standards of care/practice in evaluating, tracking and following up on patient care. S/he works in collaboration with health care professional to provide longitudinal case management of the Primary Care Physician's (PCP's) entire PACT panel with independent care delivery for acute/same day needs, or when requested by the PCP.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Providing independent care delivery for chronic, acute/same day medical needs.
  • The type of care is served to the Veteran population, with diseases consistent with those seen in the general population namely diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, mental health disorders, etc.
  • Responsibilities include writing orders for diagnostic testing, prescribing medications, consulting with specialty service, and utilizing computerized/electronic medical records, etc.
• Providing direct patient care to include:
  • history and physicals
  • medication management
  • evaluation of diagnostic tests and treatment planning
  • clinical reminder completion, as applicable
• Functioning as a leader in the PACT approach in the delivery of care, which emphasizes a team based approach to healthcare
• Overseeing PACTs compliance to Message Manager, MyHealtheVet, and encounter completion.
• Tele-Health to home visits (VA Video Connect), and Comprehensive Women's Health Care
• Documenting medical information in an electronic medical record
• Performing medication reconciliation
• Other duties as assigned

Section Chief functions under the guidance Ambulatory Care's Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS). In addition to above responsibilities as PACT provider, Section Chief is also responsible for day-to-day oversight of primary care providers activities. S/he performs as as a leader, completing FPPE/OPPE, Proficiency, hiring process, etc. Section Chief collaborates with multiple Services such as Nursing, MAS and other ancillary leadership staff to function under an efficient and productive PACT model.

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be available for highly-qualified Candidates
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: TBD (Typically - M-F, 0800-1630 with an occasional Saturday Clinic or a weekday extended hour clinic depending on organizational needs and/or requirements)
Telework: Available on an Ad-hoc (as needed) basis
Virtual: This is not a virtual position
EDRP: Not authorized

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Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

Podiatrist 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.
• English Language Proficiency. Physicians appointed to direct patient-care positions must be proficient in spoken and written English as required by 38 U.S.C. 7402(d) and 7407(d).
• Education: Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted. ~AND~
• Residency Training: Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. VA Podiatrists 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 Council on Podiatric Medical Education, in the list published for the year the residency was completed, or (2) Other residencies and training experiences, or their equivalents, which the local Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training. ~AND~
• Licensure and Registration: Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia.

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

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

• All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
• 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.

Physical Requirements: Moderate lifting (15-44 pounds), light carrying (under 15 pounds), straight pulling, pushing, reaching above shoulder, use of fingers, walking, standing, kneeling, repeated bending, ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously, near vision correctable (at 13" to 16" to jaeger 1 to 4), far vision correctable ( in one eye to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other), hearing (aid permitted), emotional and mental stability, and clear speech.