Physician (Chief of Staff)

Recruitment Incentives. Recruitment incentives may be authorized to full-time, part time[,] or intermittent individuals in their first appointment as a Federal employee or to a newly appointed former Federal employee with at least a 90-day break in service

Relocation Incentives. Relocation incentives may be authorized to full-time Federal employees who must change worksite[s] and physically relocate to a different geographic area when the approving official determines that without the incentive, it would be difficult to fill the position with a high-quality candidate.

• Maintains an environment that provides patient care, educational activity, and administrative planning and evaluation on integration and application of current knowledge.
• Establishes mechanisms whereby facility employees, higher level administration, and other VA components are informed, in a timely manner, of clinical program developments that affect them.
• Takes an active role as an Executive Leadership Team member, provides advice and/or counsel in defining and accomplishing the facility's mission and goals.
• Effectively leads the clinical staff to achieve facility mission and goals.
• Represents the organization, internally and externally, in such a manner as to reflect positively on the facility and the Veterans Administration (VA).
• Serves as professional liaison of the facility to other VA and federal facilities, the community, affiliates, media, congressional offices, and constituent organizations.
• Maintains and promotes high ethical and clinical standards that are carried into decision-making processes.
• Promotes constructive problem resolution in an environment of competing priorities.
• Works with the Executive Leadership Team to ensure the facility programs reflect the mission and priorities of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and VA. Promotes an effective mix, coordination, and support of clinical programs by evaluating current and potential patient population needs, clinical workload and resources, special program mandates and cost/benefit analyses making recommendations to the facility Director and insuring implementation of approved clinical proposals.
• Provides leadership to staff through policy guidance and activities on behalf of patients and their clinical care.
• Promotes standards of clinical competence and conduct for staff which are maintained through: compliance with credentialing and privileging processes, monitoring and evaluation of clinical practice, peer review, consideration of clinical performance patterns in clinical privileging and other appropriate quality improvement activities.

• 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.

• At least 3 years of experiences Supervising providers in a complex multidisciplinary healthcare setting;
• Degree of Doctor of Medicine or Degree of Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine;
• Demonstrated skill in providing organizational leadership, or facilitation, in the achievement of goals within a health care setting,
• Demonstrated highly developed interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work with a variety of health care professionals and other key staff including high level officials;
• Knowledge skills and ability to asses, evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients,
• Completion of VA leadership program such as HCLDP, LVA or any other leadership training outside of VA/VHA

1. Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted.
2. Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) for the year in which the degree was granted.
3. 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

• Facilitates assessment of educational and developmental needs of clinical staff to develop and implement plans for meeting identified needs; and to prioritize use of available training funds.
• Accomplishes clinical program goals consistent with available resources and participates in the allocation of facility resources and modification of programs to best meet the needs of the veteran population.
• Monitors and promotes compliance with VA regulations and professional standards pertaining to outside professional activities and ethical conduct.
• Monitors and promotes cooperation and compliance of the clinical staff with Department, federal, and state law and regulations; medical staff by-laws and rules; facility policies; and Joint Commission standards as applicable to the individual, professional, and facility.
• Provides strong leadership, managerial, organizational and clinical skills to improve patient flow and achieve measurable outcomes. This includes patient appointment availability; improving Ambulatory Surgery efficiency; expanding outpatient care; and implementing evidence-based practices in all clinical services.

• 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 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.