Physician - Community Living Center Medical Director

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.

**This is an OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until December 8, 2026. The initial cut-off date for referral of eligible applications will be October 13, 2026, with subsequent cut-off dates every 2 weeks. Eligible applications received after that date will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.**

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Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more. Note: EDRP is only authorized for the following specialties: Internal Medicine, Family Medicine & Geriatrics.
EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact V21CCOEEDRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance

Work Schedule: Full-time. Schedule to be determined by supervisor.
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

Major duties include but are not limited to:

Supervisory Duties

• Provides direct supervision and administrative oversight of assigned CLC physicians, advanced practice providers, and other clinical staff.
• Plans, assigns, directs, and reviews the work of assigned providers based on clinical priorities, workload, staffing needs, and program requirements.
• Establishes performance expectations and ensures assigned staff understand duties, responsibilities, clinical standards, productivity expectations, and service priorities.
• Completes performance plans, progress reviews, annual evaluations, competency reviews, and other supervisory documentation.
• Identifies performance or conduct concerns and works with GECS leadership, Human Resources, and other appropriate offices.
• Reviews and approves leave requests, clinic coverage, provider schedules, and workload assignments.
• Participates in recruitment, interviewing, selection recommendations, onboarding, credentialing, privileging, and orientation of CLC medical providers.

Clinical Duties

• Provides clinical leadership and oversight for medical care delivered to CLC residents.
• Ensures CLC medical care is timely, appropriate, Veteran-centered, evidence-based, and consistent with VA standards.
• Provides direct patient care as assigned and as needed to support CLC clinical operations.
• Oversees the clinical management of Veterans with complex geriatric, rehabilitative, long-term care, skilled nursing, respite, dementia, chronic disease, and palliative care needs.
• Coordinates medical care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, including nursing, rehabilitation, social work, pharmacy, psychology, and other clinical services.
• Promotes safe and appropriate medication management, including monitoring of psychotropic medication use, high-risk medications, polypharmacy, pain management, and deprescribing efforts when clinically indicated.
• Accepts on call coverage responsibilities as scheduled.

Administrative and Program Management Duties

• Provides administrative leadership for CLC medical provider operations.
• Represents the CLC and Geriatrics and Extended Care Service on facility committees, workgroups, regulatory readiness activities, and performance improvement initiatives.
• Reviews clinical outcomes, quality indicators, resident safety data, performance measures, workload reports, and operational dashboards related to CLC care.

Education and Training

• Participates in CLC-related educational activities, in-services, case conferences, interdisciplinary training, and staff development activities
• Supports education related to geriatric care, long-term care, rehabilitation, dementia care, palliative care, serious illness communication, safe prescribing, resident rights, quality improvement, and regulatory readiness
• May participate in academic, teaching, faculty, or trainee supervision responsibilities in collaboration with affiliated institutions, as appropriate

Research and Quality Improvement

• Participates in quality improvement, systems redesign, and performance improvement projects related to CLC operations and resident care
• May participate in research, scholarly work, or program evaluation activities when appropriate and approved

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 certification in Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, or Palliative Medicine.

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

Physical Requirements: Applicants must meet physical standards for the position. A physical examination prior to placement is required. This is a designated drug testing position. After appointment, you will be subject to random testing for illegal drug use. Requires lifting 15-44 pounds; pushing (approx. 2 hours); reaching above shoulder; use of fingers and both hands; walking and standing from 3-5 hours and kneeling. Ability for rapid mental and muscular coordination simultaneously. Must have depth perception and ability to distinguish basic colors and shades of colors. Hearing aid is permitted.

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:

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.

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.