Physician - Associate Chief of Staff; ACOS Medicine Service

Physician - Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) Medicine Service

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This is a full-time position at the Cheyenne VA Health Care System (VAMC) Station 442 - Medicine Service. The Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) Medicine Service is both a supervisor as well as direct patient care provider responsible for carrying out operations of the Medicine Service. This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP). See more information below.

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.

• 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:
  
  5 years Specialty Medicine Care experience Leadership qualities for Medicine specialties - Pulmonary & Sleep Study - Neurology - GI - Renal Hepatology - Cardiology - Oncology
• Board certification reference:
  For more information on this qualification standard - please visit https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Standards/
• Physical Requirements:
  
  Candidates must successfully complete a pre-employment physical
• Position requires walking - standing - reading typewritten material without strain - ability to hear conversational voice - emotional and mental stability - and working closely with others.

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  General Description:
  
  50% administrative - 50% clinical (inpatient and/or outpatient). Demonstrate ability to appoint and/or build interdisciplinary team members with complementary skills for maximum team effort/success
• Supervise and evaluate the performance of Physicians - Advanced Practice Registered Nurses - and Physician assistants who are assigned to the Service
• Coaches staff in team building
• Contributes to staff growth and development of effective teams and individuals in the team
• Ensure physician staffing requirements for coverage of the Medicine Service are met
• Ensure that providers possess the necessary skills appropriate to patient care in an inpatient and/or outpatient care setting - and Specialty Care setting
• Ensure that all providers maintain continuing…