Chief of Staff

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This position is located at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Washington, DC. The Washington DC VA Medical Center, located within sight of the Nation's Capitol, is the only health care system that specifically provides care to Veterans. Offering tertiary care in a Complexity Level 1A hospital.

This is OPEN CONTINUOUS ANNOUNCEMENT and will remain open until September 30,2026. The initial cut-off date for referrals of eligible application will be February 20,2026 with subsequent cut-off dates every month. Eligible applications received after that date will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available.

The Washington DC VA Medical Center (DC VAMC) Chief of Staff (COS) is part of an Executive Leadership Team (ELT) structure. DC VAMC is a Level 1A Complexity VA Medical Center with an operating budget of over $1.2B with complex clinical, research, and education programs. This position works closely with the ELT to meet the DC VAMC mission and vision. This includes improving the quality and efficiency of VA care, as well as executing initiatives and goals determined by executive leadership.

The ELT are responsible for oversight and management of their respective functional areas, and work in collaboration with all service chiefs. The COS reports directly to the Executive Director and is responsible for providing administrative leadership and medical guidance to the medical and clinical care staff with an emphasis on patient safety and promotion of high-quality healthcare for Veterans. As a physician executive, the COS is actively involved in DC VAMC's management of resources, strategic planning, staff satisfaction, environment of care and improving organizational effectiveness and performance.

* The Chief of Staff:

* Develops and maintains professional working relationships with local medical schools affiliated with DC VAMC.

* Leads senior-level recruitment searches, assembles search committees, and applies VA search and recruitment rules and regulations to attract highly qualified service/department chiefs with an array of talent which supports positive outcomes and growth.

* Promotes the development of health care professionals through mentoring, teaching, counseling, and the application of self-assessment.

* Creates an environment which fosters continuous quality improvement.

* Serves as the Chair of the Medical Executive Committee, Clinical Products Review Committee, and Peer Review Committee at DC VAMC.

* Is directly involved in ensuring performance management measures and targets issued by the Performance Management Workgroup are addressed and met by medical and clinical departments/services.

* Provides leadership and expert guidance to promote public and population health programs, and to protect and improve the quality of care and health of Veterans who choose Veterans Health Administration (VHA) VA health care system.

* Oversees the recruitment of certified licensed professional staff; oversees the Medical Executive Board to ensure appropriate practitioners (staff and contract) are credentialed and privileged in accordance with requirements of VA and The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; and monitors medical staff compliance with agency regulations, medical staff bylaws, rules and regulations, VA facility policies, accreditation standards and other regulations as required.

* Is clinically and administratively responsible to the DC VAMC Executive Director.

* Works with various services to establish local policy, rules, and regulations within the overall policy of the hospital and ensures that the highest standards of professional practice and ethics are maintained; coordinates with various service chiefs to discuss matters pertaining to staff personnel, prioritization of projects and equipment, and any phase of critical VA programs; reviews and analyzes work methods and operational procedures and makes changes based on findings;

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