Seeking a Director for Five Community Based Outpatient Clinics

Seeking a Director for Five Community Based Outpatient Clinics

Boston Metro Area

VA Boston Healthcare System – Veterans Health Administration

You are invited to apply for the role of Director for five of our Community Based Outpatient Clinics.  Locations include Boston, Framingham, Lowell, Plymouth, and Quincy with your clinical site being primarily at the Boston (Causeway Street) site.  Your time will be split 40% administrative and 60% clinical, traveling to the various site two days per week. 

You should have experience with team-based care, quality improvement background (lean six sigma preferred), comfortable with patient-based care, working in a management team setting, managing remotely, and evaluating at clinical performance data.  Being creative and having a flexible, problem-solving leadership style will help you succeed in this position.

You must be BE or BC in Internal Medicine or Family Medicine and comfortable seeing male and female patients.  You will see about 40 patients per week, with office hours 8:00 to 4:30 and no call. You’ll oversee approximately 17 providers at five sites, with each provider having a panel of about 500 patients.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

• Competitive salary and eligible for annual performance bonus
• Education Debt Reduction Program up to 120K may be available
• Full benefits (see below)
• Full, unrestricted license (any state)
• CME benefits
• Malpractice: free liability protection with tail coverage provided
• No Physician Employment Contracts 
• Call: No call 
• Bread and butter Primary Care
• Private office

  Whether you're interested in academics, research, or a better work/life balance, you'll find the VA has a lot to offer, including the unmatched satisfaction you'll get from caring for those who have served our country. In addition to competitive pay and liability protection, the VA also offers a robust benefits plan that includes:
  
  Paid Time Off:

• 208 Hours paid annual (vacation/personal) leave – you can carry over up to 86 days into a new year
• 104 Hours paid sick leave per year with unlimited carry over! Unused sick leave can be used to extend creditable service time at retirement! 
• 10 Paid federal holidays with pay
• Possible 5 Days paid Authorized Absence to attend CME

  Insurance:

• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government.
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

  Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS-FRAE basic benefits (pension); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees hired after January 1, 2014 automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 8.3% of the employee's salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 12.7% of the employee's salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2016, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $18,000, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $24,000
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years' service

For more information on how you can join an organization with a mission of providing care for our veterans, email your full CV to Don Rainwater, National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant, VA New England Healthcare System, at don.rainwater@va.gov.  Your inquiry will be handled confidentially.