Physician -Associate Chief Of Staff - Mental Health Psychiatrist

A recruitment incentive may be authorized to highly qualified individuals.
This position is primarily administrative in nature, but there can be clinical/clinical lead functions associated with the position. This position will be 80% administrative and 20% clinical. The position reports directly to the Chief of Staff. The ACOS-MH is responsible for planning, organizing, developing, implementing, controlling, and refining a comprehensive patient management/clinical support/administrative program which provides services and technical counsel necessary to meet clinical, procedural, legal, and administrative requirements relating to the care and treatment of inpatients and outpatients to achieve maximum utilization of patient care resources in a cost-effective, efficient, and timely manner. The ACOS-MH provides a climate in which clinicians can care for patients with an awareness of the administrative implications of his/her actions. The ACOS-MH must possess a broad clinical and administrative scope to meet the needs of this large, complex patient population and to integrate service line functions with those of other service lines as well as with other VA entities within and outside the local Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN).

The ACOS-MH is responsible for implementing VA Headquarters policies and regulations governing broad administrative aspects of the medical center. The ACOS-MH participates with other service line managers in serving as a member of the Medical Center Directors top advisory group. Service line managers are tasked with providing active leadership and active decision making for the organization, are responsible for strategic planning and the budget process, are responsible for improvement of performance coordination and implementation, and are responsible for coordinating hospital wide activities. The ACOS-MH actively maintains a collaborative working relationship with top management to ensure full support and coordination among the programs supervised. The ACOS-MH analyzes and reports findings to the management team and/or Performance Improvement Council, as appropriate. The ACOS-MH is responsible for ensuring that services provided meet the standards set by accrediting agencies which govern the quality of care for this medical center. In conjunction with other service line managers and the Professional Practice Council, ACOS-MH works to assure that issues and deficiencies are corrected according to standards. Performs all duties and responsibilities of a staff psychiatrist.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday from 8:00am - 4:30pm - May be requested to provide evening, weekend, or holiday psychiatric coverage, if necessary, to ensure adequate coverage within the Mental Health Service Line.
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required
U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
Designated and/or random drug testing required
Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
You may be required to serve a probationary period
Subject to a background/security investigation
Must be proficient in written and spoken English
Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
Must pass pre-employment physical examination

Qualifications

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 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.
Completion of residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
Proficiency in spoken and written English.
Physical requirements outlined below.

Preferred Experience: Mental Health Leadership experience.

Reference: VA Regulations, specifically VA Handbook 5005, Part II, Appendix G-2 Physician Qualification Standard. This can be found in the local Human Resources Office.

Physical Requirements: Much of the work occurs within a typical office setting, either individually or in meeting with others, or in meeting rooms. Requires time to be spent walking to the mental health buildings with time spent on psychiatric units involved with nursing or other staff in activities typical of a health care center.