Physician (Sleep Medicine Section Chief)

The Sleep Medicine Section and Medicine Service of the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHCS) is seeking a board eligible or board certified physician in Sleep Medicine with primary training in Internal Medicine or Pulmonary Critical care medicine to serve as Section Chief. This position requires a clinical appointment with our academic affiliate, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The Sleep Medicine Section Chief, directly reports to the Chief of Medicine.
Responsible for the overall administrative and clinical management of the Sleep Medicine Section.
Direct supervision of all staff physicians, nurse practitioners and the Supervisory RRT in Sleep Medicine Section. Includes performance appraisals, annual and mid-cycle clinical evaluations.
Clinical supervision of all provider staff.
Attends meetings (facility, VISN, VACO) and may have committee assignments.
Responsible for supervision of any trainees provided by the academic affiliate and rotate through Sleep Medicine Section.
Work Schedule: Compressed/Flexible Schedule
Recruitment/Relocation Incentives: Not authorized
PCS: Not authorized
Telework: No
Compressed/Flexible: No
Virtual: No
EDRP: No
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

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Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 49-54 days of annual paid time offer per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 10 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
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
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

Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met.

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.
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: Board Certified in Pulmonary-Critical Care or Sleep Medicine. IM board certified, but, with Sleep experience acceptable. Supervisory experience. Experience working with an EMR. Experience working in a VHA setting.

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: VA Handbook 5019/1, Part II, Pre-Placement Physical Examination and Evaluation