Deputy Associate Chief Of Staff for Geriatrics Job at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Richmond, VA

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  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Richmond, VA

Job Description

We are looking for a skilled Deputy Associate Chief who is highly skilled in the Staff for Geriatrics and Extended Care service. The incumbent provides administrative, clinical, and programmatic leadership for the geriatric and extended care programs to ensure achievement of the clinical, research, and education goals. The incumbent reports to the Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Geriatrics & Extended Care service.

The Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center Veterans Affairs is actively searching for a Deputy Associate Chief of Staff (ACOS) who specializes in Geriatrics, Hospice, and Palliative Medicine. This physician must be board certified in Internal Medicine/Geriatrics/Hospice & Palliative Medicine. We strongly believe that having a physician who is Board certified in Geriatrics and/or Hospice & Palliative Medicine will greatly enhance our ability to meet the unique needs of our patients. As a member of our team, you will have the privilege of working alongside a supportive and collaborative group of experienced faculty physicians, mid-career faculty physicians and several interdisciplinary staff members. We prioritize the professional growth and career development of our physicians, while also promoting a healthy work-life balance. We highly value candidates who have experiences in program development, graduate medical education (GME), and as a supervisory physician manager. This role requires exceptional leadership skills, the ability to effectively guide and mentor other physicians and interdisciplinary teams.

• Usually the Richmond Region speaks for itself. Our rich culture, incredible food, deep historic roots, gorgeous natural landscapes, creative vibes and diverse, welcoming community set us apart from the everyday destination. But sometimes we can step back and let others do the talking for us. CNN Travel just named RVA as the #1 town in America to visit in 2024 and quite frankly, we couldn't have said it better ourselves.

• Richmond is 1.5 hours from scenic blue ridge parkway, 2 hours from Virginia Beach and 2 hours from Washington DC

The Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located in Richmond, Virginia, is a level 1a 349-bed facility offering primary, secondary, and tertiary health care in medicine, surgery, neurology, rehabilitation medicine, intermediate care, acute and sustaining spinal cord injury, skilled nursing home care, and palliative care. The medical center has community-based outpatient clinics located in Charlottesville, Fredericksburg, Emporia, Henrico and Spotsylvania Counties, and a strong and mutually beneficial affiliation with the Virginia Commonwealth University. Residency programs exist in virtually all general and specialty areas of medicine, rehabilitation, surgery, psychiatry, and dentistry. The medical center is the host site for one of five Polytrauma Rehabilitation Centers in the VA system of care, and a Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Center (PADRECC).

Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) service has programs in outpatient geriatrics, Community Living Center (CLC)/nursing home care, Home-Based Primary Care, Inpatient and Outpatient Palliative Care, hospice care, pre-operative optimization, transitional care, non-institutional care, and State Veteran Home partnership. Geriatrics and HPM fellows, Internal Medicine residents and medical students from Virginia Commonwealth University complete their rotations with GEC faculty. We embrace work-life balance with professional growth amongst our diverse team members.

• Key Roles:

• Lead service-wide quality improvement and process improvement projects.

• Collaboration with facility health informatics, quality management, medical and surgical specialty leadership.

• Lead interdisciplinary teams to provide excellent patient care.

• Community Living Center (CLC) program development and expansion to provide regional services.

• 50% time allocated to patient care.

• Physician and Advance Practice Provider performance management.

• Lead/participate in local or VISN-level committees.

• Supervise clinical and administrative staff.

• Administrative roles to ensure clinical operations, clinic access, and community-care partnership.

• must be board-certified in Geriatrics or Hospice & Palliative Medicine

• Call coverage once a quarter

• Office Hours: 8 – 5 pm, Monday -Friday

• Periodic travel to CVHCS clinic locations is required.

• Review the outstanding benefits of VA employment: Total-Rewards-of-a-Physician-Dentist-Podiatrist-VA-Career-Brochure.pdf

Job Tags

Local area, Work from home, Monday to Friday,

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