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USAJOBS · 3 months ago

Section Chief of Ophthalmology

Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$300K/yr - $400K/yr

USAJOBS is seeking a Section Chief of Ophthalmology for the Veterans Health Administration. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the provision of comprehensive surgical and clinical services within the Ophthalmology section, ensuring compliance with established policies, and managing an interdisciplinary staff.

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No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Attending required staff meetings, communicating up and down the chain of command, and helping prepare heads-up and issue briefs related to adverse patient outcomes at the direction of the Section Chief

Clinical Management including indirect patient care: open encounter and open consult maintenance, CPRS documentation requirements, monitoring of clinic management. Maintains involvement in matters concerning clinic productivity, relevant performance measures, Quality and Patient Safety oversight, as well as process improvements (system redesigns)

The Section Chief of Ophthalmology will work with the Surgical Services Administration team for labor mapping, leave, grid modifications and builds

The Section Chief of Ophthalmology will meet with their staff to go over the AES scores and will meet with the GPM team to improve access and all clinical metrics

Practitioners are expected to provide patient care that is compassionate, appropriate, and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease, and care at the end of life

To ensure practice-based learning and improvement, practitioners are expected to be able to use scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate, and improve patient care

Practitioners are expected to demonstrate knowledge of established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of their knowledge to patient care and the education of others

Practitioners are expected to demonstrate behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, and understanding and sensitivity to diversity, and a responsible attitude toward their patients, their profession

Practitioners are expected to demonstrate both an understanding of the contexts and systems in which health care is provided, and the ability to apply this knowledge to improve optimizing health care

Per the direction of the Chief of Surgery. The Ophthalmology department will provide consult and call coverage for the VA Hospital on Ramsey

The Section Chief of Ophthalmology is under the direct supervision by the Chief of Surgery and the performance appraisal will be done by the Chief of Surgery

The Section Chief of Ophthalmology is responsible for providing the most effective delivery of the added duty of administrative oversight of the ophthalmologic staff and the care they render throughout the medical center while meeting and exceeding compliance standards

Qualification

Doctor of Medicine degreeUnrestricted medical licenseBoard certificationOphthalmology experienceSupervisory experienceEnglish

Required

Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place 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

Proficiency in spoken and written English

Must be board certified

Preferred

Ophthalmology background and supervisory experience

Benefits

The Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Available to highly qualified candidates

Relocation Incentive: Available to eligible candidates

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 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)

CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided