The Deputy to the Chief of Staff (DCOS) is an executive position responsible to the Chief of Staff (COS). The DCOS position resides within the Executive Office and is directly supervised by the Chief of Staff (COS). Key qualities include leadership, strategic planning, matrix-teamwork building, quality improvement. The desired candidate will have proven managerial skills in a complex health care environment that can foster inter-institutional relationships in an academic setting.
Providing Health Care for Veterans: The Veterans Health Administration is America’s largest integrated health care system, providing care at 1,255 health care facilities, including 170 medical centers and 1,074 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics), serving 9 million enrolled Veterans each year.
