Description

Primary Care Chief position in Manhattan, New York – Outstanding Benefits

The Margaret Cochran Corbin Hospital, the Manhattan branch of the NY Harbor VA Healthcare system (MCCVA) is currently seeking a dynamic and proven academic general internal medicine leader to join our team as the Chief, Primary Care. The Margaret Cochran VA Campus is a high complexity facility located in Manhattan with a major educational affiliation with the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.

The Chief, Primary Care has programmatic responsibility for planning, developing, and directing the administrative and operational activities for the Primary Care Service at the MCCVA.

Administrative: The Chief of Primary Care provides oversight and leadership for the clinical, teaching, and research functions within the Primary Care Service at MCCVA. The Chief has oversight of the Primary Care Service, PACT teams, Urgent Care Outpatient Clinic, and Pre-bed care (preoperative outpatient assessment).

Clinical: In addition to the extensive administrative responsibilities, he/she maintains a clinical workload by providing direct patient care as needed in ambulatory care settings, utilizing face to face visits and telemedicine.

Research: The MCC VA houses a robust community of health services researchers including general internal medicine. The ideal candidate has an existing portfolio of general medicine research within the VA system and can both lead and recruit additional health services researchers to our system. 

Supervisory: The position is organizationally aligned under the Chief of Medicine, MCC Campus. The Chief also works closely with and accepts priorities by the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff. Assignments are made in terms of broad objectives, leaving the matters of method, design, implementation, and evaluation to the discretion of the Chief who works with autonomy and with full authority. 

Educational: The MCC VA is a major teaching site for ambulatory care in the NYU Grossman School of Medicine Residency Program. As a faculty leader, the Chief is expected to mentor junior faculty and trainees in the preparation of seminars/presentations; mentor junior faculty in achieving academic promotion, partner with other Divisions and Departments to support clinical research projects, participate in divisions Educational Initiatives (Grand rounds, Salons, Leadership Retreats and meetings), and support the residency site director in promoting GIM opportunities.

Basic Requirements:

• 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.
• Board Certification: MD, DO, or other doctoral-level academic with board-certification.
  
  Preferred Experience:

• Minimum of three years demonstrated successful executive leadership/management experience in a complex healthcare setting. Knowledge and skills related to the delivery of health care, education, leadership, management, change theory, and quality improvement are required.
• The Chief must possess skill and creativity in organization, management, leadership, and interpersonal relations to deal with a wide variety of complex ambulatory care/primary care issues and arrangements. A broad-based knowledge of VA policies and procedures and Joint Commission standards, and an ongoing awareness of health care issues and trends, are essential to the success of the Primary Care Service. In the performance of official duties, the incumbent has regular access to print and electronic files containing sensitive patient data.

This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years).

We offer:

Annual performance bonus up to an additional $15K per year

Guaranteed salary increases.

One full & unrestricted license from any US State is permissible to work at VA.

CME: $1,000 per year stipend & 5 days paid absence for conferences, etc.

Malpractice: Liability protection with tail coverage provided

26 Days paid vacation & 13 Days paid sick time per year with unlimited carry over

11 Federal holidays with pay

Federal Retirement Plan

Separate 401K with partial agency match

Health, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance

Learn more about our benefits:   VHA Total Rewards Brochure

If interested, please email CV to Hira.arshad2@va.gov