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The Hershel "Woody" Williams VAMC is a fully accredited 80-bed acute medical and surgical care facility, offering primary care, outpatient mental health services, and subspecialty outpatient care. This Medical Center is the principal teaching facility for the Marshall University School of Medicine for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education.
03/20/2025 to 04/02/2025
$164,362 - $218,592 per year
Education and length of practice are considered through a formal pay-setting process to determine the final compensable salary (Base Pay + Market Pay)
VN 4
1 vacancy in the following location:
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Not required
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Permanent
Full-time
Excepted
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CBTF-12712954-25-SR
833945300
All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens.
1. Clinical:
The Medical Service Clinical Coordinator is responsible for adhering to established policy and procedures, demonstrating leadership and accomplishments when providing patient care coordination and in developing and implementing policies and programs which will improve the delivery of patient care in Medical Service. The Medical Service Clinical Coordinator is responsible for all resident physician and medical student training activities within the Service. The Medical Service Clinical coordinator also serves as the director of physician assistant student education which will include serving as the site director of the affiliate's physician assistant program. The position responsibilities includes the coordination of medical student training, physician assistant student training and evaluation from affiliated schools of medicine and the ongoing coordination and evaluation of the internal medicine resident affiliation from Marshall University School of Medicine. The Incumbent is also accountable for integrated programs providing clinical services across a wide range of services. These programs include the Medical Center EPRP and Quality oversight, follow-up of care management of general medical, medical specialty patients, and patients enrolled in the Chief, Medical Service Clinic. Evaluation of these services and the progress toward achievement of organizational goals are on-going.
2. Administrative:
The Medical Service Clinical Coordinator is accountable for administrative oversight of all affiliating Internal Medicine Residents and Medical Students. The Medical Service Clinical Coordinator serves as the director of Physician Assistant Student Education. Organizational mission and goals are pursued to improve Medical Center outcomes. The incumbent crosses boundaries due to the complex nature of the department and need to integrate services to provide quality and care. The Medical Service Clinical Coordinator is responsible for strategic planning within the boundaries of the service and goals of the Medical Center. The incumbent is also responsible for resource allocation, performance improvement, evaluation, daily operations, evaluation performance and compliance with accreditation programs. Staff development is also a major component in this role and provides opportunities for educational programs to assist staff in meeting personal and organizational goals. Inherent to the incumbent's responsibility is the continuous improvement of services that yield positive outcomes for the patient receiving services as inpatients and in the medical sub-specialty outpatient clinics. The incumbent establishes and completes the quarterly Resident Supervision review. The incumbent is also responsible for conducting concurrent inpatient and outpatient pertinence reviews and providing executive leadership summaries and reports of quality improvement activities performed in the process of successful completion of Resident Supervision reviews and inpatient/outpatient pertinence reviews. The incumbent assumes responsibility for monitoring and reporting quality assurance performance data for all physicians and extenders in Medical Service for re-credentialing purposes.
3. Organizational Structure and Supervision:
As the Medical Service Clinical Coordinator, this position works collaboratively with the Supervisory Medical Management Specialist and reports directly to the Assistant Chief and Chief, Medical Service.
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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)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019.
Physical Requirements: Lifting up to 35 pounds, intermittently; moderate carrying (15-35 pounds), intermittently; lifting over 35 pounds with assistive devices in accordance with the Safe Patient Handling Policy except in emergent situations requiring prompt patient care; pulling, intermittently; pushing, intermittently; reaching above the shoulders, intermittently, both hands required; walking, intermittently; standing, intermittently; kneeling, intermittently; and repeated bending
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