Physician - Geriatric Medicine

Work schedule: 8-4:30 with flexibility for compressed work schedule (every other Friday off)

Call: Coverage once every 4-6 weeks

Responsibilities:

• Serves as the subject matter expert for all G&EC related matters and provides guidance and recommendations to the Executive Leadership Team.
• 8-9 direct physician reports from Home Based Primary Care, Outpatient Geriatric Primary Care Clinic, Inpatient Hospice, Palliative Care, Contract Nursing Home/Community Living Center (65 beds) 
• The Chief of Geriatrics and Extended Care (G&EC) Service provides administrative, clinical, and programmatic leadership of the G&EC Service to ensure the Charles George VA Medical Center, Western North Carolina VA Health Care System achieves the clinical, research, and education goals in support of the mission of the Veterans Health Administration.
• The Chief, G&EC is accountable for the delivery of all health care by the staff assigned to the G&EC Service and is responsible for the administration, management, and leadership of the entire service.
• The incumbent is accountable for the assessment of the health care delivery system that is impacted by geriatric services, as well as for developing a plan for the delivery of health care services to patients, consistent with the policies and guidelines of the VHA.
• The Chief, G&EC Service establishes a climate within G&EC Service that promotes optimal patient care. The Chief, G&EC Service actively participates in top-level decision making and policy design that impact the G&EC Service. Participation is through collaboration with the Medical Center leadership, other service chiefs, and interdepartmental supervisors and staff.
• The Chief, G&EC Service directly supervises the delivery of health care programs, delegating authority and responsibility; when necessary to meet both medical center and service level goals.
• Assumes responsibility for providing services aligned under the G&EC program to the Veteran patients served by this level 1b tertiary medical center and for the professional and administrative activities supporting these services.
• Provides daily supervision of all G&EC staff such as supervisors, mid-level practitioners, physicians, and administrative staff

Requirements:

• MD/DO
• Preferred BC/BE Geriatric Medicine with 10 years of experience; will consider other BC/BE fields with significant experience with geriatric focus