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Section Chief of the Subspecialty Neurology Clinic

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. The Section Chief of the Subspecialty Neurology Clinic will supervise on-board personnel and evaluate prospective new hires, oversee compliance with all applicable regulations, and deal with patient complaints, credentialing and peer-review issues, and with inquiries and investigations from Congress, the White House, and VA and national investigative bodies. The individual will participate as a member of Neuroscience Service Line (NSSL) and Atlanta VA Medical Center-wide committees responsible for peer review, accreditation, and systems redesign and quality improvement projects, as assigned by the Chief of the Neuroscience Service Line (NSSL). The incumbent will carry out administrative duties as assigned in a timely, resourceful, and efficient manner. He or she will demonstrate interpersonal verbal and written communication skills that enable him/her to establish and maintain professional relationships with other professionals whether supervisees, peers, or supervisors and leaders at Atlanta VA Medical Center. The Section Chief will also be expected to spend some time providing direct patient care in his/her subspecialty and to perform some share of other clinical duties (inpatient consultation, consult triage, etc.), consistent with other (administration and research) responsibilities and workload. This responsibility will include evaluating and prioritizing consultation requests, obtaining valid and focused medical history and physical examination, ordering and evaluating appropriate laboratory and imaging studies, planning and prescribing treatment, coordinating care and management of other providers to include oversight of physician expanders (NP or PA), as a member of multidisciplinary health care delivery team. Incumbent would teach and provide consultation to other health care providers with occasional consultation to inpatient services. The physician would participate in and/or manage all aspects of a general neurology outpatient clinic, including clinical, administrative, academic, and research components if warranted. The physician would manage patient workload within available staffing, which may include support of physician assistants or nurse practitioners. The physician would perform the usual administrative components of patient care management, such as: documentation of progress notes and consultation findings in an electronic medical record, dictation and electronic signature of OP reports and hospital discharge summaries, electronic entry and signature of all doctor's orders for inpatients and outpatients, etc. The incumbent's duties include (but are not limited to) the provision of neurologic evaluation and treatment of Veterans with compassion on both an inpatient and outpatient basis along with the education and counseling of Veterans and their families on medical conditions/treatments. BLS certification is required. The Incumbent shall keep all information concerning VA beneficiaries confidential. Information will not be disclosed to any person, except as authorized in writing and according to all applicable laws.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be authorized to a highly qualified candidate Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more. EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. Contact VISN7EDRPFacilityCoordinators2@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance 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, 7:30am-4:00pm. Subject to change based on Agency Needs.