Elevate Your Career as the Chief of Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders – Join the VA’s Esteemed Neurology Team!

Are you a dedicated neurologist with a passion for leading specialized care in Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders (SCI/D)? The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) invites you to utilize your expertise and leadership within our esteemed team, delivering exceptional care to our nation’s heroes.

Why Choose the VHA?

Comprehensive Total Rewards Package:

• Generous Compensation: Competitive salary with potential recruitment and relocation incentives for highly qualified candidates.
• Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP): Eligible for student loan repayment up to $200,000, making your educational investments worthwhile.
• Extensive Paid Time Off: Enjoy 50-55 days of paid time off annually, which includes vacation leave, sick leave, federal holidays, and potential paid absences for Continuing Medical Education (CME).

Unmatched Benefits:

• Robust Retirement Plans: Secure your future with a traditional federal pension (vesting in just 5 years) and a matched federal 401K plan with up to 5% contributions from VA.
• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage: Benefit from federal health, vision, dental, term life and long-term care insurance plans, many of which can be carried into retirement.
• Continuous Professional Growth: Receive up to $1,000 annually for CME reimbursement, provided you are full-time and board-certified.

Exceptional Work Environment:

• No Employment Contract Restrictions: Enjoy the freedom with no restrictive employment contracts and no significant limits on moonlighting.
• Focus on Quality Care: Maintain high standards in care through continuous assessment and improvement practices, specifically tailored to the SCI/D population.

Fulfill Your Passion for Serving Veterans:

• Leadership Role: Lead the SCI/D service, collaborating with executive leadership, union leaders, and a multidisciplinary team to shape policies and improve service delivery.
• Clinical Excellence: Provide comprehensive SCI/D-specific evaluations, diagnoses, and treatments, functioning independently with full clinical privileges.
• Community Impact: Serve as a key consultant to other VAPSHCS professionals and community providers, extending your expertise beyond traditional clinic settings.

Specialized Duties and Responsibilities:

• Policy and Resource Planning: Collaborate with executive leadership and clinical leaders to formulate local Medical Center Policy, and plan resources for human resources, equipment, and space.
• Union Collaboration: Involve union leadership in the pre-decision formulation of policies and organizational changes affecting service members.
• Outcome Monitoring and Improvement: Monitor measured outcomes and collaborate with Medical Center Management to meet mutual program goals. Initiate actions for progressive improvement in service delivery.
• Quality Assurance: Maintain quality control programs and provide continuous assessment and improvement of care quality, treatment, and services specific to SCI/D patients.
• Customer Service and Education: Reinforce customer service focus, educate veterans and their families, and lead efforts towards achieving excellent service delivery.
• Administrative Responsibilities: Ensure timely and accurate completion of all administrative tasks, including correcting prior pay period exceptions and completing proficiency and performance appraisals within 45 days of the due date.
• Clinical Evaluations and Consultations: Provide comprehensive SCI/D-specific evaluations, diagnose and treat the general SCI/D population, and offer consultation to professional staff within VAPSHCS and community providers.
• Emergency Leadership: Serve as a clinical leader in emergencies, providing compassionate, effective care that promotes healthy lifestyles.
• Advanced Medical Knowledge: Stay updated with established and evolving biomedical, clinical, and technological sciences, and their applications in SCI/D medicine.

Requirement:

• Board Certification by the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR) with subspecialty certification in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

Preferred:

VA Experience

  Join Us in Making a Difference

  Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM

The Department of Veterans Affairs – Proudly Serving Veterans and Their Families.

Contact Information:

Julie Torres

Julieann.Torres@va.gov

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About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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