Deputy ACOS

The Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center VA Richmond Health Care | Veterans Affairs, is actively searching for a Deputy ACOS (Associate Chief of Staff) who specializes in Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and is board certified in these areas. We strongly believe that having a physician who is Board certified in Geriatrics and/or Hospice & Palliative Medicine will greatly enhance our ability to meet the unique needs of our patients. As a member of our team, you will have the privilege of working alongside a supportive and collaborative group of experienced and mid-career faculty members. We prioritize the professional growth and career development of our physicians, while also promoting a healthy work-life balance. We highly value candidates who have experience in program development, medical education and as a supervisory physician manager. This role requires exceptional leadership skills, the ability to effectively guide and mentor other physicians and interdisciplinary teams.

Geriatrics and Extended Care (GEC) service includes programs outpatient geriatrics, Community Living Center/nursing home care, Home-Based Primary Care, Inpatient and Outpatient Palliative Care, hospice care, pre-operative optimization, transitional care, non-institutional care, and State Veteran Home partnership. Geriatrics and HPM fellows, Internal Medicine residents and medical students from Virginia Commonwealth University complete their rotations with GEC faculty.

Key Roles:

• • Lead service wide quality improvement and process improvement projects

• • Collaboration with facility health informatics, quality management, medical and surgical specialty leadership

• • Lead interdisciplinary teams to provide excellent patient care.

• • Program development and expansion to provide regional services.

• • Physician and Advanced Practice Provider performance management.

• • Lead/participate in local or VISN-level committees.

• • Supervise clinical and administrative staff.

• Administrative roles to ensure clinical operations, clinic access and community-care partnership.

A career at VHA provides a robust total reward$ package and offers many benefits including:

• • Work schedules: Mon-Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm; with shared on call responsibility

• • Low patient-provider ratios

• • Stable employment with competitive salary and regular pay increases

• • 55 days annual paid time off (26 days paid annual leave, 13 days paid annual sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, 5 CME) in addition to other leave options including paid parental leave.

• • Generous education support programs, including loan repayment and reimbursement

• • Unprecedented federal retirement benefits include a traditional pension (5 years vesting) and a federal 401K (TSP) with up to 5% in employer contributions.

• • VAs Diversity, People & Culture

• VA offers a Contract Buy Out Program (CBOP), which authorizes VHA to buy out service contracts.

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