Physician (Community Living Center Medical Director)

The CLC Medical Director will be expected to provide both administrative and clinical leadership, as well as direct patient care, in the Community Living Center (CLC). The CLC includes skilled nursing, long term care, and hospice/palliative care.

The incumbent duties and/or responsibilities are (but not limited to) the following:

• Participate in the creation of policies, procedures and guidelines to assure provision of adequate good quality comprehensive services, including procedures for emergency treatment of residents in the CLC.
• Collaborate with CLC management to advise the CLC administration regarding adequacy and appropriateness of scope of service for CLC residents, CLC staffing models, and issues related to cultural transformation.
• Provide direct patient/resident care including admission H&P, all day-to-day aspects of patient care, discharge summary, participation in discharge planning and any family conferences.
• Provide patient care outside of the CLC, depending on GEC needs: community nursing homes, State Veterans nursing homes, and outpatient clinics. As needed. coverage for the other CLC programs may include: admission evaluations, daily care planning, home visits, and transition to Geriatric primary care.
• Collaborate with outside partners (State Veterans nursing home) to provide guidance/assistance in managing care in times of crisis (i.e. COVID outbreak) F. Medical Officer of the Day provides night and weekend coverage, but the oversight and handoff is coordinated by the CLC director.
• Support and direct the teaching mission of the CLC in coordination with the medical facility and any outside teaching organizations.
• Rotate routinely as the attending physician for house staff and fellows rotating through the CLC; participation in the Geriatric's didactic program is also encouraged.
• The CLC director responsible for the oversight of all medical care within the CLC, this includes but not limited to Palliative/Hospice care, dementia care, mental health care, skilled rehabilitation, skilled nursing care (i.e., IV antibiotics, wound care, vent and trach care) and others listed in the VHA Handbook 1142.02, CLC admission for long stay care and short stay care. It is expected that CLC director and providers will collaborate with specialties as clinically appropriate

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).

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 8:00am - 4:30pm

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