U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Key Responsibilities

• • Provide evidence-based care in an outpatient clinical setting and provide consultation services in an inpatient setting or emergent need
• • Perform a physical examination, review patient's medical data and order routine diagnostic imaging studies and labs when indicated
• • Document observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition
• • Collaborate with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes
• • Provide telehealth care via different modalities
• • Work collaboratively with other specialties
• • Follow VA directives and policies and KCVA Medical Staff Bylaws
• • Maintain current Basic Life Support (BLS) and ACLS, if required
• • Must enroll in RQI and maintain compliance
• • Possess computer skills to access and input typed data on each patient into the computerized patient record system (CPRS)
• • Utilize Microsoft Teams, Outlook, and Office
• • Maintain license to practice medicine in a state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia
• • Required to possess full and unrestricted licensure and to maintain current registration
• • Provide direct clinical supervision of advance practice nurses, physician assistants, clinical trainees, and other staff as appropriate
• • Participation in clinical trainee education
• • Establish professional working relationships with other clinical service providers within the medical center and outlying clinics
• • Cooperate with and participate in medical duties or functions related to quality of care, peer review and with other performance improvement activities as directed
• • Attend assigned meetings or process action teams
• • Attend mandatory meetings and on-time completion of trainings/education such as staff meetings, Talent Management System (TMS), and comply with specialist continuing medical education requirements timely
• • Sign notes and close encounters per VA policy and medical staff bylaws
• • Communicate effectively with veterans, their representatives, and VA staff
• • Encouraged to engage in scholarly activities including research, academic presentations, and contributions to medical literature
• • Potentially requires flexibility in schedule and assignments as this is a 24/7 hospital and is an essential function of the position
• • Some positions require rotation of tours or indefinite work on non-administrative tours as established by the immediate supervisor or designee
• • Perform dermatologic procedures such as biopsies, skin excisions, cryotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and intralesional injections
• • Participation, delegation, and approval of the clinical on-call schedule
• • Coordination and ensuring daily provider coverage for inpatient, clinics, and procedures
• • Oversee personnel management aspects of direct reports including credentialing and privileging, defining scope of practice/privileges for personnel, focused and ongoing professional practice evaluations, ongoing performance evaluations and assures the maintenance of continuing education for staff providers
• • Responsible for the development of position descriptions and competencies for direct report staff, along with the development and completion of performance standards and appraisals for direct reports
• • Supervision of providers and addressing issues such as tardiness, completion of TMS, encounters, unsigned notes, unresolved consults, and completion of peer reviews and all required documentation in a timely manner