Leadership Opportunity With $25,000 Sign-In Bonus - Director For Primary Care (dpc) At Lovell Fhcc North Chicago

SIGN-IN BONUS: $25,000

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain full authority with responsibility for the following activities: Patient Care Aligned Team (Main Facility VA Primary Care, Kenosha Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), Evanston CBOC, and McHenry CBOC), Women’s Health), Medical Home Port (DoD Primary Care, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Immunization.

• Uses an analytical framework to create an environment that facilitates the delivery of care. Coordinates and evaluates integrated programs or demonstrates clinical excellence in management of population groups.

• Provides executive input in the strategic planning, budget, mission, operational planning, and policy development for local and network efforts.

• Utilizes current trends and relevant theories in an analytical framework to design/modify, implement, and measure integrated programs and activities to achieve clinical and administrative goals of the medical center and/or network. Evaluates outcomes against strategic priorities.

• Demonstrates substantial and continuous responsibility for directing and managing an integrated program crossing electronic health records, screening requirements, and different clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction scores (e.g. VSignals, SHEP, SAIL, EPRP, PMP; PACT ACT, Mission Act, etc.).

• Consultant to medical center staff and greater community in areas of expertise.

• Demonstrates grade-appropriate, consistent critical thinking skills.

• Provides leadership in addressing ethical issues that impact patients and staff in or beyond the organization and the local health care community.

• Assumes a leadership role in resolving highly complex ethical issues that have an impact upon the health care delivery system and/or the consumer within the organization and/or the community.

• Provides leadership in the development of policies and systems to devise strategies that will enable the organization to successfully manage bioethical issues and protect patient and family rights. 

  REQUIREMENTS:

1. Have and maintain board certification in Family Practice or Internal Medicine (required)
2. Be proficient in the written and spoken use of the English language.
3. Have a basic understanding in the VHA credentialing and privilege process.
4. Have at least 5 years experience in healthcare leadership, directly supervising staff and performing labor relations/ employee relations/ performance appraisals related tasks (3 years experience MUST be within a VA healthcare facility (required))
5. Have and maintain current certification in CPR/BLS (required).

Paid Time Off:

• 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
• 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
• 11 paid Federal holidays per year
• 5 Days paid absence to attend approved CME courses

Insurance:

• Health Insurance: VA employees have an outstanding number of health insurance plans from which to choose (premiums are partially paid by VA) Lifetime Healthcare Insurance options available
• Dental & Vision: Our insurance options also include exceptional vision and dental plans (premiums are partially paid by VA)
• VA employees have the option to use Flexible Spending Accounts, which allow you to use tax-free dollars to pay for medical, dental, and vision care expenses that are not reimbursed by your health insurance plan
• Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government
• Long-term care insurance is available as an option

Federal Retirement Plan:

• VA employees are covered by the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). FERS is a three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits, 2) FERS-RAE basic benefits (pension), and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan
• How is the pension funded? VA employees automatically contribute 4.4% of their salary each pay period and the VA contributes 12.2% of the employee’s salary each pay period for a total annual contribution percentage equal to 16.6% of the employee’s salary
• Similar to the 401(k) savings plans widely available in the private sector, the TSP allows employees to tax defer a portion of their income each year, subject to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Service. For calendar year 2020, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $19,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $25,500.
• The Federal Government also provides an automatic basic contribution (1% of salary) and up to 4% of salary in matching contributions, depending on the amount of the employee contribution
• For retired military personnel, these benefits are in addition to full monthly retirement pay or pension
• In addition to FERS, VA provides health care insurance coverage for retired personnel
• Disability Retirement
• Employees are vested in a federal pension after only 5 years service