The Physician (Psychiatric Medical Officer) performs the following major duties:

• Volunteer Health System:
  • Consult as necessary with medical and mental health personnel on medical screening requirements and determinations for applicant health histories that include psychiatric diagnosis/es or treatment.
  • Participate in pre-service workflow systems and individualized medical accommodation practices via OHS policies including adherence to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Privacy Act of 1974.
  • With a focus on psychiatry, assess country resources across Peace Corps posts in order to make assignment recommendations with country placement data.
  • Develop the psychiatric component of the ambulatory treatment plan and subsequent reviews for patients under their care, - Work with a staff of medical officers, registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and psychologists who all provide health care assessment or services throughout the Volunteer Lifecycle.
  • Assume consultative responsibility for the continuity of psychiatric care delivered or monitored in the field.
  • Assist with training for mid-level practitioners, nursing staff, support services personnel, and peer professional staff as needed.
  • As requested by the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) or delegate, contribute to and support sexual assault risk and prevention activities and any related psychiatric components of sexual assault and similar trauma.
  • Provide appropriate instruction to institutional personnel in matters relating to applicant, Volunteer or returned Volunteer psychiatric health; and Serves as a member of Medical Review Boards.
• Program Management and Administration:
  • Provides mental health on-call duties (nights and weekends) on a rotating basis with other clinical staff. On-call duties include providing clinical consultations and guidance to other headquarters medical staff and overseas Peace Corps Medical Officers in the clinical management of serving V/Ts.
  • Provides clinical oversight of psychiatric-related policy and implementation within the Volunteer Health System. Maintains current professional information on medical standards and evaluates or consults regarding the applicability and usefulness of newly developed medical and technical procedures for the agency health program overseas.
  • Assists the Quality Improvement Unit and PCMO Support Unit in providing professional guidance, direction, and support to the Peace Corps Medical Officers (PCMOs) and all other agency-contracted health personnel. Participates in the annual evaluation of PCMOs and in the evaluation of applicants for PCMO positions.
  • With a particular focus on psychiatry, assists the Epidemiology Unit in OHS with identification, preparation and facilitation of mental health studies within the Volunteer Health System and Volunteer Lifecycle.
  • Collaborates as necessary with the Health Informatics Unit in reviewing medical and mental
    health data capture ability and related information technology issues around the global medical record system.
  • Aids and provides professional advice to the Quality Improvement (QI) Unit, and coordinates OMS medical input on technical guidelines related to in-service health care and Field Support Unit responsibilities to ensure that the technical guidelines meet professional standards and QI standards and expectations.
  • Researches and collaborates in preparing clinical and policy guidelines for the Volunteer health program (including manual sections, technical guidelines and screening guidelines), and provides technical assistance and consultation on an individual basis).
• Agency-Wide Technical Resource:
  • Serves as an agency expert and coordinator on psychiatric health issues impacting Volunteers during service. Generates policy recommendations, interventions, and agency mechanisms related to the Agency's support of the mental health and medical needs of Invitees, Trainees, Volunteers and Returned Peace Corps Volunteers.
  • As a recognized technical expert, the incumbent provides clinical insight into a full range of programmatic activities related to health services research, clinical research evaluation and related disciplines, research methodologies, data development and analysis, and research endeavors on quality measurement, improvement, and patient safety.
  • Maintains open lines of communication with Senior Management staff and other departments within Peace Corps. Works in coordination with other Peace Corps offices to review or prepare position papers on proposed Peace Corps policy.

Starting at $155,700 Per Year (FP 1)

• Provide veterinary medical care, surgical care, and treatment to Military Working Dogs (MWDs), and other government-owned animals.
• Examine, vaccinate, and treat animals within the scope of veterinary service guidelines.
• Perform emergency treatment and/or necropsy procedures as necessary.
• Explain medical findings to clients, maintain medical treatment records and document findings in legible animal health records.
• Interpret laboratory, radiological, and diagnostic procedures.
• Perform commercial sanitation audits of food facilities as assigned. This may require travel locally or occasionally overnight trips.
• Support the instillation with animal bite quarantine exams, animal facility checks and other support as requested.
• Act as supervisor of the clinic and serve as the first line supervisor for other administrative staff or technicians that work within the clinic.
• Mentor, teach and coach subordinates as needed to ensure delivery of safe medical care.

Starting at $82,830 Per Year (GS 12)

• Veterinary care and treatment of government, privately-owned, and indigenous animals: Provides Military Working Dogs (MWDs), military horses, other government-owned animals direct full service veterinary medical and surgical care and treatment.
• Provide food safety and inspection services in support of the Defense Commissary Agency, Defense Logistics Agency, Navy Supply Systems Command, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) Fund Activities.
• Supervise employees Veterinary Treatment Facility and the veterinary Non-appropriated Fund Instrumentality, supervises both military and NAFI employees (including NAFI veterinarians) to include the hiring and termination of NAFI employees.

Starting at $95,905 Per Year (GS 12)

Where compassion meets innovation and technology and our employees are family.

General Purpose of Job:

The Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) represents the needs and requirements of the Medical Staff and serves as an advocate for the use of information technology in the clinical setting.  The CMIO is responsible for physician engagement, adoption, standardization and optimization of clinical information systems and clinical informatics. The CMIO leads physician & clinical change management for the design and execution of technology enabled process change that maximizes patient safety, quality of care, and operational efficiency. The CMIO works in collaboration with Driscoll Children’s Information Services (IS) leadership, the Driscoll Children’s Epic team, Physicians, Nursing and other hospital and health plan leaders who use and rely on technology to provide safe and efficient patient care.  The CMIO is an important physician leader at Driscoll Health System and will champions not only IS issues but also participates in work that supporting our Mission and furthering our strategic imperatives. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.

• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.

• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines. 

• Serve as the liaison between the Medical Staff, IS, and the Driscoll Children’s Epic team.

• Participate in the planning, selection, implementation, and performance assessment of clinical information systems (CIS).

• Assist in the development of training programs on CIS for clinicians.

• Provide ongoing review and development of alerts, order sets and protocols within CIS.

• Understand requirements of and problems reported by clinicians and communicate realistic solutions and initiatives to IS and the Epic teams.

• Regularly communicates changes to and challenges with our CIS to clinicians and increases their awareness of resources for support and progress with their issues and concerns.

• Monitors and responds to safety issues related to the CIS. 

• Advises Driscoll Children’s leaders and committees on subjects related to the CIS. 

• Studies current trends and advancements in health informatics and the CIS and determines their relevance for Driscoll Children’s Health.

Education and/or Experience:

• Applicants must possess an MD or DO, followed by successful completion of an accredited residency program.

• Five years of clinical informatics/IT experience

• Experience with Epic EHR preferred.

• Knowledge of public policy initiatives with the ability to bridge new care delivery models into clinical practice with the right technology solutions.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Current unrestricted license as an MD or DO in State of Texas

• Board Certified in Clinical Informatics

• Board Certified in Medical Specialty

• Certification as an Epic physician builder

• Veterinary care and treatment of government, privately-owned, and indigenous animals.
• Serves as consultant on animal bites, rabies control, and zoonotic disease control within established regulation and guidelines.
• Serves as a veterinarian in various locations directing and supervising military food safety and quality assurance programs.

Starting at $82,830 Per Year (GS 12)

The CMO functions as a principal member of the Network's interdisciplinary staff providing the necessary clinical leadership to actualize the future direction of the VISN in the context of VHA's road map for the new VA. The incumbent is expected to be proficient in both the clinical aspects of the organization and delivery of health services as well as the managerial components necessary to guide large cadres of health professionals in the network's medical centers, clinics and outpatient facilities. In addition, the incumbent is expected to have the requisite coordinating skills in interacting with academic affiliates, veteran service organizations, other VISNs, as well as all other stakeholders.

Areas of responsibilities (functions):

• Conceptualize, communicate and promote a vision of health care delivery which is consistent with VHA and the Network's articulated goals.
• Provides oversight of all clinical activities, coordinating with VISN staff and facility clinical leads to continuously monitor and improve quality of the healthcare services delivered within VISN 19.
• Collaborate with facility clinical leadership to improve Network and facility performance on outcomes and other performance measures related to delivery of clinical healthcare services. Support and participate in the development of and implementation of clinical guidelines.
• Promote free and open communications between the V AMCs in the Network and other VISNs, VHA Headquarter, DoD's medical treatment facilities (MTFs) and all other stakeholders and the organizations that they represent.
• Foster efficiency in clinical activities by providing timely and proactive guidance to health professionals involved in the organization and delivery of comprehensive, patient-centered clinical care, promotion of medical and allied health training programs and conduct of veterans-focused applied research with emphasis on redeployment of resources.
• Actively facilitate the establishment of a network-wide primary care system to improve access to care for all veterans.
• Nurture a network-wide culture that is dedicated to improvement in patient care, education and research.
• Serve as an expert clinical guide for all health professionals and the clinical "conscience" of the Network.
• Participate in both short and long-range planning of all patient care, education and research programs in the Network to enhance both effectiveness and efficiency of clinical, educational and research programs with particular emphasis in promoting sharing between VAMCs and DoD-MTFs as well as community health care organizations.
• Assist in the identification, selection, development, motivation and evaluation of senior clinical personnel at all medical facilities in the Network.
• Collaborate with others in ensuring compliance with laws, regulations and rules of accrediting bodies and third-party payers governing all clinical operations, inclusive of the maintenance of the integrity of educational and research programs conducted under the auspices of the Network and its constituent facilities.
• Facilitate the maintenance of credentialing and privileging systems for health professionals as required by accrediting bodies and statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Promote the development and furtherance of continuing education programs for health professionals in the Network.
• Maintain either directly (as Network Academic Affiliation Officer) or through appropriate delegation, an oversight function of all academic and research activities in the Network.
• Encourage the integration of the V AMCs and health professional staff with their counterparts in the community in order to enhance VA's prominence, not only as a health care provider, but also as a major partner in furthering the nation's efforts in the training of health professionals and advancement of medical and allied health research.
• Promote the furtherance of equal employment opportunity goals and VHA's expressed commitment to the advancement of labor- management relations.
• Facilitate the emergence of a culture that encourages clinical innovation, excellence in educational endeavors and applied research in improving the health and well-being of veterans. Provides direction for Network-wide research activities and compliance.
• Coordinate strategic planning efforts for health care delivery with effective business planning to assure maximum healthcare quality and efficiency.
• Conduct demographic assessments and evaluate the clinical needs of the veteran population and develop programs and services to meet identified needs.
• Conduct site visits to Network facilities on an ongoing basis to observe care delivery and monitor compliance with acceptable care delivery approaches.
• Provide national leadership in addressing key clinical issues via work groups, task force groups and face to face meetings.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm

Starting at $150,000 Per Year (VM 15)

Directs Health Administration Service programs in broad patient administration areas, providing resource allocation data and related interpretation for assessing the management of resources, technical and administrative support for staff, maintenance and evaluation of medical records, assuring patient privacy, adherence to regulatory requirements governing release of information and assuring legal requirements are met. Works with Chiefs of clinical and administrative services to ensure that work of HAS is integrated with the work of other services.

Develops both long and short-range policies and plans for the organization by coordinating the medical administration needs of the health care system. Incumbent is responsible for making and implementing decisions that ultimately affect patient care; makes final administrative planning decisions for a large ambulatory care clinic and associated community based outpatient clinics (CBOCs). Incumbent must adapt the principles, practices, processes, and techniques common to any situation to the specialized requirements of the health care system.

Provides active and well informed administrative participation in planning for the delivery of health care by taking the initiative to identify needs and potential issues/concerns and devising flexibilities in operations and constructive, cost effective approaches to the resolution of problems.

Participates in the formative stages, in overall facility managerial planning so as to assure that an awareness of medical administrative issues and implementations are considered and influence management decisions. Serves on various facility committees and meetings with other agencies and program officials.

Provides services and technical counsel necessary to meet the procedural, legal, and administrative requirements relating to care and treatment of outpatients. Through the use of management analyst techniques, promotes better utilization of management principles and practices.

Initiates reassignment of personnel as required, and has comprehensive knowledge of health care facility operations, advising on personnel utilization.
Responsible for coordinating performance evaluations and provides counseling for position advancement. The incumbent must be familiar with the procedures for hiring candidates.

Discusses, investigates, and responds to employee grievances and dissatisfactions in order to resolve conflicts. Incumbent represents management at labor management meetings, provides information, and resolves conflicts and/or problems that may arise and assures management officials are familiar with the negotiated agreement.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Medical Administration Officer (Chief HAS)/PD007-0
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $98,496 Per Year (GS 13)

• Perform wellness appointments on a population of privately-owned animals and advise owners on proper immunizations and disease prevention.
• Examine animals, treat diseases and injuries, conduct surgeries. Perform administrative duties such as maintaining legal medical health records.
• Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, and other body fluids for examination and diagnostic testing.
• Performs and interprets laboratory findings. Issues health certificates.
• Provides direction and oversight to Animal Health Assistants with regards to veterinary nursing skills, veterinary medical standards, and animal care.

Starting at $85,000 Per Year (NF 4)

• Perform wellness appointments on a population of privately-owned animals and advise owners on proper immunizations and disease prevention.
• Examine animals, treat diseases and injuries, conduct surgeries. Perform administrative duties such as maintaining legal medical health records.
• Collect body tissue, feces, blood, urine, and other body fluids for examination and diagnostic testing.
• Performs and interprets laboratory findings. Issues health certificates.
• Provides direction and oversight to Animal Health Assistants with regards to veterinary nursing skills, veterinary medical standards, and animal care.

Starting at $90,000 Per Year (NF 4)

As a Physician (Internal Medicine) (Chief Medical Officer), you will:

• Provide management and leadership direction for a fullrange of clinical services and programs that affect the health of the Residents.
• Develop and implement clinical policies, guidelines, and procedures for a comprehensive health care program at AFRH Facilities.
• Participate in monitoring and improving the facility's care through a quality assurance and performance improvement program that encourages self-evaluation, anticipates and plans for change, and meets regulatory requirements.
• Monitor the requirements for physicians and other health care providers to cover the nursing units and outpatient services and clinics.
• Coordinate with Agency Medical Director, Health Care Administrator, Director of Nursing, and others, as appropriate, to seek solutions to challenges of diagnoses, care, management (professional or administrative).
• Establish performance standards, and ensures timely performance of a satisfactory amount and quality of work, review work products and accept, amend or reject work.

Starting at $115,587 Per Year (AD 00)

• Coordinating administrative functions for the support staff in multiple clinics and clinical support areas.
• Coordinating training for support staff in multiple clinics and clinical support areas.
• Analyzing and data mining reports.
• Planning and scheduling work assignments.
• Assuring equitable distribution of work.
• Ensuring timely performance of work of satisfactory quantity and quality.
• Reviewing, accepting, amending, or rejecting administrative work performed.
• Advising management on administrative policies and requirements.
• Provides input regarding major business and administrative duties as it relates to program management and overall operations of the clinical areas.
• Ensures all administrative support functions are adequately staffed on a regular basis.
• Assures equitable distribution of work.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Medical Administration Officer/PD11901A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $59,662 Per Year (GS 9)

• Provide veterinary medical care, surgical care, and treatment to Military Working Dogs (MWDs), military horses, and other government-owned animals.
• Examine, vaccinate, and treat animals within the scope of veterinary service guidelines.
• Perform emergency treatment and/or necropsy procedures as necessary.
• Explain medical findings to clients, maintain medical treatment records and document findings in legible animal health records.
• Interpret laboratory, radiological, and diagnostic procedures.

Starting at $82,830 Per Year (GS 12)

The duties of the position typically include but are not limited to:

• Maintains full authority for the operational budget for Health Administration Service (HAS).
• Provides leadership and guidance in determining the resource needs of all HAS organizational elements.
• Work with chiefs of clinical services and other administrative services to ensure that work of HAS is integrated with the work of other services.
• Participates in the formative stages, in overall facility managerial planning so as to assure that an awareness of medical administrative issues and implementations are considered and influence management on-site meetings with other agencies and program officials.
• Manages space and equipment programs for the Service.
• Arranges for the shared use of equipment, establishes and administers an effective program of preventive equipment maintenance coordinates the annual inventory of all properly assigned to HAS.
• Coordinates arid participates in disciplinary actions and responds to appeals and grievances.
• Attends hearing when requested. This may involve working the Regional Counsel, Special Counsel, EEC Investigators, and others in resolving personnel problems and personnel actions.
• Manage million dollar budget including staffing, equipment, contract and research grant funds.
• Manages quality assurance and improvement activities for all programs in the service line and ensures compliance with all applicable Joint Commission standards.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
Compressed/Flexible: Not available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Medical Administration Officer (Chief Health Administration Service)/PD05037O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $117,522 Per Year (GS 14)

Functions include but not limited to:

• Assists in designing, establishing, maintaining, evaluating, and reporting of comprehensive and integrated Quality Assurance and Continuous Quality Improvement program for the VA Memphis Main Laboratory and in collaboration with the Ancillary Testing Coordinator (ATC) for testing sites physically separate from the main laboratory, that meet the requirements of the relevant regulatory and accrediting organizations.
• Assists in the development and updating of general laboratory policy and procedure manuals in compliance with applicable VAH, TJC, and CAP accreditation requirements.
• Works with VA Memphis Management and facility clinical staff to monitor test utilization patterns and assists in designing data collection forms appropriate to the indicators being monitored and at minimum collection time.
• Assists in performing an annual assessment of the VA Memphis QA/QI plan to plan effectiveness. This assessment includes any follow-up action taken as a result of prior QA/QI monitoring and evaluation activities and includes the development and assessment of appropriate.
• Conducts periodic workplace inspections at a frequency to be determined by the VA or by relevant regulatory/accrediting organizations and maintains written/electronic records of findings during such inspections.
• The Lead Quality Manager is responsible for review of work product. Actively participates in Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement programs, working collaboratively with VA Memphis Laboratory Managers, Pathologists, and Supervisors.
• Service priorities are sometimes superseded by mandates from various levels of higher management, including mandates from Central Office and VISN. The Quality Manager will be expected to adapt to such shifting priorities as these are transmitted by the Quality
  Manager.
• Consults with senior laboratory management with respect to mitigation strategies for workplace hazards and risks.
• Will lead investigations of workplace accidents within all areas of the clinical laboratory and prepare and submit a written/electronic report of the results of the investigation. This should include suggested measures that should be taken to avoid such accidents in the future.

Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday - Friday
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 50229-F
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact VISN9HREDRP@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $92,621 Per Year (GS 11)

Number of Job Openings Available:

1

Date Posted:

May 22, 2023

Department:

16008050 West Region Security

Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Shift Length:

Hours Per Week:

40

Union Contract:

Non-Union

Weekend Rotation:

Every Other

Job Summary:

Responds, controls and oversees calls for assistance and alarms taking action and interventions to mitigate situations and to reduce injury, prevent property damage or loss. Patrols, assesses and secures organization’s properties and provides escorts and education to internal customers. Enforces criminal ordinances and administrative policies partnering with law enforcement and other community partners.

Key Position Details:

Job Description:

Principle Responsibilities

• Responds to security emergencies.
  • Responds, controls and oversees calls for assistance and alarms.
  • Takes action(s) and intervenes per procedure and protocols to mitigate the situations and to reduce injury, prevent property damage or loss.
  • Investigates calls for services and prepares written reports.
• Patrols, assesses and secures organization’s properties.
  • Identifies, evaluates and escalates threats and risks to ensure the safety and security of people and property.
  • Patrols and provides escorts at company facilities and campuses.
  • Monitors critical building security systems such as cameras, alarms, access control and weapons detection screening systems.
  • Maintains and properly operates equipment including radio, emergency vehicle and TASER.
• Enforces criminal ordinances and administrative policies.
  • Makes citizen arrests per policy.
  • Partners with law enforcement.
  • Cites non-compliance related to administrative policies such as smoking, parking and regulatory related to safety and security.
• Serves as a department liaison to internal partners, community partners and other customers.
  • Partners with internal customers to identify risk and safety concerns.
  • Provides education to internal customers to mitigate personal safety in and out of the workplace.
  • Serves on organizational regulatory and security committees.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Completion or current enrollment of Associates or Vocational degree or other post secondary education or
• 1 year experience in security, law enforcement, military policy or related field preferred in lieu of degree preference
• BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required American Heart Association or Allina within 60 Days
• Valid Driver’s License required upon hire - MN and WI residents must obtain a valid driver’s license in their state of residence within 60 days of employment as may require travel occasionally from site to site
• International Association for Hospital Safety and Security (IAHSS) preferred
• OSHA First Responder preferred
• Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) preferred

Physical Demands
Very Heavy Work:
Lifting weight Excess of 100 lbs. occasionally, Over 50 lbs. frequently