Seeking Clinical Practice Manager of Primary Care for Excellent VA Leadership Opportunity in the Capitol of Oregon Wine Country - Salem, Oregon

Position Information

The Salem, Oregon Veterans Administration Community Based Outpatient Clinic is seeking a full-time Board-Certified/Board Eligible Family Practice or Internal Medicine physician for its out-patient clinic in Salem, Oregon for our Primary Care Clinical Practice Manager.  Although Salem is remote to the Portland VA, there exists multiple ties to the main facility.  The Portland VA has a Community Based Out-Patient Clinic in Salem with a 26,000 square foot clinic, multiple primary care providers, and sub-specialty support.  Veterans can receive consultations via electronic consults or Tele-health and may receive sub-specialty care through co-management with the private sector or via appointments at the Portland VA.

The Clinic Practice Manager will provide management and leadership of interdisciplinary patient care services within the Primary Care setting, this position is 60% administration/management and 40% clinical (direct patient care).  The Clinic Practice Manager will be responsible with the Nurse Operations Manager for the daily operations of the assigned practice group.  The incumbent will be the first-line supervisor for physicians, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants within that practice group.

Candidates must be board certified in Family Practice or Internal Medicine and have demonstrated leadership and have administrative capabilities.  Must be strongly motivated in promoting appropriate staff education and development programs, and demonstrate a commitment to professional enrichment, merit promotion, equal employment opportunity and positive labor relations.

We are seeking a Clinical Practice Manager with a strong clinical, administrative skills who will provide oversight of day-to-day operations, be clinically active, have excellent communication skills. Academic experience a plus, and opportunities for education and collaboration with our academic partner is possible.

The ideal candidate must be strongly motivated to promote continuing education for staff, inter-professional training, and be committed to professional enrichment, merit promotion, equal employment opportunity, and positive labor relations. An OHSU academic appointment may be  commensurate with experience.

Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday-Friday, (minimal call for abnormal labs).

• Must be U.S. Citizen
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in the U.S.
• Board Certification in Family Practice or Internal Medicine

Community Information

Benefits and Features

The position offers a competitive salary based on education, training and experience and includes a full benefit package, student debt repayment, an annual CME stipend all designed to support a high-quality professional practice and favorable work-life-family balance. VA does this by offering: Paid Time Off in the form of 26 Days paid annual leave, 13 Days paid sick leave per year, 11 Federal holidays with pay, and 5-Day paid absence to attend approved CME courses. Insurance to include Health-Dental-Vision care insurance programs to choose from with premiums partially paid by VA; Flexible Spending Accounts; Term life insurance, family, and additional coverage options are available with the cost shared by the Federal Government; and Long-term care insurance available as an option. Federal Retirement Plan thru the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) - A three-tiered retirement plan composed of 1) Social Security benefits; 2) FERS-FRAE basic benefits (pension); and 3) Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) which is a 401K-type plan, with up to five percent government matching contributions.  

To Explore This Physician Opportunity Further

Please forward copy of your Cover Letter and Curriculum Vitae to Henry "Hank" Laguatan, VA National Healthcare Recruitment Consultant at Henry.Laguatan@va.gov or call (206) 459-7927.

About Salem, Oregon Veterans Administration Community Based Outpatient Clinic

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the largest integrated health care system in the United States, providing care at 1,321 health care facilities, including 172 VA Medical Centers and 1,138 outpatient sites of care of varying complexity (VHA outpatient clinics) to over 9 million Veterans enrolled in the VA health care program. VHA Medical Centers provide a wide range of services including traditional hospital-based services such as surgery, critical care, mental health, orthopedics, pharmacy, radiology and physical therapy. In addition, most of our medical centers offer additional medical and surgical specialty services including audiology & speech pathology, dermatology, dental, geriatrics, neurology, oncology, podiatry, prosthetics, urology, and vision care. Some medical centers also offer advanced services such as organ transplants and plastic surgery.

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