The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is recruiting for a CLC Medical Director (Physician). The CLC Medical Director (Physician) will function in the Medicine Service.
Duties
The Department of Medicine at the VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is seeking one full‑time physician for the supervisory role of Community Living Center Medical Director. This position involves extensive administrative duties including overseeing post‑acute and long‑term care operations, facilitating national survey committees, monitoring performance metrics, and participating in and co‑chairing numerous hospital committees (infection control, antibiotic stewardship, quality assurance and performance improvement, bioethics, dementia, etc.). You will also be responsible for medical oversight of a network of VA‑contracted community nursing homes across Northeast Ohio, supervising up to 20 medical providers, conducting routine performance evaluations, workload distribution, managing disciplinary actions, and ensuring compliance with productivity targets and a wide range of administrative policies and procedures.
Clinical responsibilities include daily rounds on nursing home patients, managing and supervising medical students and resident physicians, and coordinating care between various acute inpatient units and external facilities such as emergency departments, long‑term care, and rehabilitation facilities. As a member of the Section of Acute Medicine, which includes both the Emergency Department and inpatient wards, you will provide periodic clinical coverage on acute inpatient medicine wards and the emergency department, including potential solo coverage.
Compensation and Benefits
VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VHA Physician Total Rewards. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
* 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 401(k) 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)
* Licensure: One full and unrestricted license from any US state or territory
* 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: Various tours to encompass both day and night shifts.
Requirements
* Full and unrestricted medical license from any US state or territory
* Board certification required
* Experience as Medical Director of a post‑acute and long‑term care (PALTC) facility preferred
* Infectious disease or infection control experience preferred
* Emergency department and inpatient medicine experience preferred
* Eligible for faculty appointment at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine commensurate with experience
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