NYH Chief of Staff
Opportunity Criteria
SpecialtyAdministration
Candidate TypeMD, DO
Visa AcceptedNo J-1 or H-1B
Salary Range$323,000.00 to $400,000.00 / Year
Loan RepaymentNo
Employment TypeFull Time
Bonuses OfferedStarting
Chief of Staff - NY Harbor Veterans Affairs - Recruitment Incentive
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking an experienced Physician (MD/DO) to serve as our Chief of Staff.
- Salary $325k to $400k depending on experience and specialty.
- Recruitment Incentive is authorized.
- May be eligible for Reimbursement of moving expenses.
- This position is located at our MidTown Manhattan facility with frequent travel to our hospitals at St. Albans and Brooklyn.
- 85%-90% admin and 15%-10% clinical.
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K 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: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
Job Responsibilities
The COS provides organizational leadership over clinical care across the facility, ensuring safe, high quality, and accessible care for Veterans. Duties include guiding clinical operations, coordinating patient care delivery, maximizing operational efficiency, resolving professional staff matters, and supporting organizational goals and mission.
2. Central Coordination of VHA Operations & Policy Implementation
At the national VHA level, the COS serves as the central coordination point for high level negotiations and implementation of policies, practices, and operational activities. The role includes management of executive correspondence, communications, legislative affairs, regulatory actions, and governance board activities.
3. Oversight of Clinical Services & Resource Management
The COS assists clinical services in delivering high quality care, manages clinical systems, monitors compliance with policy and regulatory requirements, and leads resource and budget stewardship. They also aim to provide services in-house when possible to support cost-effective care delivery.
4. Supervisory & Personnel Management Responsibilities
The COS supervises clinical leaders and staff, providing direction on work assignments, strategic planning, mentoring, employee relations, disciplinary processes, proficiencies, and overall personnel management functions.
5. High-Level Communication & Stakeholder Coordination
The COS coordinates and responds to information requests from VA leadership, the White House, Congress, Veterans Service Organizations, and other federal agencies. The COS ensures that VHA messaging is aligned with VA strategic direction and collaborates with major VA offices including OGC, OIG, OSVA, OPIA, and OM.
6. Governance, Strategic Planning & Performance Oversight
The COS is deeply engaged in organizational performance improvement, strategic planning, patient and employee satisfaction initiatives, environment of care reviews, and system-wide clinical performance monitoring.
7. Committee Leadership & Interdepartmental Collaboration
The COS frequently chairs facility committees and collaborates with Patient Representatives, clinical chiefs, and administrative partners to integrate actions affecting the Medical Center Director and overall organizational direction.
8. Regulatory Compliance, Policy Interpretation & Implementation
The COS ensures compliance with clinical, administrative, and regulatory standards and interprets how national policies impact local operations. They also support the implementation of major VA initiatives and respond to changes affecting clinical services and clinical staff governance.
9. Problem Resolution & Crisis Response
The COS is expected to be present or available to respond to emergencies, complex issues requiring clinical leadership, and high risk situations affecting patient care or facility operations.
10. Representation at Executive Levels
The COS serves as a senior advisor to the Medical Center Director and participates as a member of the Executive Senior Management team, influencing policy, planning, budget, operations, and departmental performance.
At VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, our health care teams are deeply experienced and guided by the needs of Veterans, their families, and caregivers. Our VA New York Harbor Healthcare System medical centers are teaching hospitals that provide a full range of services, with state-of-the-art technology as well as education and research. The Margaret Cochran VA Campus is a high complexity facility located in Manhattan with a major educational affiliation with the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.
We offer fully integrated residency programs in general medicine, general surgery, and several specialties, including cardiology, dentistry, endocrinology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, optometry, pulmonary, nephrology, infectious disease, rheumatology, urology, orthopedic surgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, anesthesiology, dermatology, pathology, and rehabilitation medicine.
- VA New York Harbor Healthcare System provides primary and specialty health care services to Veterans living in the 5 boroughs of New York City.
- The Manhattan VA Medical Center has 166 beds, and outpatient clinics to treat Veterans who don’t need to be hospitalized.
- Other VA medical centers refer Veterans to our Manhattan campus cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, prosthetics, and other specialty health care services.
VA Benefits
Paid Time Off:
- 26 Days paid annual (vacation/personal) leave
- 13 Days paid sick leave each year with no limit on accumulation
- 11 Federal holidays with pay annually
- 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 2025, employees under the age of 50 may contribute up to $23,500, while those over age 50 are eligible to make catch-up contributions that allow them to defer up to $31,000.
- 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
Facility & Address
New York Harbor - NY
- 423 E 23rd St New York, NY 10010
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