Chief Psychiatrist Position Awaits You – VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, Ohio

The Cleveland VA is seeking an outstanding leader.

The prestigious VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System nestled in Cleveland, Ohio has an opening for a Chief of Psychiatry Department.  This 5-star medical center is a leading healthcare system, innovative care, and teaching facility with healthcare services at 20 locations in northeast Ohio.  The opportunity allows you to participate in the development of overall management objectives, and philosophies and provide top-notch leadership to a warm & collegial staff of 74 VA employees. Have final decision-making authority, responsibility, and accountability on all issues affecting the Psychiatric Service, i.e., inpatient; outpatient; research; emergency medicine department, gambling addiction, etc., and ensure compliance with excellent standards of patient care. The mix of administrative vs. clinical is 40% clinical responsibilities with the remainder of administrative duties.

The Cleveland VA has a primary academic affiliation with Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, and several other agreements with Cleveland Clinic and MetroHealth. Therefore, ensure all psychiatric residency and fellowship training programs and medical student education mandates are met in coordination with program coordinators, internally and externally.

The best-qualified individual shall have at least five leadership experience; have some research experience; teaching; residency program experience; interaction with local programs; VA experience. 

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Recruitment/Relocation Incentives

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off 50-55 days of annual paid time offer 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 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
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

About Cleveland

Whether rocking out to music legends inside the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame or viewing Monets and Picassos at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland is a city that mixes equal parts grit and sophistication. Nosh award-winning food in historic buildings, tip back some craft beers amid a Lake Erie beach party or cheer on a championship team with a hardball of locally distilled spirits. All in Cleveland.

Located in the Midwestern United States on Lake Erie, Cleveland is a good place to live for anyone who desires a diverse urban area for settling down. Without having to over-extend financially to afford a big city lifestyle. 

Welcome to Cleveland,  we’ve got world-class experiences without the world-class ego. And for that, you’re welcome. 

Focusing on treating the whole Veteran through health promotion and disease prevention, VA provides comprehensive, seamless health care and social services for 112,589 Veterans across Northeast Ohio. 

With 18 locations of care, including 13 outpatient clinics, two community resource and referral centers, a psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery center, a chronic dialysis center and an outpatient surgery center, VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System’s quality services are easily accessible to Veterans in 24 counties. 

VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System contributes to the future of medicine through education, training, and research programs.  We are committed to delivering the highest quality and safest health care to our nation’s Veterans.

VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is part of Veterans Integrated Service Network 10 (VISN 10), which includes 10 VA Healthcare Systems, the independent Columbus, Ohio Ambulatory Care clinic and a network of 63 VA Outpatient Clinics that provides care to more than 685,000 Veterans throughout the lower peninsula of Michigan, Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and Indiana.

National and Regional Referral Services:
• Cochlear Implants
• Cardiac Surgery
• Invasive Cardiology
• Polytrauma Care
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Teleretinal Imaging
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Gambling Disorder Treatment
• Substance Abuse
• Women’s Military Sexual Trauma
• Blind Rehabilitation
• Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Comprehensive Rehabilitation Center
• Comprehensive Reference Clinical Laboratory Services
• Left Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Destination Implantation

Special Programs:
• Open Heart Surgery
• Care of the Seriously Mentally Ill
• Geriatric Research Education and Care Center
• Substance Abuse Care
• Women's Health Programs
• Hemodialysis
• Center for Stress Recovery
• HIV/AIDS Care
• Nuclear Medicine
• Pathology Reference Laboratory
• Sleep Disorder Program
• Functional Electrical Stimulation
• Advanced Platform Technology

Affiliations
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry
Case Western Reserve University Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing

More than 2,000 students, trainees, residents, and fellows are trained at the medical center each year, encompassing 26 disciplines and involving more than 200 affiliations with schools, colleges, and universities.

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