Physician (Chief of Physical Medicine and ...

Summary The Chief, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service (PM&RS) at the VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System (TVHS) is the senior management official responsible for all areas of PM&RS including clinical, administrative, education and research. The Chief of PM&RS directly reports to the Chief of Staff, and directly supervises the PM&RS physicians, staff therapists, ancillary health care providers and administrative support staff assigned or matrixed to PM&RS. Responsibilities VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards. Duties: The PM&RS Chief is responsible for ensuring a strong relationship with the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) and the Geriatric Fellowship Director. The PM&RS Chief will be a Board-Certified Physiatrist and have academic credentials appropriate to appointment at the Associate or Full Professor level to the Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Responsibilities include planning, developing, coordinating, directing and evaluating the operational aspects of a large and complex physical medicine rehabilitation program across multiple sites, i.e. VA medical centers, VA staffed outpatient clinics and contract clinics serving Middle Tennessee and North Georgia. Direct patient care and consultation is provided in support of primary care clinics, acute medicine, surgery and psychiatry units, nursing home units, long-term psychiatric units, rehabilitation clinics and units, hospice, chronic ventilator unit and skilled nursing beds. The PM&RS Chief is responsible for developing and maintaining PM&RS programs inclusive of professional, peer review, organizational improvement, continuing education, scope of practice, clinical privileging, and other quality and process improvement activities. This includes meeting annual Performance Measures and Monitors as identified by VHA, VISN and at facility-level. The incumbent's responsibilities will include providing direct patient care within their area of clinical expertise. Ensures that quality and quantity of health care delivered to veterans within the program meets current community, state, and federal standards, including VHA, JCAHO and CARF as applicable. Responsible for ensuring that appropriate educational activities are provided to assist VA staff so they can provide quality care to veterans. This responsibility includes enforcement of VA required training (e.g. prevention of sexual harassment) and may include creation of new educational activities to meet current needs. The Chief is responsible for facilitating research and ensuring that local research initiatives in rehabilitation service and technologies are congruent with the needs of the veteran population, e.g., encouraging research on ways to minimize use of restraints or adaptive or prosthetic devices. The Chief, PM&RS should understand VA, NII-1 and other research funding mechanisms so as to foster support for research initiatives either within the PM&RS or in conjunction with the GRECC. Responsible for the day to day coordination and facilitation of functions of all services, professional and administrative, that interface with the PM&RS and maintaining active and effective communication with the Chief of Staff, GRECC Director, academic affiliates, peers, subordinates and support services to ensure that VHA, VISN and local needs are addressed promptly and effectively. 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 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 (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: Monday - Friday 7:30 AM - 4:00 PM Requirements Conditions of Employment U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Must be proficient in written and spoken English. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Must pass pre-employment physical examination. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP). You may be required to serve a probationary period. Complete all application requirements detailed in the

Created: 2026-03-07