Ophthalmology Service Chief Key Responsibilities:

• Typical shift M-F, 7:30am-4:00pm OR 8:00am-4:30pm
• Travel: up to 25% to Community Based Outpatient Clinics
• Provides comprehensive ophthalmologic evaluation/consultations, both IP/OP, diagnosis and treatment for patients, surgical procedures, postoperative care, and follow-up management across all appropriate subspecialties of ophthalmology
• Collaborates with other specialties to provide integrated patient management.
• Participates in call coverage, surgical rotations, and urgent ophthalmologic evaluations
• Oversees daily operations of the ophthalmology clinic, including scheduling, patient
• flow, and coordination of services
• Develops strategic plans for program growth, resource allocation, and improved access to
• ophthalmology services
• Additional duties as required
• May qualify for the Education Debt Reduction Program (up to $200K over a 5-year period)

Preferred Experience:

• Board Certified in Ophthalmology.
• 5+ years’ experience; Veterans experience preferred
• Must be a U.S. Citizen. Non-Citizen candidates will be considered if a U.S. Citizen is not found
• Current full, active, and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or District of Columbia.

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About Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration

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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