Summary The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is seeking a Supervisory Podiatrist who will provide a balance of direct patient care and leadership responsibilities. This role includes supervising professional staff, coordinating administrative functions, supporting educational activities, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality podiatric services. The position is located at the Wyoming VA Clinic within Specialty Services. Responsibilities VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. Clinical Duties Direct Patient Care: Provides comprehensive diagnostic, preventative, and therapeutic podiatric services to patients, including surgeries, wound care, diagnosis, and treatment of foot and ankle disorders. Complex Cases: Manages complex or difficult cases and serves as a clinical expert for questions and consultations. Supervisory Responsibilities Oversight of Staff: Supervises and evaluates staff podiatrists, residents, and possibly students or other allied health staff. Scheduling/Work Assignments: Oversees clinic schedules, on-call coverage, and distribution of work assignments. Performance Management: Conducts performance appraisals, sets expectations, reviews clinical competence, and addresses performance or conduct issues. Recruitment and Training: Participates in hiring processes and ensures new providers and residents are properly onboarded and trained. Administrative Duties Policy Development: Contributes to formulating and updating clinical policies, procedures, and compliance with regulatory requirements. Quality Assurance: Participates in quality improvement initiatives, monitors outcomes, and ensures adherence to best practices and accreditation standards. Credentialing: Assists in reviewing credentials and privileging for new and existing podiatry staff. Resource Management: May help with budgeting, equipment requests, and supply management. Education & Collaboration Teaching: Involved in teaching, mentoring, and supervising residents, fellows, students, and other trainees. Interdisciplinary Care: Works closely with other departments such as surgery, orthopedics, diabetes management, wound care, and prosthetics as part of an integrated care team. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday from 8:00am to 4:30pm Telework: Not Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. 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 (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). 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. 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 "Required Documents" section of this announcement. Qualifications Applicants pending the completion of educational or certification/licensure requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Podiatrist Basic Requirements Degree as a doctor of podiatric medicine, or its equivalent, from a school of podiatric medicine approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Approved schools are United States schools of podiatric medicine approved by the Council on Podiatry Education of the American Podiatry Association in the year in which the degree was granted. ~AND~ Completed, or currently completing, residency training, or its equivalent, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. VA Podiatrists involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status. Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the accrediting bodies for graduate medical education, the Council on Podiatric Medical Education, in the list published for the year the residency was completed, or (2) Other residencies and training experiences, or their equivalents, which the local Professional Standards Board determines to have provided an applicant with appropriate professional training. ~AND~ Currently hold, or will hold, a full and unrestricted license to practice Podiatry in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or in the District of Columbia. Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/. Physical Requirements: See VA Directive and Handbook 5019, Employee Occupational Health Service for requirements. Education Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/. Additional Information This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status. VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
