CHIEF PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON

Department of Veterans Affairs · Shasta County

Salary: $22,210 – $28,801 per month

Job description and requirements

Job Description and Duties This is an exciting opportunity to join our team at the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet). We advocate with purpose and passion every day for our state’s veterans and their families and connect them to their earned benefits. We offer a range of services, from our network of award-winning veterans' homes to our innovative home loans program. Additionally, we provide special statewide benefits and veteran outreach services. CalVet provides our staff with a wide range of fulfilling and enriching growth opportunities in skilled trades, healthcare, administrative and professional fields, and beyond. We actively cultivate an inclusive atmosphere that embraces individuals from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and life journeys, empowering them to excel and flourish. We enthusiastically welcome your distinctive contributions to our organization and the meaningful work we undertake. This position is located in the Medical Administration of the Veterans Home of California – Redding and will supervise and direct the medical activities of the Skilled Nursing Facility, Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, and Ambulatory Care Clinics, as well as provide supervision to all medical staff assigned to the Veterans Home of California - Redding. Develop and recommend policies and procedures, advise, consult and recommend procedures, treatments, or other course of action to assist medical staff, nursing staff and medical administrative staff in specific patient cases. Present recommendations to the Administrator on such matters as hospital policy, new forms of treatment, the need for equipment and facilities, and personnel and budgeting; train and evaluate the performance of personnel and take of recommend appropriate action. Provider must be linked through their National Provider Identifier (NPI), to their facility for Medicare, MediCal, and all other applicable insurance vendors. Apply today to join our team! Visit our website at www.calvet.ca.gov to learn more about us. We especially encourage veterans to apply utilizing CalVet’s Veterans Hiring Preference (please refer to the Special Requirements section below) and the state’s Veterans Preference program. Please note: You will need to take and pass an examination for Chief Physician and Surgeon to establish list eligibility prior to job offer. Please visit https://www.jobs.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Landing/Jobs/Steps.aspx for more information. Veterans are encouraged to utilize the state’s Veterans Preference Program. Monthly application review cut-off periods will be the 1st of each month. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Special Requirements Veterans may qualify for a CalVet Veterans Hiring Preference. Military service must be included in the Employment History section of the Employment Applications (STD. 678). The application package must include documentation of discharge, appropriate to the branch of service. The documentation must reflect a discharge/release under conditions other than dishonorable. If the candidate fails to include this information then the CalVet Veterans Hiring Preference shall not be granted in the recruitment. Successful completion of a live scan and a pre-employment physical (including drug testing for certain civil service classifications) will be required.
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Job Description and Duties

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team at the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet). We advocate with purpose and passion every day for our state’s veterans and their families and connect them to their earned benefits. We offer a range of services, from our network of award-winning veterans' homes to our innovative home loans program. Additionally, we provide special statewide benefits and veteran outreach services.

CalVet provides our staff with a wide range of fulfilling and enriching growth opportunities in skilled trades, healthcare, administrative and professional fields, and beyond. We actively cultivate an inclusive atmosphere that embraces individuals from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and life journeys, empowering them to excel and flourish. We enthusiastically welcome your distinctive contributions to our organization and the meaningful work we undertake.

This position is located in the Medical Administration of the Veterans Home of California – Redding and will supervise and direct the medical activities of the Skilled Nursing Facility, Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, and Ambulatory Care Clinics, as well as provide supervision to all medical staff assigned to the Veterans Home of California - Redding. Develop and recommend policies and procedures, advise, consult and recommend procedures, treatments, or other course of action to assist medical staff, nursing staff and medical administrative staff in specific patient cases. Present recommendations to the Administrator on such matters as hospital policy, new forms of treatment, the need for equipment and facilities, and personnel and budgeting; train and evaluate the performance of personnel and take of recommend appropriate action. Provider must be linked through their National Provider Identifier (NPI), to their facility for Medicare, MediCal, and all other applicable insurance vendors.

Apply today to join our team! Visit our website at www.calvet.ca.gov to learn more about us.

We especially encourage veterans to apply utilizing CalVet’s Veterans Hiring Preference (please refer to the Special Requirements section below) and the state’s Veterans Preference program.

Please note: You will need to take and pass an examination for Chief Physician and Surgeon to establish list eligibility prior to job offer. Please visit https://www.jobs.ca.gov/CalHRPublic/Landing/Jobs/Steps.aspx for more information. Veterans are encouraged to utilize the state’s Veterans Preference Program.

Monthly application review cut-off periods will be the 1st of each month.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Special Requirements

Veterans may qualify for a CalVet Veterans Hiring Preference. Military service must be included in the Employment History section of the Employment Applications (STD. 678). The application package must include documentation of discharge, appropriate to the branch of service. The documentation must reflect a discharge/release under conditions other than dishonorable. If the candidate fails to include this information then the CalVet Veterans Hiring Preference shall not be granted in the recruitment.

Successful completion of a live scan and a pre-employment physical (including drug testing for certain civil service classifications) will be required.

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There are 28 current state openings in Shasta County, including this position.

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This is a continuous filing that has been listed for 104 days since CA Public Jobs first observed it.

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This posting appears on CalCareers. CA Public Jobs first observed it on July 23, 2026. It was last verified open on November 4, 2026.

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