Podiatrist - Medical Director, PCMHI

Medical Director Of Primary Care - Mental Health Integration (Pcmhi)VA North Texas Health Care System Mental Health Service provides a full range of mental health services including general adult psychiatry, geriatrics, psychosomatic medicine, substance abuse sub-specialty services, trauma services, psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery programs, comprehensive homeless programs, peer support services, opiate replacement programs, Intensive Community Mental Health Recovery (ICMHR), vocational rehabilitation programs, domiciliary based programs and inpatient services. There is ongoing active research in addiction psychiatry, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, mood disorders, and homelessness. Clinical training programs exist for medical students, psychiatry residents and fellows, clinical psychologists, social workers and nurses. VA North Texas Health Care System has an active relationship with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as our primary affiliate, as well as other local teaching institutions.Core responsibilities for the Medical Director of the Primary Care - Mental Health Integration (PCMHI) include leading and coordinating the operations of a multidisciplinary outpatient team with a focus on uninterrupted high-quality care to Veterans. Incumbent monitors and ensures compliance with VANTHCS and mental health policies, regulations, executive orders, and management directives. He/She will collaborate with other teams and team leaders to improve communication and to ensure ongoing continuity of care for Veterans.In conjunction with the Clinical Directors of this Mental Health Team, the Medical Director PCMHI, organizes, and directs administrative, operational, patient and personnel activities for the team. Duties include coordinating interdisciplinary staffing, work assignments, resource allocation and direct patient care.Provides integrated mental health care in primary care clinic settings through collaboration with primary care physicians and primary care nurses. Core responsibilities also include providing triage services to Veterans new to Mental Health. Duties will include consulting with primary care physicians, providing brief mental health assessments and time-limited follow up to Veterans not established in specialty mental health, and educating veterans, nurses, and mental health staff about behavioral health issues.Skilled in general outpatient psychiatry, including diagnostic evaluations, pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. He/she should be competent in the management of individuals with a broad range of clinical problems, including but not limited to post-traumatic stress disorder, mood, anxiety and psychotic disorders, substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders in the elderly Veteran population.Serves as a collaborative member of a multidisciplinary mental health team. He/she may provide clinical supervision and/or be assigned as formal collaborating physician for health care professionals such as Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Clinical Pharmacy Specialists. They will also provide shared administrative supervision for Social Workers, Psychologists, Peer Support, and Nursing staff.Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm with light on-call responsibilities. Options may be available for flexible work tours.Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Authorized