Physician - Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist Position

The VA Central Iowa Health Care System is recruiting for a full-time Psychiatrist to provide direct clinical services within the Mental Health Service Line as well as being a resource to other Service Lines within VA Central Iowa Health Care System. The provider in this role will provide services to Veterans seen within the Outpatient Clinic in Des Moines (either in-person or through tele-mental health to our Community Based Outpatient Clinics or to patients in their home) or on the inpatient unit, including call duties as scheduled by the Medical Director of the MHSL be needed to provide services to other areas of the Mental Health Service Line on an as needed basis. There will be occasional contributions to the consult liaison service in terms of helping with consults to medical inpatients when staffing requires this.

Duties include:

• Provides direct psychiatric clinical services to Veterans served by the VA Central Iowa Health Care System.
• Provides comprehensive psychiatric examinations and documentation of such examinations, according to guidelines required by this facility and the Central Office of the VA. All documentation must be completed in accordance with VA policy and procedures.
• The Psychiatrist must comply with Joint Commission, CARF, and other regulatory agency requirements.
• The Psychiatrist will participate in the clinical peer review process or other similar educational programs conducted by the VA or the Medical Staff geared toward process improvement.
• The Psychiatrist will participate in Quality Improvement or any other process review directly related to patient treatment.
• The Psychiatrist will provide consultation, education, and training to other hospital and clinic staff on mental health issues as requested.
• The Psychiatrist will prepare court reports for patients as requested by the County courts who are in the commitment process or who require updates to an already-in-place commitment order. This includes periodic court reports, requests for upgrades or downgrades of commitments, and all letters pertaining to mental health or substance abuse commitments.
• The Psychiatrist will act in a professional manner at all times and will work in harmony with other members of the professional and technical staff.

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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, 7:30am-4:00pm.