Physician (Psychiatrist)

Physician (Psychiatrists) Positions

The Birmingham VA Health Care System is recruiting for three Physicians (Psychiatrists) for Mental Health Service located at the Huntsville VA Clinic and Guntersville Clinic. Two of the vacancies are for Huntsville and the third vacancy is for Guntersville. Mental Health Service provides outpatient mental health services to Veterans and their families. Mental Health Services also include inpatient consultation to medical and surgical floors and the emergency room.

Contract Buy Out Program (Guntersville Clinic Only): This position may be eligible for the Physician / Provider Contract Buy Out Program (CBOP), which authorizes VHA to buy out service contracts in exchange for employment at certain rural or highly rural facilities for a period of obligated service (minimum 4 years). For additional information and eligibility requirements, contact the VHA Contract Buy Out Program Manager at View email address on click.appcast.io.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific individual eligibility requirements in accordance with VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) and eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after complete review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply. Learn more. Contact View email address on click.appcast.io, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance.

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

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Providing general clinical psychiatric and addiction services to Veterans, in a variety of locations and modalities including scheduled face to face, walk in, on-call, and Video Teleconferencing (CVT, VVC) services to include Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC's) locations outside assigned duty station.
• Provide general psychiatric and addiction care of adult Veterans and may include, but are not limited to, conducting diagnostic evaluations, psychiatric consults, medication management (including medication assisted treatment and detoxification), and both individual and group psychotherapy.
• Provision of enhanced biological treatments such as rTMS may be required, if such treatments are available.
• Provide direct clinical consultation to multi-disciplinary staff, some at multiple sites, as appropriate.
• Provide consultation liaison services for Birmingham VA Health Care System inpatients and Emergency Room (ER) patients as assigned by the supervisor if employee is located in the Birmingham area.
• Provide back-up video or telephone consultation liaison services for Birmingham VA Health Care System inpatients to in-house mental health providers, Emergency Room (ER) patients or staff while on call.

Work Schedule: Primarily 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Monday - Friday. Alternate or compressed schedules may be available. Night and Weekend back-up rotational on-call shared with other providers, for a limited number of times a year.

Telework: Available; Ad-hoc Telework schedule is limited to VA regulations in limited situations and subject to approval by the Mental Health Service Chief.