Physician Supervisor Psychiatrist

Clinical Resource Hub Supervisory Psychiatrist

The Clinical Resource Hub (CRH) Supervisory Psychiatrist functions as a physician consultant to members of a facility interdisciplinary team consisting of therapists, clinical pharmacy specialists, case/care managers and/or addiction therapists.

Perform duties as a practitioner and consultant in Psychiatry within a variety of clinical settings but is primarily utilized in an outpatient mental health setting. Responsible for performing the full range of consultation, evaluation and treatment of emergency, complex and routine cases in the field of Psychiatry for a variety of emotional, psychological, and behavioral disorders.

Prepared to provide various treatment therapeutics including medication management, individual, marital and group psychotherapies as indicated. Provide therapeutic interventions beyond the individual Veteran to include family psychotherapy and caregiver stress support as indicated and appropriate. Exercise initiative and sound judgment in establishing evaluation techniques, developing treatment and rehabilitation plans and providing therapeutic treatment services.

Provide participation, professional consultation and collaborative medical support to other professional staff, interdisciplinary teams such as psychologists, advanced practice nurses, social workers and non-behavioral health medical providers to maximize the effectiveness of their interventions and to increase health-promoting behaviors, with a significant emphasis on a prevention-oriented model of care. Such interdisciplinary teams may include Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program (BHIP) and Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT).

Align and collaborate Veteran care as authorized with community providers/partners and programs.

Support other programs and initiatives, e.g. Behavioral Health Laboratory, Care Facilitation consultation, as indicated.

Remain abreast of and engaged in all clinical Mental Health policies, procedures and roll outs at the National, VISN and Local level, e.g. suicide prevention initiatives. Provide education regarding connected care services including web resources and mobile applications to patients and medical staff.

Attends and actively participates in mental health activities (i.e., staff development, residency conferences). Prepares and presents educational lectures to a variety of disciplines as required.

Provides formal education and clinical education in his/her area of expertise to medical students and psychiatric residents in training. Provides patient education about diagnoses, therapeutic options, medications and related topics when appropriate.

Attends training to remain informed on VHA Telehealth/Connected Care initiatives and the latest advances in Telehealth/Connected Care delivery. Participates in program-wide outcome evaluation studies.

Participates in systems re-design activities and projects within the context of continuous process improvement.

Incumbent uses word processing software and has knowledge of how to type evaluations, treatment plans, and discharge summaries in an electronic medical record. Participates in peer review processes.

Attends non-clinical meetings as appropriate or required. Completes assigned talent management system assignments as required.