Physician (Supervisory Psychiatrist) - EDRP, Rec/Relo Incentive Authorized

Psychiatrist Supervisor

Supervisor Psychiatrist is assigned to Behavioral Health Service within the El Paso VA Health Care System. The incumbent serves as the clinical supervisor of psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and psychiatric residents assigned to the Behavioral Health clinic and CBOCs to include prescribers performing functions through Telemental Health. The incumbent is accountable for establishing productive relationships with the medical staff, other clinical and administrative services and external to the organization resources. In addition, the incumbent must be responsive to the clinical needs of the veteran community while navigating the organization's scope of care.

Clinical Responsibilities: (40% time) The incumbent functions as a staff psychiatrist. Clinical duties include but are not limited to:

• Provides a full range of psychiatric assessment services and diagnoses mental disorders.
• Provides consultation and oversight to professional staff in the outpatient Behavioral Health clinics.
• Functions independently as a member of the Medical Staff, with full clinical privileges. Assumes complete professional responsibility for his/her clinical assessment findings, patient care decisions, and documentation.
• Develops, implements, and documents the psychotherapeutic treatment plan for assigned patients, including prompt completion of clinical reminders.
• Provides or assists residents and/or nurse practitioners in the process of evaluation and treatment of the psychiatric patient.
• Provides appropriate and timely documentation, generally in the form of a staff progress note, in the patient's electronic record. Responsible for co-signing resident notes, indicating supervision and concurrence with the note.
• Manages review of community care requests for Partial Hospitalization, ECT, TMS, or other procedures and programs, and addresses inappropriate approvals originating from medical provider staff, etc.

Administrative responsibilities (50% time) Administrative duties include but are not limited to:

• Assists the ACOS BHS in the design, development, and implementation of clinical programs for the treatment teams.
• Provides formal second opinion on medical care being provided in response to Veterans' complaints.
• Addresses clinical fallouts or other clinical practice issues with psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners, to include initiating clinical review action or disciplinary action in collaboration with program manager as appropriate.
• Mentors and assists psychiatrists and nurse practitioners as appropriate.
• Resolves complaints and grievances from the medical providers.
• Finds ways to improve production or increase quality of work produced by the service line to include active participation in improving all performance measures for BHS and the facility.
• Covers for the Chief of Behavioral Health Service in the ACOS BHS absence, etc.

Training responsibilities (10% time) Training duties include but are not limited:

• Directly supervises psychiatric residents and coordinates residency training at the facility, serving as the primary liaison with the residency program(s) (Texas Tech faculty status is available).
• Provides leadership and works closely with Behavioral Health Service and facility colleagues to innovate comprehensive, state-of-the-art outpatient mental health care, including evidence-based practices and other essential components of the VA Uniform Behavioral Health Services Handbook.
• Provides education, training, and consultation in psychiatric medication management to BHS and other departments in the facility to include medical and non-medical staff as relevant to the delivery of quality services to Veterans, etc.

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Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:45pm, Monday - Friday

Recruitment/Relocation Incentives (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

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EDRP Authorized: Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply for incentive. 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