Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

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The Community – Long Beach, CA Long Beach is a coastal city and port in Southern California, the 42nd most populous city in the United States with a population of 466,000. Long beach is the 7th most populous city in California.

The city is known for its waterfront attractions, including the permanently docked RMS Queen Mary and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Long Beach also hosts the Grand Prix of Long Beach and the Long Beach Pride Festival and Parade. California State University Long Beach, one of the largest universities in California by enrollment, is housed here too. Modern and contemporary works are on display at the Museum of Latin American Art and Rancho Los Cerritos, a 19th-century adobe home and museum set in expansive gardens.

The Facility – VA Long Beach Healthcare System The VA Long Beach Healthcare System provides you with outstanding health care, trains America's future health care providers, and conducts important medical research. The VA Long Beach Healthcare System is one of the leading health care systems serving Veterans in the VA Desert Pacific Network. We're an innovative care center within the Veterans Integrated Service Network 22 (VISN 22). VISN 22 includes medical centers and clinics in Arizona, California, Colorado, and New Mexico.

At the VA Long Beach Healthcare System, we conduct research to client knowledge, develop VA scientists and health care leaders, and create innovations that advance health care for Veterans and the nation. We offer Veterans the opportunity to participate in and benefit from our work. Our goal is to use research to promote better health and health care for all.

The VA Long Beach Healthcare System serves the health care needs of more than 50,000 Veterans in and around Long Beach, California.

In May 2017, our medical center was renamed to honor Tibor Rubin, an Army corporal and Korean War Veteran who received the Medal of Honor, our nation's highest military decoration for valor. Rubin was a Hungarian Jew who survived the Holocaust in World War II, came to the United States in 1948, and worked as a shoemaker in New York City. In 1950, he joined the Army and fought in Korea, even though he was not a U.S. citizen. After the war, Rubin moved to Garden Grove, California, and was a regular volunteer at the medical center that would later bear his name.

The VA Long Beach Healthcare System has more than 2,200 full-time employees. Our facilities offer Veterans comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, and extended care programs.

Location: 5901 E 7th Street, Long Beach, CA 90822

Scope of Care:

• Outpatient: Evaluation of new and returning outpatients as assigned for CAVHCS.
• Patient care: Approximately 10-20 outpatients per day, per location– ½ hour allotted for follow-up and 1 hour for new patients during regular work week schedule.
• Inpatient: Evaluation of 10-15 patients assigned to the High Intensity Psychiatric Unit (HIPU) or the Mental Health Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (MHRRTP). Patient care: approximately 10-15 inpatients per day. 1 hour allotted for admissions, treatment planning, and/or discharge summaries during regular work week schedule. Rounding for patients assigned is approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Patient medical history and physical exams appropriate to the care setting and documented in accordance with CAVHCS Medical Staff Bylaws.
• Preventive health
• Refers patient to other specialty care as required
• Prescribing Medications: Be responsible for prescribing medications as needed and shall be required to utilize the VA formulary. Will be required to have DEA License number for prescribing Class II and Class III controlled substances. Medication reconciliation shall be completed during each patient encounter in the Clinic
• Order labs, x-rays and other pertinent tests
• Initial screening of patients to determine eligibility
• Furnish technical and/or professional support for resident and physicians employed by the VA
• Responsible for coordination, evaluation, treatment, and overall medical management for eligible Veterans evaluated and treated within the clinic. Appropriate referral transfer of the Veteran shall be arranged for care that cannot be delivered in CAVHCS clinical setting
• Discharge education: Physician shall provide discharge education and follow up instructions that are coordinated with the next care setting for all clinical patients

Requirements:

• Full and unrestricted MD license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia)
• Board Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
• Successful completion of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) accredited residency, and an appropriate fellowship if subspecialty care is provided
• Current BLS and ACLS Certifications
• Have or obtain a National Provider Identifier (NPI)
• Current DEA Certification

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