Physician-Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist

This is an open continuous announcement. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis and qualified candidates will be considered as vacancies become available. The incumbent will serve as a psychiatrist for the mental health care line and is responsible for the provision of psychiatric evaluations, care, and mental health treatment and services for veterans enrolled in its various components, such as the inpatient, outpatient, subspeciality, residential, and intensive outpatient programs.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): May be approved for highly qualified candidates

Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Learn more

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 not limited to:

• Performs clinical work that evaluates the human mental state and behavior and describes the clinical phenomena and behavior, develops formulations to explain clinical presentation and history and determine a differential diagnosis, and develops treatment plans to predict or modify the clinical condition as indicated.
• Performs psychiatric evaluations, risk assessments, and treatment of patients with mental illnesses and/or problems of personality, behavior, or emotional adjustment.
• Based on data gathered through primary or adjunctive assessments or tests, plans or recommends appropriate clinical treatment based on precedent and standards of the profession.
• Develops and implements individualized treatment plans that incorporate pharmacologic, other somatic, and psychotherapeutic modalities for a wide range of psychiatric diagnoses and behavioral presentations. Develops comprehensive treatment plans specific to the patient. The patients assigned often have multiple complicating factors (i.e., physical disabilities, lack of support or resources) or other external or environmental considerations that complicate treatment.
• Provides or recommends medication treatments, somatic interventions, psychotherapy (e.g., individual, group and/or family), and wellness or psychosocial options (e.g., Whole Health Programming) and uses recognized therapeutic techniques to address complex psychiatric conditions.
• Promotes, supervises, and/or performs psychotherapy with patients. Uses therapeutic techniques.
• Demonstrates skill in formulating differential diagnoses and in modifying treatment based on clinical response or evolving presentation.
• Provides consultation and specialty psychiatric expertise to other medical center programs and staff, including with homeless program teams, on a wide variety of clinical issues.
• Presents and discusses treatment plans with multidisciplinary teams and collaboratively adjusts care as needed, particularly in the context of complex medical or social comorbidities (e.g., physical disabilities, lack of resources, legal barriers).
• Promotes a supportive and therapeutic clinical environment and psychotherapeutic culture within the team and among colleagues.
• Supervises and oversees the clinical care provided by trainees, including psychiatry residents and medical students, offering instruction on diagnostic formulation and treatment progression.
• Provides oversight into the clinical activities of non-licensed personnel and clinical consultation to other clinical staff; ensures team adherence to clinical protocols and standards of care.
• Identifies characteristics of progress and adjustments to treatment that are typical in certain circumstances. Uses clinical assessment tools across episodes of care to monitor clinical status and treatment response (i.e., provides measurement-based care as a component of treatment).
• Ensures timely and accurate completion of all clinical documentation and administrative records in accordance with VA and medical center policies.
• Practices and promotes safety and infection control measures and contributes to a culture of continuous quality improvement.

Work Schedule: Schedules vary; to be discussed with hiring manager.