Psychiatrist - Addictions

MD/DO - Psychiatrist - Addiction

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Facility - Naval Hospital Jacksonville

Requirements (Duties Include But Are Not Limited To)

• Perform timely, accurate, and concise documentation of patient care.
• Provide clinical direction for substance addiction/abuse/misuse aspects of clinical pain management to a multidisciplinary team, coordinating care with other health care providers and providing consultative services pursuant to optimal health care delivery to pain patients with addictions.
• Provide comprehensive medical and advanced addiction treatments within the scope of practice for an Addiction Psychiatrist to patients with complex pain conditions including consultation, management, monitoring, evaluation, and treatment.
• Participate in an on-site designated Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (ECHO) telementoring training program.
• Participate in tele-mentoring, tele-medicine, and tele-consults.
• Provide a full range of physician services, in accordance with the core privileges as defined by BUMEDINST and approved by the Commanding Officer.
• Prescribe and dispense medications as delineated by the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee.
• Provide a full range of physician services in accordance with privileges granted by the Commanding Officer.
• Technically direct, perform, or assist in the instruction of, other health care professionals seeing patients within the scope of their clinical privileges or responsibilities.
• Promote preventive and health maintenance care, including annual physicals, positive health behaviors, and self-care skills through education and counseling.
• Order diagnostic tests as applicable. Request consultation or referral with appropriate physicians, clinics, or other health resources as indicated.
• Technically direct and teach other medical staff, and provide educational lectures and participate in the provision of in-service training to clinic staff members. Such direction and interaction will adhere to Government and professional clinical standards and accepted clinical protocols. This requirement is consistent with the personal services nature of the contract.

Qualifications

• Must possess a Doctorate Degree in Medicine from an accredited college approved by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association, a Doctorate degree in Osteopathy from a college accredited by the American Osteopathic Association, or permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
• Must have successfully completed a psychiatry residency program which has been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the Committee on Postdoctoral Training of the American Osteopathic Association or those Canadian training programs approved by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or other appropriate Canadian medical authority.
• Must possess and maintain a current, valid, unrestricted license in one of the fifty states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Shall possess and maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare providers from the American Heart Association.
• Must possess and maintain a current Board Certification in Addiction Medicine or Addiction Psychiatry; from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology accredited by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS); or from the American Osteopathic Board of Neurology and Psychiatry accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
• Must have four years of clinical work experience within the preceding five years as a full time Addiction Psychiatrist.

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