Psychiatrist

Psychiatrist - MD/DO

The Community – Battle Creek, MI Named for a skirmish between a government land surveyor and two Native Americans, which took place seven miles away and almost 175 years ago, Battle Creek is proud of its rich and varied past. Known in different eras of its history as the Queen City, Health City, and the International City, today Battle Creek is Cereal City, the "best known city of its size in the country." The village of Battle Creek began as a market and mill center for prairie farmers. By the last part of the nineteenth century, the city developed into a major industrial center supplying a variety goods, including agricultural machinery, steam pumps, violin strings and newspaper printing presses, to markets around the world. Currently an international business center and amateur sports capital, Battle Creek was once a health and diet reform mecca for the chronically ill. As the birthplace of the cereal industry, Battle Creek was known around the world. As an army town, it was the basic training site for American soldiers during both world wars, and the home of the famous Percy Jones Orthopedic Hospital. We invite you to explore Battle Creek's interesting -- and somewhat unconventional -- past with us and to see the many faces of its rich heritage. These faces include former slave and abolitionist Sojourner Truth, Seventh-day Adventist visionary Ellen White, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg who transformed health care in the nineteenth century and cereal industry magnates C. W. Post and W. K. Kellogg. Population: 135,000 MSA More about Battle Creek Airport – Kalamazoo/ Gerald R. Ford International Airport (GRR/KGRR) – Delta, United, American

The Facility – Battle Creek VA The Battle Creek VAMC consists of one VHA facility located in Battle Creek, Michigan and four CBOCs located in Benton Harbor, Lansing, Muskegon, and Wyoming, MI. The Battle Creek VAMC provides comprehensive tertiary psychiatric care; primary and secondary medical care; and extended and long-term care for Veterans in 22 counties in the western and lower peninsula of Michigan. The primary service area (PSA) has a population of approximately 188,000 Veterans. The Battle Creek VAMC consists of 276 total operating beds, including 55 inpatient mental health beds, 11 inpatient medical beds, 109 Community Living Center beds, and 101 Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Program (RRTP) beds. The Battle Creek VAMC is classified as a neuropsychiatric facility and is the hub of mental health care for VA Medical Centers in the lower peninsula of Michigan. Battle Creek VAMC provides state-of-the-art, evidence-based, recovery-oriented mental health care. As such, we provide a full range of mental health services, including treatment of a broad range of diagnostic and psychosocial issues through programs including General Outpatient Mental Health (MHC); PTSD Clinical Team (PCT); Substance Use Disorders Clinic (SUD-C); Mental Health Intensive Case Management (MHICM) and Wellness and Recovery Center (WRC) for Veterans with Serious Mental Illness (SMI); a Neuropsychology Assessment Clinic; as well as Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs (RRTPs) for Substance Use Disorders, PTSD, and Psychosocial Rehabilitation. In addition to psychiatric care, the Battle Creek VAMC offers specialized services including an Inpatient Medical Care Unit, a Palliative Care Unit, Community Living Center, Primary Care, along with a wide variety of Ancillary Care.

LOCATION OF SERVICES 5500 Armstrong Road Battle Creek, MI 49037

Basic Responsibilities: (Outpatient Psychiatrists are needed)

• Treatment and professional direction of outpatient/inpatient care as well as outpatient/inpatient care consultations.
• Provide professional direction and participate in the treatment team to evaluate, develop and implement treatment plans.
• Develop and implement follow-up plans.
• Participate in organization meetings and duties of the VA Medical Center as required.

Clinical competence will include:

• Psychiatric Examinations
• Diagnostic Formulation
• Therapeutic Plan
• Patient Management
• Discharge summaries
• Record Keeping/electronic medical records
• Current practice experience with acute outpatient and inpatient treatment with working knowledge of current pharmacology
• Current practice experience in completion of involuntary commitment procedures per North Carolina state statues
• The psychiatrist may answer inpatient consultations. Other duties, as assigned by mutual agreement between the locum tenens and the COR or Contracting Officer.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Must hold a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree from an accredited graduate school of Medicine.
• Must have successfully completed a residency program in psychiatry 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 be board certified in Psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology or the American Osteopathic Association.
• Must be in good standing, and under no restrictions, with the state licensure board in any state in which a license is held.
• Must maintain current certification in American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers.

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